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Santee’s shallow cats – Go shallow for Santee Cooper’s spring catfish
Fishermen come from all over to visit the Santee Cooper lakes every year, many to target the great numbers of catfish and the possibility of catching a trophy. […]
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Bass Fishing
Wateree’s bass KA-BOOM! – Lake Wateree bass fishermen on cusp of an April explosion
Lake Wateree has long been respected as a great place to catch hefty largemouth bass and good numbers of chunky fish. In 2014, the stars aligned and the spring fishing exploded with bigger fish. […]
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Don’t hang up on hung-up toms – Learn how to deal with hung-up gobblers this spring
Hunt turkeys long enough, and every hunter will learn that some gobblers are just more difficult to kill than others. […]
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Put the bite on Russell slabs – South Carolina anglers long-lining mini-jigs can catch limits of Lake Russell crappie in March
A guy whose nickname is “Stump Hunter” could only be destined for one thing: catching crappie. Stump’s alter ego is Ronnie McKee of Piedmont, a fisherman who loves all things crappie, runs a garage business making and tying crappie jigs and prefers nothing more than to spend a day on Lake Russell teaching his lures how to swim. […]
Bass Fishing
Get a buzz on with Thurmond bass – Buzzbaits are great baits for prespawn Lake Thurmond largemouth bass
Mist floated above the water as a long cast sent a big-bladed lure through the morning light. Landing with little subtlety, the lure woke up the morning as it churned and bubbled across the glassy surface of Lake Thurmond. […]
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Slabs up for grabs – March is prime time for great spring crappie fishing on South Carolina’s Lake Murray
March crappie fishing on Lake Murray can be likened to a piscatorial form of March Madness. […]
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Jerk on a jetty red – As winter gets ready to leave and spring to arrive, redfish action cranks up around Little River jetties
After a long winter, fishermen can find a strong fishery cranking into high gear as the spring thaw approaches. […]
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Sack spring shad – South Carolina’s best spring run of American Shad is in the Cooper River tailrace
On the eve of spring, an awesome fishery erupts this month in the Cooper River tailrace downstream from 60,000-acre Lake Moultrie. […]
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Ready for Roanoke rocks? The lower end of North Carolina’s Roanoke River is full of striped bass this month
Some angler think striper fishing in the Roanoke River begins around March 1 each year, because that’s when the keeper season opens on the Roanoke River and in the Albemarle Sound. […]
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Hog in a bog
Basil Watts hauled a deer cart from the bed of his pickup truck. Unhooking the elastic cords holding it together, he unfolded it to deploy the wheels. […]