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Cold feet or cold cats? Bring your anchors, sit and wait and get your reward: a big Lake Wateree catfish
February may be considered a slow time for many fish species, but that’s not the case for blue catfish at Lake Wateree. […]
Articles by Terry Madewell
Bass Fishing
Lake Monticello’s bass, largemouth and smallmouth, are on the feed
Lake Monticello is unique in many ways, one being that it’s a pump-back type reservoir that puts warm water into the lake during cold weather. […]
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Find water that isn’t muddy in Lake Moultrie and catch blue catfish
With muddy water throughout the Catawba and Congaree river systems combining to dump muddy water in the Santee Cooper system, guide Kevin Davis has found some “green” water on the lower end of Lake Moultrie; when he did, he found the catfish biting like crazy. […]
Freshwater Fishing
Stripers, blue cats are on
Some outdoorsmen around the Santee Cooper lakes believe that January is just a slow-motion repeat of December. However there’s actually much more to it than that. […]
Deer Hunting
Important late-season combo: corn and trail cameras
Mike Johnson, manager at The Clinton House, is a proponent of planting food plots to attract deer and keep them well-fed throughout the season, but he said the ability of hunters in his neck of the wood to bait with corn for the first time this season has given him another weapon for keeping up with his deer herd. […]
Deer Hunting
Think thick and gnarly cover late in season
Bill Cline of Ridgeway said it’s difficult for most hunters to stop thinking in terms of the rut because of the success rate and seeing lots of deer during that time. […]
Other Hunting
Top WMAs for squirrels
Biologist Billy Dukes said habitat for good squirrel hunting is a key, but not all habitat is created equal. Certain Wildlife Management Areas and key areas within those WMAs provide outstanding late-season hunting. […]
Other Hunting
A sport with side benefits
Not only does Chuck Porter of Sumter see and take squirrels during the middle of the winter, it extends his productive hunting and scouting time considerably. […]
Other Hunting
Fox squirrels
Hunting fox squirrels in legal on many areas in South Carolina, but there are restrictions on some WMAs, according to SCDNR’s Billy Dukes. […]
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Cold weather has Lake Marion blue cats on the feed
January is typically a very good month for hefty blue catfish on Lake Marion, the action has really perked up with the cold weather, and some big catfish have been caught recently. […]