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When cool means hot – Fall weather brings Lake Hartwell’s stripers out of deep water and into a big feeding zone
When it comes to filling a cooler with striped bass from Lake Hartwell, October is a tough month to beat. […]
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Stalk fall Santee slabs – Sample Lake Marion’s great fall crappie action
The long rod bowed into a deep, inverted “U” as another slab crappie was swung aboard the boat. Guide Buster Rush grabbed his client’s fish and sized it up. […]
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Fish fast for fall bass on Lake Tillery
Dylan Fulk had his trolling motor on high and his baitcasting rod in perpetual motion, firing casts at just about any piece of visible cover as he worked a bank in Lake Tillery’s Jacobs Creek. […]
Freshwater Fishing
September: a full plate
Fish are biting in the Santee Cooper lakes, but we’re at the time of year when some of the best hunting in South Carolina takes place as well. […]
Freshwater Fishing
All baits should come from the river
Anglers who use live baits typically follow a rule that’s a cliché: the larger the bait, the bigger the fish it will catch. […]
Freshwater Fishing
Finding Norman’s rock reefs
Numerous websites, including one belonging to the N.C. Wildlife Federation, provide map coordinates, not GPS coordinates, for the Lake Norman artificial rock reefs. […]
Freshwater Fishing
Location is everything
Large flathead catfish hunker down during the day in deep holes and in undercut river banks and don’t feed much when the sun is out, but they become active during evening hours in the narrower sections of the Neuse River south and west of Kinston. […]
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Lake Murray catfish biting at night, especially on stink baits
Anglers looking for some catfish action will find it at Lake Murray, especially if they fish at night and use stink bait on the bottom. Channel catfish and blues of various sizes are the two main whiskered-fish that are easy to catch right now, and Leesville’s Tony Alexander said he doesn’t see any sign of the bite slowing down. […]
Freshwater Fishing
Drop a dropper on trout
Droppers give fly fishers the advantage of fishing a dry fly and a nymph at the same time, an especially effective measure when it’s not obvious how trout are feeding. […]
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How to catch bream in moving water
Bream fishing on a river is a different ball game than fishing in a pond or lake, but it can be just as fruitful and rewarding for anglers who don’t mind fishing in these waterways, which are often seen more as catfish waters than bream holes. […]