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June 10, 2026

Hit bass in the grass on Lake Wateree

You’ll catch plenty of September bass on Lake Wateree if you focus on the surface vegetation that has become abundant in this midlands reservoir. […]

Lake Marion’s Sparkleberry Swamp will hold plenty of crappie this month, with fish relating to flooded cypress trees.

Tree huggers now!

Brian Cope

Early September can be a bit like August, but the nights are cooler, and that brings water temperatures down in Santee Cooper’s Sparkleberry Swamp. […]

Murrells Inlet flounder fishing really turns on in September when estuary waters cool and good numbers of fish return.

Flounder begin move to MI estuary

Jeff Burleson

Flounder are a staple up and down the Atlantic coast, and many areas along the coast of the Carolinas produce plenty of flounder, but South Carolina’s Murrells Inlet isn’t just any place for an ordinary haul. […]

Guide Richard Andrews catches plenty of fall stripers in the Pamlico River.

A bridge to stripers

Craig Holt

Ask anglers what type of bite offers the most fun and odds are, 90 percent will say topwater. […]

White marlin make a big showing in the bluewater off Oregon Inlet in late summer and fall; double-digit catches aren’t uncommon.

OBX whiteout

Dusty Wilson

Although blue marlin may be the most-romanticized member of the marlin family due to their size, it’s their smaller cousin, the white marlin, that will be causing all the fuss around North Carolina’s Oregon Inlet this month, when fish congregate around massive bait schools found in Gulf Stream eddies, fattening up before cooler weather pushes them south. […]

Shelley Kinsley O’Dell and her father, Matt, caught these nice fall stripers at Lake Hartwell.

Lake Hartwell’s stripers get in back-to-school mode this month

Pat Robertson

Summer lingers into September, but the expectation of fall starts to creep into the air, spurred by the excitement of striper fishing success on South Carolina’s Lake Hartwell. […]

High Rock Lake bass head for boat docks in major creeks

Tony Garitta

This time of year, many anglers who rarely fish High Rock Lake will make it a point to do so because the bass are so predictable. […]

North Carolina’s lower Cape Fear River produces some great flounder, especially in the fall.

Cape Fear’s flounder are on the move

Jerry Dilsaver

The coastal end of North Carolina’s Cape Fear River has a knack for producing both big flounder and good numbers of fish, and several 10-pounders caught already this summer haven’t done anything to hurt that reputation. […]

Winyah Bay’s outgoing tide makes for a distinct and long tideline that holds bait.

Tideline kings hitting the beach

Jeff Burleson

Summer finally tails off this month, and the change in seasons brings cooler conditions to nearshore waters. Those waters between the Winyah Bay jetties east of Georgetown, S.C., and Murrells Inlet’s jetties fill up with king mackerel, a change well received by anglers. […]

William Johnson killed this 12-point Allendale County trophy on Aug. 21, 2017.

Bamberg hunter kills 195-pound, 12-point trophy

Dusty Wilson

William Johnson of Bamberg, South Carolina experienced an action-packed evening during his first deer hunt of the season on Aug. 21. After laying eyes on nearly a dozen deer in Allendale County and getting ready to seal the deal on a 10-point, he changed his mind when a tall-racked, 195-pound, 12-point slipped into his shooting lane. […]