Columns
Pulling planer boards
Pulling planer boards is a great tactic for catching stripers and hybrids on lakes throughout the month of April. […]
Freshwater Fishing
Crappie/Bream
3 strategies for spawning crappie
With crappie spawning season in full bloom, these three strategies will help you catch your share. […]
Fishing Hotspots
Smacking Cape Fear River shad
Shad make their annual run up the Cape Fear River throughout April. […]
Crappie/Bream
Waccamaw River slabfest
The Waccamaw River along SC’s Grand Strand is a well-kept secret among crappie anglers. […]
Features
Lake Wateree is a striper wonderland
Lake Wateree offers excellent striper fishing year-round, and it’s an often overlooked lake for the species. […]
Catfish
March minnow madness
Minnows are excellent baits for crappie in March, but that’s not the only species they’re good for. […]
Catfish
Monticello blues is a great tune for March catfish
You have to be ready for Lake Monticello’s blue catfish when they go on the move in March, according to William Attaway, who guides on the South Carolina reservoir. […]
Fishing Hotspots
Lake Murray stripers move shallow in March
If your goal is to catch a trophy striper, March is probably the best month to go after a big one on South Carolina’s Lake Murray, according to guide Brad Taylor. It’s also a good month to fill a daily limit, he added. […]
Newsletters
NCWRC suspends Roanoke River striper harvest
The 2025 striper fishery is catch-and-release only in NC’s Roanoke River Striper Management Area. […]
Catfish
Albino catfish
On a fishing trip on the Combahee River in South Carolina in July of 2024, Cayden Scearce caught an albino catfish. […]