Fishing for crappie on South Carolina’s Lake Murray starts picking up in early October and gets better week by week through the fall until it peaks, usually around Thanksgiving, according to guide Brad Taylor. […]
Bluegill and shellcracker are easy to find in the spring, and as summer begins to give way to fall, they become predictable again, but in a different way, according to Jay Summers, who fishes bodies of water — big and small — across both Carolinas. […]
Early September can be a bit like August, but the nights are cooler, and that brings water temperatures down in Santee Cooper’s Sparkleberry Swamp. […]
Fishing in the heat requires adaptability on the part of the angler. Fish will still bite no matter how hot the sun is, but angles have to be willing to put in the work. For those who do, it’s definitely worth it. […]
Redbreast sunfish bite aggressively throughout the summer. And South Carolina’s Lynches River is one of the top spots to find these colorful panfish. […]
The Wateree River has an undervalued population of slabs, but anglers who target them have plenty of success with these tips. […]
Deep in the heart of every southern angler’s roots is the beginning of a lifelong journey to catch fishy foes in flooded landscapes. Some cut their teeth along oyster-lined shorelines. But many got their feet wet with hand-sized copperhead bluegill on the end of their line in ponds, rivers and other lily pad-infested waters. […]
Crappie don’t enter their spawning grounds at an angle, and once anglers realize this, they will catch more slabs in the spring. […]
While some anglers insist on downsizing to catch crappie in the winter, other anglers prefer to use larger baits and lures. They may catch fewer crappie, but the ones they catch are usually bigger. […]
Jerry Neeley of Jerry’s Fishing Guide Service uses a two-pronged attack to catch staging crappie at Lake Wylie this month. […]
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