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June 11, 2026

Blackfin tuna are the first spring pelagics to arrive off South Carolina’s coast as the water warms.

Blackfin are coming

In South Carolina, offshore fishing kicks into gear about the same time spring arrives. While anglers may have picked up a few trophy wahoo over the winter, March is when fish boxes begin to fill, and the bumper catches have T-U-N-A written all over them. […]

Guide Butch Foster shows off the beginnings of a fish fry: two whiting that lost a battle with a double-drop bottom rig.

It’s whiting time at Cape Fear

Jerry Dilsaver

Whiting, aka sea mullet or Virginia mullet, are a tasty panfish and one of the first fish of spring to arrive off the North Carolina coast. […]

Lipless crankbaits are the ticket to catching prespawn bass at Kerr Lake as they stage, waiting for warmer weather to push them to the spawn.

Give bass a Trap

Tony Garitta

The underwater world at Kerr Lake, aka Buggs Island, becomes a stage for largemouth bass when warming weather this month pushes the water temperature into the 40s and 50s. […]

Lake Wateree bass crank up their activity in March, especially in the mid-lake area after a period of warming weather. Fish main-lake docks and areas with rocky banks first.

Work Lake Wateree bass

Brian Cope

If you ask bass fisherman Brett Collins of Ridgeway, S.C., what his favorite month is on Lake Wateree, he won’t hesitate to tell you March is high on the list. While he said the weather is the biggest challenge, it can also makes the lake easier to read. […]

Wahoo will be biting in March around hard, offshore edges out of Lowcountry ports.

Stalk March ‘hoos

Brian Cope

March is one of Jeremy Burnham’s favorite months to fish offshore. The owner of Atlantic Game and Tackle in Mt. Pleasant, he said the wahoo bite is off the chain, and he offers some tips on anglers heading offshore in search of these aggressive fish. […]

Guide Jerry Neeley catches plenty of March crappie at Lake Wylie once the water temps breaks into the 50s.

Two tactics for Lake Wylie slabs

Tony Garitta

Jerry Neeley of Jerry’s Fishing Guide Service uses a two-pronged attack to catch staging crappie at Lake Wylie this month. […]

Guide Brad Taylor regularly catches his biggest Lake Murray slabs in March.

Mark March for Lake Murray crappie

Pat Robertson

While Lake Murray is not known for producing big numbers of crappie in March, it is the month when you will catch some of the biggest slabs of the year, according to guide Brad Taylor. […]

The 2017 striped bass harvest season will run from March 1 through Apr. 30 in the Roanoke River Management Area.

2017 Roanoke River Management Area striped bass season opens March 1

NCWRC Release

The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission will open the entire Roanoke River Management Area to striped bass harvest from March 1 through April 30, unless closed or extended through proclamation. […]

Lake Murray’s winter crappie fishing an awful lot like spring

Carolina Sportsman

Don’t call it a comeback. Lake Murray’s crappie fishing is still going strong since the unusually mild winter has kept water temperatures higher than normal. The action is expected to get even better as spawning season nears. […]

Unfair Lures offers anglers unique fishing plugs for both freshwater and saltwater species.

Unfair Lures features unique innovations in fishing plugs

Brian Cope

Paul Van Reenen grew up in South Africa, and has fished all over the world, catching over 500 different species of fish on several continents. Still, he wasn’t happy with the overall selection of lures available, so he moved to the United States and began his own lure company. […]