Freshwater Fishing
Follow the fry
When the shallow areas of the Santee Cooper lakes green up in the spring, they provide ideal places for small fish to hide and spawners to being their annual ritual. […]
Freshwater Fishing
Freshwater Fishing
Counteract water levels and still catch fish
Anglers fishing reservoirs controlled by power companies will experience drastic changes in water level throughout the year. […]
Freshwater Fishing
Established without state’s help, spotted bass are an angler favorite
As numbers of spotted bass have grown in South Carolina lakes, so has their popularity. […]
Freshwater Fishing
Electronics will help spot spotted bass
Electronics are critical when it comes to finding the deep-water structure that spotted bass prefers. […]
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Lake Wateree crappie action is really breaking loose
Crappie season has literally boomed in the past few days at Lake Wateree after a very slow start to the season. […]
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Bill to protect Santee Cooper blue cats draws ire of Upstate politician
A bill introduced in January that would establish a daily creel limit and change the size limit on blue catfish at the Santee Cooper lakes has made it through the S.C. House and has moved to the S.C. Senate in early March, setting up a possible confrontation between commercial and recreational fishermen on Lake Marion and Lake Moultrie and pay-pond owners in the Upstate who rely on the lakes to acquire fish for their ponds. […]
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White bass spawning run at full swing out of Lake Greenwood
Lake Greenwood’s white bass are making their annual migration up the Saluda and Reedy rivers, and fishermen are catching limits from the mouth of those rivers as far up as navigable water will allow. […]
Freshwater Fishing
April action is wide open
April is one of the most eagerly anticipated months on the Santee Cooper lakes, and with good reason. […]
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Shad run in Cape Fear River is in full gear
The shad run is in high gear on the Cape Fear River, and Capt. Allen Cain of Sightfish NC is boating big numbers of American shad on fly and ultralight tackle at Lock and Dam No.1 near Rieglewood. […]
Freshwater Fishing
Paddle to slab central
From mid-March until the end of April, one of the certainties about freshwater fishing is that shallow stumps, brush piles and flats will be holding scores of black and white crappie in the midst of their spawn. […]