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Wateree blue catfish moving back and forth in creeks this month
Tips for February catfish fishing at South Carolina’s Lake Wateree. […]
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Reverse thinking makes for good Lake Wylie catfish action
Rodger Taylor catches plenty of big blue catfish on Lake Wylie during the winter months, and he does it by thinking the opposite of what many other anglers do. […]
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Blues in winter: Lake Norman fishing produces cool cats
Lake Norman is a trophy catfish hotspot, and it is especially good during the winter months. […]
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Keep your cool; big catfish will
The colder it gets, the hotter the catfish bite is on the Santee Cooper lakes. […]
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Lake Gaston’s big catfish on feed
Zakk Royce has perfected techniques for catching huge blue catfish from Lake Gaston along the Virginia-North Carolina border. […]
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Is High Rock the next catfish crown jewel?
Badin Lake on the Yadkin River chain in North Carolina has long been known as an excellent lake for blue catfish in the winter, but about 20 miles upstream, High Rock Lake seems poised to become the next winter hotspot.
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It’s all about the forage when searching for catfish in the winter
A recurring theme among all the catfish guides is that winter catfishing is all about the forage; you fish close to forage or you don’t catch fish.
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It’s time for war: River Wars 2018 Catfish Tournament
The River Wars 2018 Catfish Tournament is this weekend, Dec. 15 – 16 and will at least temporarily settle the question of which anglers are better — Yadkin River Chain anglers or Catawba River Chain anglers? […]
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Top Carolina winter catfish lakes
Gone are the days when catfish were delegated to warm weather and water for consistent fishing. With the introduction of blue catfish into many lakes and rivers in the Carolinas, the cold-weather catfishing game has changed significantly.
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Clarks Hill catfish bite will be great through Thanksgiving
November might be the most-consistent time of year to catch big blue catfish and big flatheads on Clarks Hill Lake, just as it is on other South Carolina lakes, according to Chris Simpson who previously guided on Lake Monticello, Lake Murray and Lake Greenwood before moving to McCormick, S.C., 18 months ago to guide on Clarks Hill.
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Trophy cats: a biological perspective
Chad Holbrook, a fisheries biologist for the S.C. Department of Natural Resources who oversees the Santee Cooper lakes, said biologists use winter gill-net sampling to assess blue catfish populations and, the data shows increasing catch rates from 2016 through 2018.
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A long-time trophy fishery
A 58-pound channel catfish was caught from Lake Moultrie in 1964, setting state and world records that still stand today. While the Santee Cooper lakes provide excellent fishing for numbers of channel catfish, the sizes are no longer extreme and are not typically considered trophy size, even for channel catfish.