Freshwater Fishing
Cold Busters
From the depths of December through the cabin fever days of March, many Palmetto State sportsmen decide their plan of choice is to trade time on the water for armchair adventure. […]
Freshwater Fishing
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Winter Walleye Wonderland
Winter in the North Carolina mountains.
Cold. […]
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Crappie biting around bridge pilings for Jordan Lake fishermen
With winter weather set in across North Carolina during January, the most-active fishing bite at the Triangle lakes — Jordan, Shearon Harris and Falls of the Neuse — has been for crappie. […]
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Move of bait, stripers upriver has resulted in a great bite
The dropping water temperatures at Lake Murray have reached the point where the bulk of the striper population has followed baitfish upriver, typical for this time of year, producing outstanding fishing. […]
Freshwater Fishing
Cold-weather crappie, catfish are a challege on Santee lakes
Capt. Steve Sexton is widely known for some of his oceangoing feats, but for fishermen who frequent the Santee Cooper lakes, he is better known for the tactics he uses to catch and — and often release — catfish, crappie and bream. […]
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Bait has moved to backs of creeks; stripers have followed
Like plenty of Lake Hartwell anglers, Brad Knight of Belton has been waiting for a consistent pattern to emerge – he and others have been waiting on cooler weather. […]
Freshwater Fishing
Cape Fear locks, dams and stripers
Striped bass were once so plentiful in the Cape Fear region that they were classified as one of the nine major striper populations on the Atlantic Seaboard, but this was prior to locks and dams being built along the river to help with commerce between Wilmington and Fayetteville. […]
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Should Santee Cooper striper plan run its course or change now?
The increase in the number of stripers in the Santee Cooper lakes is welcome news to fishermen and biologists alike, but there are differences of opinions on what the next step in management should be. […]
Freshwater Fishing
Stripers on the migratory route
It’s hard to predict when stripers’, upriver migration will begin since the biggest female fish are the ones most likely to spawn and that’s the size striper fishermen like to target. Much depends on water temperature during the winter. […]
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Presidential Perch — Fishing tips for Lake Russell’s yellow perch
Of the dozen or so major reservoirs in South Carolina, the baby and beauty of the group is Lake Richard B. Russell. […]
