It is a fascinating experience to drop anchor over a piece of structure at an artificial reef off the coast of South Carolina during the summer months. In the clear water, you often see dozens of ...

Spadefish look like aquarium angelfish, except grown to outsized proportions as if by some freak distortion of genetics like fictional tales of errant radiation told in old black-and-white horror ...

Limits to help protect two popular South Carolina fish species were recently added to South Carolina’s fish and game laws. Legislators passed catch and minimum size limits for both Atlantic spadefish ...

Spadefish are in our waters June through September. They can be found anywhere there is structure from the Atlantic wrecks to the middle bay. Some of the best areas are the Cell, CBBT, Plantation ...

I had the privilege of speaking with a gentleman last night who experienced the catch of a lifetime. Roland E. Murphy was fishing at the Cell aboard the “Kingfish” captained by Allen King and his ...

If you’ve ever caught a spadefish, you know how hard they fight, even the small ones. Figure what kind of shine one would cut that measured 25-¼ inches long and 26-¼ in girth. When Roland Murphy of ...

After years of effort, Virginia finally has a new record spadefish. Roland Murphy’s 14-pound, 14-ounce giant was caught June 13 at the Cell. The Fredericksburg angler’s catch was certified as the ...

BILL: I think spadefish definitely got over fished (see Aug. 23 Cochran Column), but also wonder how much damage the spear fishermen did to them. We saw several fish that had been injured from likely ...

- deep-bodied disk-shaped food fish of warmer western Atlantic coastal waters ...