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Hartwell’s Hot Cast-and-Blast
One of the best public cast-and-blast opportunities for South Carolina outdoorsmen this month is the Upstate hotspot of Lake Hartwell. […]
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Hiwassee Lake produces another state-record striped bass
When Larry Verne caught a 54-pound, 2-ounce striper out of Hiwassee Lake back in June of 1991, striper fishermen around North Carolina wondered not just how a fish had gotten that big, but how it had gotten into a lake where stripers had never been stocked. […]
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Freshwater Series: Lake Jocassee
Sam Jones doesn’t know why trout relate to structural features that are 100 feet beneath them. More important than “why” they do, though, is knowing “that” they do so and learning which structures attract the most fish any given month.
Jones, who operates Jocassee Charters, has learned those lessons through longevity. He grew up fishing Upstate waters with his dad, has fished Lake Jocassee for 30 years and has guided for the past 10 years. Jones specialized in controlled-depth trolling for trout, and he often targets fish that suspend well above structural features. […]
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Little Lakes, Big Slabs
If you live in the Upstate and still make the long drive to either Murray, Clarks Hill or Wateree to load up on springtime crappie, you may be by-passing some overlooked fishing opportunities. […]
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Obtaining boat permits
All of these water-district lakes have boat and motor restrictions, with permits available for each boat based on it’s horsepower classification. […]
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Choose your weapon
Crappie fishermen often live and die by their chosen tactics for when fishing for these feisty panfish. […]
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Fant’s Grove, Keowee WMAs offer great public turkey hunting opportunities
Both Fant’s Grove and Keowee WMAs are in Game Zone Two and cover areas around Lake Hartwell. Biologist Tom Swayngham of SCDNR said both WMAs offer excellent hunting opportunities for turkey hunters. […]
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Get there early for super hybrids and giant stripers
Chip Hamilton said he’d love to hunt turkeys on the WMAs that adjoin Lake Hartwell, but there is a small conflict. […]
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‘Awesome’ April arrives
If “Madness” was the word for March, then “Awesome” will be the word for April in terms of fishing success on the Santee Cooper lakes. […]
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Cherokee waters on mend
About midnight on July 15, 2011, a flash-flood sent a 10-foot wall of water through the Cherokee Indian Tribal Hatchery, washing away or killing 435,000 trout and leaving raceways buried in silt. […]