Sensational white perch action has cranked up at Lake Wateree, with big catches of huge perch being made across the lake. Sumter’s Chuck Porter said this heralds the beginning of a run of big, white perch through June. […]
Veterans of past Roanoke River striped bass runs said they expected the species’ annual spawning migration to be about a month late this year because of an unusually cool spring, and it appears they are correct. […]
There are times when almost anything worth catching is biting, and May is one of those months at Santee Cooper. […]
May is an ideal time to be on a mountain trout stream. Wildflowers are in bloom, dogwoods and rhododendron are flowering and a multitude of mayfly, caddis and stonefly hatches are coming off — more hatches than any other time of the season. […]
Retired guide Doug Lown said that when fishing for shellcrackers around high spots that drop into deep water, catching multiple species is pretty common. […]
The shellcracker, also known as the redear sunfish (Lepomis microlophus), is native to the southeastern United States but can be found all over North America. […]
The redear sunfish, known scientifically as Lepomis microlophus and informally as bream, stumpknocker, cherry gill, rouge ear sunfish, Georgia bream and shellcracker, is a slab-sided fish with a red or orange edge along its ear flap, a characteristic that distinguishes it from other sunfish. […]
Fishing Creek Lake is a Duke Energy reservoir on the Catawba River that was impounded in 1916. The lake has 3,431surface acres of water and 61 miles of shoreline. Full pond elevation is 417.2 feet. […]
Redear sunfish make heftier and tastier filets than other sunfish mostly because of their larger size. They can be fried and grilled in a number of ways. […]
Guide Buster Rush of Camden said that despite the typical success he has trolling on Fishing Creek Lake, fishing minnows vertically over and into brush will often be the key to success. […]
Copyright 1999 - 2026 Carolina Sportsman, Inc. All rights reserved.