Freshwater Fishing
Leave that anchor and move!
Former guide Stanley Correll has perfected the art of making small moves to fish new areas without having to pull up the two anchors with which he holds his pontoon boat in place. […]
Freshwater Fishing
Freshwater Fishing
Channel your efforts — or not
Tuckertown Lake has all three major species of catfish most-often targeted by freshwater fishermen: flatheads, blues and channels. […]
Freshwater Fishing
Safety first
When fishing off the beach using a jet ski as a platform, remember these safety rules: […]
Freshwater Fishing
Choose the correct slip cork
While fishing with corks may seem juvenile to some anglers, when fishing for bream, it’s a staple that should never be overlooked. […]
Freshwater Fishing
Take flier on this bream
While some people refer strictly to bluegill when using the word bream, other panfish like redbreast, shellcracker, pumpkinseed and warmouth are all members of the bream family. […]
Freshwater Fishing
Trick a trout tomorrow
Bob Sanders guided in the saltwater portion of the Combahee River until a stroke last winter pushed him off the water, but he still loves to talk fishing and is quick to help other anglers with any fishing details. […]
Freshwater Fishing
Live shad get preferential treatment
A fishermen targeting Shearon Harris Lake’s booming white perch population in summer couldn’t be in a better position. […]
Freshwater Fishing
No repeat of last year
Lake Hartwell anglers may recall the lake’s first recorded fish kill last summer. After copious amounts of rain, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which controls the lake’s level, was forced to spill water over the emergency gates and then later siphoned off deeper layers to control the flooding. […]
Freshwater Fishing
Cast-netting for perch
As of Aug. 1, it is no longer illegal to keep white perch caught in a cast net west of I-95, as they have been considered invasive and often damage the population of other species. That’s a win-win situation for fishermen. […]
Freshwater Fishing
Deep-water trolling tactics
While down-rod, live-bait tactics work all day and all night through the summer, many anglers who fish Hartwell’s main lake during the daylight hours prefer to troll and catch striped bass. […]