Freshwater Fishing Archives - Page 163 of 290

May 7, 2026

Keep topwater lures ready

Catching bream is the focal point for many anglers during June, but it’s not the full measure of great fishing on the Santee River. […]

A different Santee drift rig

Terry Madewell

Guide Joe Dennis said the rig he uses to drift- fish for bream is a real key to success, and that paying attention to details such as line size can be crucial to catching many more big bream. […]

Striper fishermen often use planer boards with live baits to help spread them out, away from the boat, and cover a wider swath of water.

Planer boards make trolling work

Taylor Pardue

It wouldn’t be possible or effective to run a trolling setup without planer boards on the outer lines. […]

Lake Hickory has three main species of baitfish that fishermen use when targeting striped bass: (from top to bottom), gizzard shad, threadfin shad, blueback herring.

Nothing beats the real thing when it comes to bait. Lure manufacturers have spent millions of dollars researching and trying to replicate the movements of baitfish, but a cast net can provide the real thing over and over again. […]

Slab crappie will start to show up this month around deep brush on both Santee Cooper lakes.

Don’t put tackle away

Terry Madewell

Striper season officially shuts down on the Santee Cooper lakes from June through September, so anglers will focus on other fish for the next four months. […]

Mayflies are a big part of the food chain in South Carolina lakes, and a hatch can set off a feeding frenzy to which many fish respond.

Make mayfly hatches a big part of your summer fishing strategy

Terry Madewell

You can see the magic happen every time you witness a mayfly hatch on a South Carolina lake, river or stream. […]

Trout in delayed-harvest waters better watch out; anglers can start keeping them on Saturday, June 6.

Keeper season begins Saturday on delayed-harvest trout waters

NCWRC Release

The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission will open 31 trout streams and two lakes classified as delayed-harvest trout waters under hatchery-supported regulations on Saturday, June 6. […]

Guide Joe Dennis of Bonneau expects to catch stringers of bream like this whenever he puts in on the Santee River in June.

The Big Bream River – Bream, redbreasts, shellcrackers and warmouth are there for the taking in the Santee River

Terry Madewell

Among the hottest, fastest-paced and most-diverse bream fishing any South Carolina angler could dream of can be found on the Santee River. […]

Colt Bass prepares to release a striped bass back into Lake Hickory.

Stalk Hickory’s stripers – Head for the upper end of Lake Hickory for some great late-spring striper action

Taylor Pardue

Being 100 miles inland at the foot of the Appalachian mountains, mere yards from the Hickory Regional Airport, Lake Hickory might seem is an unlikely spot for trophy striped bass, but many anglers are finding this sliver of a lake to be a good bet for landing quality fish. […]

Limits of big bluegills and shellcrackers have been regular results for Matthew Outlaw of St. Matthews on recent trips to Lake Marion.

Bedding or not, Lake Marion’s bluegills, shellcrackers are on a red-hot bite

Terry Madewell

The bluegill and shellcracker action is red hot at Lake Marion and should stay that way through June. Limits can be caught whether the fish are bedding or not. […]