Freshwater Fishing Archives - Page 164 of 290

May 7, 2026

Get ready to get a grab on!

By now, almost everyone has seen reality shows where a bunch of rough-looking folks feel around trying to catch catfish by hand. […]

How to find bream beds

Terry Madewell

Fishing beds is an extremely productive way to catch huge bluegills or shellcrackers, as it enables anglers to target the big males guarding the beds. […]

Shellcrackers are staging, getting ready to spawn, on Lake Murray as the June 2 full moon approaches.

Lake Murray guide expects shellcrackers to spawn by full moon

Dan Kibler

Lake Murray’s shellcrackers should be heading to their spawning beds within the week, according to guide Brad Taylor of Taylor Outdoors. […]

SCDNR is stocking 130,000 striper fingerlings today in two bodies of water to improve state fisheries.

SCDNR stocking striper fingerlings today on Catawba River, Lake Wateree

SCDNR News Release

The S.C. Department of Natural Resources will stock 10,000 striped bass fingerlings in the Catawba River at Fort Mill Landing and 120,000 striper fingerlings at Buck Hall Landing on Lake Wateree today. […]

Guide Mike Glover shows off a nice Lake Murray striper that fell for a Magnum Super Fluke.

Topwater striper action taking off at Lake Murray

Terry Madewell

When Lake Murray guide Mike Glover points to an open-water target and says “There!” it’s time to get a lure airborne in that direction. […]

Topwater schooling action does happen in May, but it’s not the most-productive way to catch stripers on Lake Moultrie.

Topwater school action is possible

Terry Madewell

Guide Truman Lyon said that live bait is the most-consistent method for taking stripers, but there will be some topwater schooling action in May. […]

Make sure to measure stripers, as Santee Cooper fish are managed with a 26-inch size minimum that could change later this year.

Will limits, size minimums change?

Terry Madewell

Scott Lamprecht with the S.C. Department of Natural Resources said that 2015 is the year when the state legislature reviews the 26-inch size minimum limit and SCDNR reports, along with recommendations from the Santee Cooper Stakeholder Committee. […]

Rigging a soft-plastic bait weedless on a tiny jighead will allow anglers to fish flooded shoreline cover around Kerr Lake.

A weedless jig for flooded shorelines

Dusty Wilson

While the impoundment of Kerr Lake may have solved many problems in the flood-prone area downstream, fishing the high water resulting from early spring rains requires another solution. […]

Truman Lyon, 83, and Megan Daugherty, 13, are hooked up at the same time with Lake Marion stripers.

Fast action can be the rule

Terry Madewell

Guide Truman Lyons said that live-bait fishing for stripers this month is not necessarily wait-and-hope fishing, it’s usually fast- paced, and often, multiple fish are hooked at the same time. […]

BYOB — Bring your own brush

Dusty Wilson

Thanks to enhanced sonar capabilities like side-imaging and down-imaging, finding brush piles on Kerr Lake is easier than ever. […]