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Swipe Clarks Hill stripers this month
The bad news about September on Clarks Hill is that the water is warm — borderline hot — which makes tough customers out of cool-loving striped bass. […]
Articles by Jeff Samsel
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Lake of the Month: Lake Keowee
The good news about Lake Keowee is that it isn’t terribly huge, with waters that cover a little more than 18,000 acres. […]
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Lake of the Month: Lake Murray
Folks who fully embrace a mindset of “You can’t have you cake and eat it, too” haven’t spent time fishing at Lake Murray. […]
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Freshwater Series: Lake Jocassee
Sam Jones doesn’t know why trout relate to structural features that are 100 feet beneath them. More important than “why” they do, though, is knowing “that” they do so and learning which structures attract the most fish any given month.
Jones, who operates Jocassee Charters, has learned those lessons through longevity. He grew up fishing Upstate waters with his dad, has fished Lake Jocassee for 30 years and has guided for the past 10 years. Jones specialized in controlled-depth trolling for trout, and he often targets fish that suspend well above structural features. […]
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Lake of the Month: Lake Marion
No matter what species of freshwater fish you’re fond of chasing, you’ll find it biting at Santee Cooper’s upper lake this month. […]
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Lake of the Month: Lake Moultrie
From an above-water vantage, it all looks the same. A 60,000-bowl, Lake Moultrie has minimal visible cover, except around its edges. Beneath the surface, though, the story changes. […]
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Stripers pile up during September
The bad news about September on Clarks Hill is that the water is warm — borderline hot — which makes tough customers out of cool-loving striped bass. […]
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Earn Your Stripes
The bad news about September on Clarks Hill is that the water is warm — borderline hot — which makes tough customers out of cool-loving striped bass. […]
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Public Lakes = Summer Fun
Big things really do come in small packages — sometimes. Any fisherman who doubts that needs only to look at the S.C. Department of Natural Resources’ “State Managed Lakes” program. […]
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Santee Cooper ‘Crackers
“Polly want a cracker?” I don’t know who Polly was, but it almost seems like she must have spent some time on the Santee Cooper lakes during the spring. […]