Bass Fishing Archives - Page 67 of 155

May 9, 2026

With the angler in the front deck of a bass boat concentrating on bedding bass on the bank, an angler on the back deck has the rest of a pocket to fish.

Back-of-the-boat bedding bass tactics

Fishing for spawning bass is best from the front of the boat, and while anglers in the back are still competing for a win in a tournament situation, it can be a tough task to deal with. […]

Lake Waccamaw is the largest of a handful of Carolina bay lakes at 9,000 acres, but no one knows how or why it came into being.

How did Lake Waccamaw come to be?

Chris Burrows

While Lake Waccamaw does have a dam, it existed as a lake long before the spillway was built in 1926 to prevent it from drawing completely down during periods of extreme drought.

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Almost all of Shearon Harris Lake’s creeks are productive in the spring.

Indentations in the shoreline are magnets for Shearon Harris bass

Dusty Wilson

Fishing is all about the details, especially the little ones, and it pays to take note of any potential shoreline spots to target.

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Regulations that require fishermen to release all bass between 16 and 20 inches, like this one, has helped build Shearon Harris Lake into one of the Southeast’s top trophy fisheries.

Shearon Harris’s slot limit has made it a top trophy bass fishery

Dusty Wilson

For most bass fisherman, the slot limit under which bass at Shearon Harris Lake are managed means little. They’re just looking to get their line stretched and not keeping bass anyway, so it’s no big deal that you can’t put any bass between 16 and 20 inches in your livewell.

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Loud colors might not make sense on a clear lake like Keowee, but bass pro Brian Latimer has discovered that they’re very effective.

Loud colors work when it comes to Lake Keowee’s bass

Phillip Gentry

The adage of natural or translucent colors for gin-clear waters has always been a steadfast rule. Fish can see, so less is more. In stained or muddy waters, bright and solid colors are the rule, since the angler is hoping to shine a beacon that fish will see.

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Get the Fatsack app to help your fishing

Phillip Gentry

Every angler has heard that keeping a log of your fishing trips will help you catch more fish. Many fishermen keep some kind of journal, but just like weight loss and exercise plans, they get bogged down with time demands and too many details, and they soon give it up.

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Brian Latimer finds late-March spotted bass scattered from 8 feet to 40 feet, but he prefers to concentrate closer to the shoreline.

About Lake Keowee

Phillip Gentry

Since 1971, Lake Keowee’s 18,500 acres of water and 300 miles of shoreline have been a valuable source of energy, water and recreation in South Carolina’s Upstate.

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