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August 15, 2026
HomeFishing Hotspots

Fishing Hotspots

Spot-tail bass, aka redfish, hit the spring hungry after a winter in the ocean, and they move into Georgetown’s estuaries in April with a big appetite.
Fishing Hotspots

Spring spot-tails fill Georgetown’s estuaries

Jeff Burleson

In April, redfish are plentiful and hungry in the Georgetown area. With plenty of baitfish moving into the area, the fish get in a feeding frenzy, making them vulnerable to live bait and artificial lures. […]

Guide Tommy Dudley said big stripers are a good possibility at Clarks Hill Lake in April, especially close to the dam on the lower end.
Bass Fishing

Clarks Hill stripers gang up in spring

Pat Robertson

Anglers can expect to catch a lot of stripers — including some big ones — during April on Clarks Hill Lake. The key is heading to the Clarks Hill Dam before the sun rises. […]

Kerr Lake
Crappie/Bream

Target Kerr Lake slabs on the move

Dusty Wilson

Long-line trolling is the key to catching Kerr Lake’s crappie in the month of April, but you have to do it at the right speed and with the right size lures. […]

Chris Brown catches plenty of nice High Rock Lake bass in extremely shallow water in April.
Bass Fishing

Hit the banks for High Rock bass

Tony Garitta

Stick to the shallows in April at High Rock Lake and you’ll catch your share of largemouth bass. […]

Big smallmouth bass are very active in April on North Carolina’s Lake James.
Bass Fishing

Lake James smallies stack up in clearest water

Tony Garitta

Paying attention to water clarity and wind will pay big dividends for smallmouth anglers on Lake James during April. […]

Black drum will wake up early in the year and stage on structure in deeper holes in Little River’s estuary.
Black drum

Black drum stir in Little River estuary’s deeper waters

Jeff Burleson

The Little River estuary on the North Carolina/South Carolina border is a great spot to catch springtime black drum. […]

Waters in Brunswick County backwaters warm up sooner than other areas in the spring and draw hungry red drum and other predators.
Fishing Hotspots

Brunswick County fishing is turning on as water warms

Jerry Dilsaver

The inshore fishing is heating up in Brunswick County’s waterways as the spring weather warms the water, drawing in gamefish. […]

Winter wahoo gang up off the South Carolina coast where different offshore currents collide, creating a hard edge with different temperatures on both sides.
Fishing Hotspots

Fast speed trolling is key to catching Lowcountry wahoo

Brian Cope

High-speed trolling is the key to catching wahoo in South Carolina’s lowcountry this time of year. […]

Red drum
Fishing Hotspots

Red drum on the move back into NC central coast’s inside waters

Craig Holt

March is a month when anglers along North Carolina’s central coast can get a decent catch of red drum. […]

Plenty of trout will overwinter near Murrells Inlet’s rock jetties for the available bait.
Fishing Hotspots

Spring specks getting hungry at Murrells Inlet’s jetties

Jeff Burleson

The spring speckled trout bite is heating up in the Murrells Inlet area, thanks in part to a mild winter that didn’t cause massive kills similar to what the Carolinas have experienced in the past few years. […]

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Youth Day buck

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12-year-old Mason Kennington of Cassatt, SC killed an 8-point buck while still hunting on Youth Day in Darlington County, SC. […]

deer hunting with dogs

This one phrase will kill deer-hunting with dogs

Deer Hunting

“Dogs can’t read” has been the standard fallback line used by countless hunters using dogs to drive deer when the dogs cross property lines. […]

The one worth waiting for: first buck on youth day

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Ryder Smith of Summerville, SC killed an 8-point buck in Williamsburg County, SC on 08/08/2026. He shot the buck with a Browning 7mm during an evening hunt while sitting in an elevated stand from 167

Sauls Varn kills Bamberg County brute

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Youth hunter Sauls Varn killed a nice velvet buck in Bamberg County, SC on Aug. 8, 2026. […]

Mason Kennington’s Youth Day buck

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12 year old Mason Kennington killed this 8 point velvet buck on youth day in Darlington County […]

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