Freshwater Fishing Archives - Page 183 of 293

A limit of 20 slab crappie like this one Freddie Sinclair is holding can make for the beginnings of a great fish fry.

Autumn slab fest? Jordan Lake crappie fishermen expect a great fall

Happily for crappie fishermen, Jordan Lake has recovered from a massive 2011 fish kill. The rare combination of a cold-weather threadfin shad die-off that February, then a week of 100-degree temperatures that July wiped out a lot of fish. […]

Braxton Wall of Ninety Six is a 17-year-old crappie-fishing wizard who is particularly adepth at catching Lake Greenwood’s fall slabs.

Fall semester slabs – Ninety Six high-school senior is wise beyond his years when it comes to catching Lake Greenwood’s fall slabs.

Phillip Gentry

Most teens strive to find their niche in high school. Some are athletes, others student government types, others bookworms, socialites or not-so-socialites. […]

Guide Rodger Taylor has been catching plenty of big blue catfish at night out of Lake Wateree.

After-dark catfish action in Lake Wateree’s shallows has been top-drawer

Terry Madewell

Catfish action has been good at Lake Wateree throughout the summer, but in September, the cats really begin to prowl, especially at night. […]

A bream doubleheader

Brian Cope

Bluegills and shellcrackers are collectively lumped into the category of bream, and these are the favorite target of many Sparkleberry Swamp anglers. Even though these are two different species of fish, they do hang out together, and anglers often catch them both in the same area, especially in shallow water. […]

Veteran Sparkleberry Swamp angler Ken Nutter catches most of his crappie from cypress trees along the edges of open water.

No need to get lost again

Brian Cope

Many of the flooded trees in Sparkleberry Swamp are decorated with license plates, signs and paint markings, showing routes that lead to places only those who placed them know. […]

Trotlines account for a lot of catfish in Sparkleberry Swamp. Fishermen are limited to one with no more than 50 hooks.

Drop me a line

Brian Cope

Setting trotlines is Ken Nutter’s preferred way of catching catfish in Sparkleberry Swamp, but he warns other anglers to know the laws governing these devices. […]

Crappie fishermen have dozens of styles and hundreds of colors from which to choose.

A jig is a jig is a jig, right? Wrong!

Dan Kibler

A fishermen could get overwhelmed or confused looking at the selection of crappie jigs in a tackle shop — or in Danny Sisson’s tackle box. […]

A fish kill took place the weekend of Sept. 6 on Lake Hartwell close to the Anderson Regional Joint Water Authority's intact facility on Six & Twenty Creek.

Localized fish kill confirmed on Hartwell after chemical treatment of water

Phillip Gentry

The S.C. Department of Natural Resources has confirmed a fish kill on Lake Hartwell that took place the weekend of Sept. 6 near the water intake facility operated by the Anderson Regional Join Water Authority a few days after chemical treatments of water in an attempt to battle algae blooms believed to be responsible for poor taste and water quality that has plagued Anderson County residents this summer. […]

It doesn’t take a nice brown trout for a fisherman to call a fishing trip a success.

A matter of perspective

Robert Satterwhite

We follow the stream where we can, fishing deep pools and smooth runs in water so clear we can see every detail of the streambed. […]

Michael Dey, Christin McCrory and Brad Sasser, display striped bass caught in one stop while fishing this week at Clarks Hill.

Summer striper pattern still producing at Clarks Hill

Phillip Gentry

Catching striped and hybrid striped bass through the summer boils down to three things: location, location and location. Guide Brad Sasser of Sasser’s Guide Service in Clarks Hill said he and his partners typically pick up on the down rod/live herring bite in late May when striped bass come off their false spawning runs. It happened this spring, but this spring, the bite never seemed to let off. […]