Bass Fishing
Month-long Black Friday?
For fishermen and hunters, the best way to describe January is that it’s kind of like Black Friday — but spread out over a month or two. […]
Bass Fishing
Bass Fishing
Lake Monticello’s bass, largemouth and smallmouth, are on the feed
Lake Monticello is unique in many ways, one being that it’s a pump-back type reservoir that puts warm water into the lake during cold weather. […]
Bass Fishing
Kerr slowly recovers from bass virus
Anglers searching for winter bass at Kerr Reservoir not only have to contend with cold weather but also with the aftermath of the Largemouth Bass Virus, which devastated the lake’s bass population. […]
Bass Fishing
Other winter bass wonderlands: Shearon Harris, Norman
Bass fishermen can’t go wrong including 4,100-acre Shearon Harris Lake and 32,500-acre Lake Norman in their search for winter action. […]
Bass Fishing
Don’t give up on winter bass, Summerville guide said
Marc Deschenes does most of his fishing and guiding these days on the six ponds at his VIP Adventures in Summerville, but he feels like the techniques that work for winter bass in his smaller waters can transfer to much-bigger reservoirs across South Carolina. […]
Bass Fishing
Bad weather, good bass – December success puts Kerr Lake bass fishermen in a holiday mood
During the winter, most of the fishermen who sing the famous line “Let it snow! Let it snow! Let it snow!” from Sammy Cahn’s classic Christmas song have comfortably shielded themselves from the elements by nestling up to a warm fireplace with a cup of hot chocolate in hand. […]
Bass Fishing
Crankbait bite about to bust loose at High Rock, Badin
The recent weather – near-freezing rains and cold winds – have prompted some fishermen to call it a season at High Rock and Badin lakes, but not Lexington’s Chris Brown, who said the small-crankbite bite should be just around the corner once the weather stabilizes. […]
Bass Fishing
Don’t forget soft plastics
Soft plastics are some of the most-overlooked baits that bass fishermen have in their tackle boxes once the leaves begin to turn in the fall. […]
Bass Fishing
Creek mouths producing great catches of bass on Hartwell, Greenwood
A stopover earlier this week at Port-Tronics Fishing World in Greenville found manager Justin Holder holding court with several of his regular bass-fishing customers over which Upstate lake was the best place to catch bass right now. […]
Bass Fishing
A spinnerbait primer
For many fishermen, spinnerbaits have taken a back seat to a lot of new lures and trends in fishing: swimbaits, umbrella rigs, vibrating jigs and swim jigs. […]