Freshwater Fishing Archives - Page 153 of 292

Stacy Atkinson and Capt. Gene Crawford show off two nice blue catfish recently caught at Santee Cooper.

Trolling backwards is good strategy for catching Santee Cooper catfish

Back trolling is a good technique for putting catfish in the boat, and with the right tools, it is a pretty easy procedure. […]

Dieter Melhorn has got Lake Wylie’s blue catfish figured out, especially during January and other winter months.

Wylie’s Cool Cats are the ticket this month at Lake Wylie

Terry Madewell

Lake Wylie, which straddles the border between North Carolina and South Carolina, has developed into one of the premier catfishing reservoirs for both states. […]

Cover: January 2016 (SC) – Slabs

South Carolina Sportsman

Lake Moultrie will be pumping out slab crappie this month, but you can also head to the Charleston area for hot redfish action. […]

Lures designed for largemouth bass produce plenty of winter stripers at High Rock Lake.

Artificial alternative – There’s an alternative to live bait for High Rock Lake’s winter stripers

Craig Holt

Being a self-effacing guy, Maynard Edwards smiled when he recalled how once upon a January he stumbled across a new way to catch striped bass at High Rock Lake. […]

Thaw out Badin slabs – Cold weather doesn’t stop hot crappie fishing on North Carolina’s Badin Lake this month

Dusty Wilson

To say that a January morning is brisk can be an understatement, but with any luck, the frost will give way to sunshine and biting fish. At Badin Lake on the Yadkin River chain, hungry and healthy crappie will most likely be holding tight to baitfish schools, hovering over deep-water creeks and coves, where long-line trolling a dragnet of jigs is the most efficient way to fill your 20-fish limit. […]

Guide Kevin Davis with a slab crappie taken in 22-feet of water on Lake Moultrie.

Naughty but nice – January crappie fishing on Santee Cooper’s Lake Moultrie

Terry Madewell

For some fishermen, the cold, often nasty weather associated with January may not seem like prime time for swinging slab crappies over the gunwales. […]

Cover: January 2016 (NC) – Blues

North Carolina Sportsman

Find out why you should head to Lake Wylie for trophy blue cats and how you can get in on the winter redfish action along the coast. […]

Capt. Chris Nichols with Carolinas Guide Service has been nailing Lake Wateree's stripers for the past few weeks.

Lake Wateree stripers easy pickings while trolling with live bait

Brian Cope

You’ll notice a couple of changes in this issue of South Carolina Sportsman, changes we hope you’ll like as we try to improve the magazine and bring more content that readers want. […]