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Fontana walleye turning to after-dark bite on bank
If you’ve been waiting on the daytime shoreline bite for walleye at Fontana Lake, the wait is over – you missed it. […]
Freshwater Fishing
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Go Live for Lake Murray’s best fishing
From crappie to stripers, live bait on Lake Murray seems to be the cat’s meow when it comes to catching fish lately. Just ask any fishing guide and they’ll tell you that from panfish to their larger cousins, if it’s live bait, it’s working. […]
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Back-trolling over brush piles producing Lake Wateree crappie
The crappie fishing at Lake Wateree is hot this month, and Buster Rush of Rush Guide Service said back-trolling jigs over brush piles is a great technique to put these fish in the boat. […]
Freshwater Fishing
Trout Triple Play
With turkey season in its final days, it’s a perfect time to plan some great trout fishing. […]
Freshwater Fishing
Where and how, not why
William Sasser, a veteran fishing guide on Clarks Hill Lake, just shrugged his shoulders and remained pretty much speechless.
The list of items that Sasser doesn’t have much to say about is definitely a short one, but ask him why May is such a good time to catch striped bass and their hybridized cousins on the sprawling, 70,000-acre reservoir, and the instantly likeable angler goes silent. […]
Freshwater Fishing
Little Lake, Big Slabs
Lightning may not strike twice in the same place, but the old adage apparently doesn’t apply to crappie fishing. […]
Freshwater Fishing
Double down
When fishing a slip-float rig near a dock, a pair of anglers should begin by fishing their minnows at two different depths. […]
Freshwater Fishing
Hatch match for spring trout
Most South Carolina freestone streams do not support prolific insect hatches — the Chattooga River may be the exception — but most streams support some level of aquatic insect life. […]
Freshwater Fishing
Recipes for hot spring patterns
Z-Wing Caddis Pupa — This pattern can be tied in sizes 12 to 18, but for spring, 18 would be a better choice, especially on the Chattooga. Use alone or as dropper with another nymph pattern or with a dry fly. […]
Freshwater Fishing
Take your pick in May
Every fish species worth catching in Lake Marion and Lake Moultrie is biting in May, and they are typically caught in big numbers and sizes. […]