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October 11, 2026

If High Rock Lake gets to full pool during the spring, you can bet some quality largemouth bass are going to head for the buttonwood bushes that dot areas of the lake’s shoreline.

Water in the bushes equals bass at High Rock Lake

This month on High Rock Lake, local anglers follow the golden rule. If the water is in the buttonwood bushes, fish the bushes.

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After the sun comes up, back off on points and fish a crankbait for Lake Russell largemouths and spots.

Lake Russell’s bass ready for action

Pat Robertson

Lake Russell is not noted for harboring really big largemouths and spotted bass, but May is probably the best month to catch big fish of both species that are showing up bigger and bigger each year, said guide Wendell Wilson of Elberton, Ga.

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Some crankbaits work better than others, but if properly tuned, they should all work well.

Catch more bass on crankbaits with this one tip

Brian Cope

When it comes to fishing with crankbaits, FLW pro David Fritts of Lexington N.C. is about as good as it gets. He would rather fish a crankbait than any other lure, and he has one tip that he said can make everyone a better crankbait angler.

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Three ways to make a Senko squirm

Dan Kibler

Bass pro Davy Hite of Ninety Six, S.C., loves fishing a Buckeye Mop Jig, but this time of year, you can beat he’s using a Senko. […]

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

Ronnie Moore

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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