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Georgetown Blue Marlin tournament hosts second leg of billfishing series

Forty-eight boats braved the weather during the second tournament in the 18th season of the South Carolina Governor’s Cup Billfishing Series, the Georgetown Blue Marlin Tournament, when it was held May 17-20 at the Georgetown Landing Marina.

• Summer boating safety enforcement, education increased in South Carolina
• National Fishing, Boating week June 3-11 to feature free classes, fishing events
• Georgetown Blue Marlin tournament hosts second leg of billfishing series
• S.C. antler-scoring sessions reveal many new records
• Boating, water safety urged during Memorial Day weekend
• National Trails Day event June 3 at Congaree Creek
• Atlantic white-cedar wetlands being restored in South Carolina
• Civil War fort ceremony to mark 1862 Battle of Secessionville June 17
• Bluffton veterinarian wins Palmetto Wildlife Award
• DNR releases cobia into Colleton River
• 2.5 million striped bass stocked in Santee Cooper
• New report shows brook trout imperiled throughout Eastern range
• Painted Bunting Observer Team seeks help from citizen scientists
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• Saltwater Fishing Trends
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