I am not a big fan of casting multiple-hooked lures, but since my friend Craig Johnson introduced me to the Gunfish a few years ago, it has become one of my go-to baits.

Rick Magretto, 68, who died Wednesday after an extended illness, is the person responsible for the drag boat races that are held each summer on the Savannah River.

This year, The Augusta Chronicle is celebrating its 225th year of existence, and I wondered about how many outdoor writers worked for the newspaper during that time.

Keith Hutto, of Evans, won a North Carolina Division Bass Fishing League tournament last weekend and gave all the credit to a spinner bait being manufactured locally.

The Fish for Life bass tournament on Thurmond Lake on May 15 will benefit the American Cancer Society, but it also will offer Augusta-area children a chance for glory, too.

Fishing can be fun, fast and frustrating.

The chief complaint about Thurmond Lake is that water temperatures have been too cold to produce a consistent fish bite, but that's about to change.

This weekend's predicted warmer temperatures ought to kick Ol' Man Winter out of our area ... and it's about time.

Fishing is beginning to pick up in spurts on Thurmond Lake, with live bait striper fishermen doing fairly well, depending upon weather conditions.

Temperatures are supposed to rise next week, with highs in the upper 50s and lower 60s.

I have lived in Augusta since 1940 and can't recall it ever staying so cold for so long.

There are folks out there who have been braving the elements and going fishing, but my personal feeling is that I like to be comfortable while I am trying to catch fish.

There is no fee to enter the Southern Anglers Challenge tournament out of Little River Park, but there is an optional $10 big fish pot fee.

Today's gasoline at many service stations contains a 10 percent blend of ethanol and 90 percent of gasoline. There are many negative aspects of using the ethanol-gasoline blend in your outboard ...

The subfreezing temperatures all of us have felt over the past week to 10 days have had a negative effect on coastal fish and shrimp populations, but not to the extent of the populations' ...

You're not going to go fishing until water and air temperatures grow warmer, so do you just park your boat and forget it for the rest of the winter? Not if you're smart.

I go online each week to check the extended weather forecasts for precipitation and temperature ranges, and I didn't like what I saw this time around. Lows all next week are forecast to be in the ...

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