Freshwater Fishing Archives - Page 194 of 290

May 8, 2026

April is the big-bass month on the Santee Cooper lakes

April is the perfect time to catch a big bass on the Santee Cooper lakes. […]

Chase Simmemon of Fair Play has had plenty of success catching Lake Hartwell bass, like this nice spotted bass, on drop-shot rigs.

Drop-shot rigs are great tools for Lake Hartwell spotted bass.

While thousands of spectators will marvel at the professional bass fishermen on Lake Hartwell in next year’s Bassmasters Classic, most will be bass-fishing enthusiasts who’d love to catch more fish on the sprawling Savannah River reservoir. […]

The spring striper run up the Roanoke River is famous, but the fishing is just as good in the Albemarle Sound before the spawning run begins.

Albemarle Sound stripers are there for the taking before the spawning run begins

Jerry Dilsaver

Stripers are one of the winter staples for fishermen in Albemarle Sound, and Capt. Karl Helmkamp of Fistful Charters knows all about them, especially how to catch them. […]

Danny Aderhold (left) and Dean Brown (right) struggle to hold the flathead catfish that Aderhold caught from the Cooper River last Wednesday.

Cooper River flathead will share state catfish record

Phillip Gentry

A fisherman from Anderson landed a 79-pound, 9.6-ounce flathead catfish last Wednesday in the Cooper River that has earned a share of the state record. […]

Ryan Bell and John Koonce of Charleston hoist a 82½-pound blue catfish that beached itself right under their noses while they were fishing for shad in the tailrace canal.

Shad fishermen put huge catfish in the boat — by hand

Phillip Gentry

Many fishermen have had the experience of hooking a small fish only to have that fish swallowed by a larger one. It happened on March 25 to John Koonce and Ryan Bell while fishing for shad in the tailrace canal below Lake Moultrie. […]

Flat Swamp Creek has some of the only fishable water in an otherwise muddy High Rock Lake, and crappie are biting.

High Rock crappie biting in Flat Swamp Creek

Tony Garitta

Maynard Edwards and Jason Heitman of Yadkin Lakes Guide Service caught quality crappie in High Rock Lake’s Flat Swamp Creek last week by trolling deep water. […]

Guide Brad Taylor said that crappie are making the move toward their shallow, spawning areas on Lake Murray.

Slab crappie moving shallow at Murray, staging for the spawn

Terry Madewell

Shallow-water crappie action doesn’t last long at Lake Murray, but it’s sensational when it occurs, and the time is nigh. […]

Emory Reiser of Anderson landed this Lake Hartwell walleye on a trip last week with Capt. Steve Pietrykowski.

“Small window” is open for catching Lake Hartwell walleye

Phillip Gentry

The prospect of catching a walleye in South Carolina waters may seem far-fetched to a lot of anglers, but truth is, Lake Hartwell maintains a catchable population of this highly prized member of the pike family, and the best time to run into a few of them is when they move up the tributary rivers to spawn in the spring. […]

These 7 tips will improve your long-line trolling

Phillip Gentry

Like spider-rigging, having success in long-line trolling takes dedication in order to get a system that works for your boat and your setup. Try these seven tips will help you become a better long liner. […]

Georgia and South Carolina have different size and creel limits for crappie on the Savannah River lakes.

SC has size limit; Georgia does not

Pat Robertson

The Savannah River lakes, including Thurmond, are unique in that there are differences in the size limits for crappie depending on whether you bring your fish out on the South Carolina side or the Georgia side. […]