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June 18, 2026

Guide Jerry Neeley likes to find bass in shallow pockets at Lake Wylie in April. He then targets them with floating worms or Senko-type baits.

Sight-fish for Lake Wylie bass

Bass fishermen have their own notion of April love. And they’re fervent at the thought of sight-fishing for bedding bass at Lake Wylie. […]

Smallmouth bass will hit some topwater plugs on cloudy days, but most of the time in April you’ll catch them in relatively deep water.

Stay deep at Lake James

Tony Garitta

Colt Bass of Lenoir has been fishing Lake James since his youth, and he’s seen the mountain reservoir change plenty over the past 10 years. […]

Kerr Lake’s crappie will be in different stages of the spawn across the 49,500-acre lake throughout April. Hitting the right stage in the right spot is a key to big fish.

Kerr Lake’s slab crappie clean-up

Dusty Wilson

Kerr Lake will be a top-drawer location for slab seekers in April, but it will take a versatile angler to stay in the strike zone. […]

Anthony Ng shows off the kind of huge wahoo that show up in blue-water hotspots south and east of Frying Pan Shoals.

Feeling blue(water) not that bad

Jerry Dilsaver

The run from inlets in southeastern North Carolina to the Gulf Stream is a long one, but when the water begins warming in the spring, a lot of fishermen make the trip. […]

Back-pumping of water through the intakes at Jocassee Dam can turn on big trout like this rainbow.

Lake Jocassee offers one of the most-unique fishing opportunities in South Carolina or any other state — mountain trout fishing in a reservoir — and April is one of the best months to land a trophy trout. […]

Andy Wicker of Pomaria catches plenty of bass on Lake Monticello in April, largemouths and good smallmouths like this one.

Lake Monticello reigns in April

Pat Robertson

There are two keys to catching bass on Lake Monticello in April, according to tournament angler Andy Wicker of nearby Pomaria: fish shallow and fish soft plastics. […]

April can be a fantastic month to target sheepshead before they leave the nearshore reefs and return to Murrells Inlet.

Herd Murrells Inlet reef sheep

Jeff Burleson

Every winter, when the water cools, it shakes things up for fishermen along the eastern seaboard, especially around Murrells Inlet, when the inshore waters turn into ghost towns and many fish, including the snaggle-toothed sheepshead, head to the ocean to make a living. […]

Dolphin begin to arrive off Hilton Head Island in April, providing bluewater anglers with plenty of action.

Hello, Mr. Dolphin!

Brian Cope

Keenan Davis of Bluffton was fishing for dolphin out of Hilton Head Island when he saw something he liked. “Check this out. We’re definitely trolling past that,” Davis said, instructing his fishing partners to reel in their rigs as he readied a couple of 50-wide Shimano TLDs with skirted ballyhoos. […]

Veteran angler Doug Lown said fishermen have a number of options when fishing for largemouth bass on Lake Murray this month.

Target Lake Murray bass

Pat Robertson

Some bass start spawning in Lake Murray in late March, and once the water temperature gets to the 63- to 65-degree range at night, the fish will be in all stages of the spawn, according to angler Doug Lown of Newberry. […]

Encasing chunks of blue crab in a panty hose will keep bait usable for several fish.

Little River reds feeling crabby

Jeff Burleson

Redfish are South Carolinas most-treasured fish, year-round residents that are always worthwhile opponents for inshore anglers. As the dogwoods begin to bloom in April, they become extremely discriminating in their food choices because of a flood of molting blue crabs that usually lasts two to three weeks. […]