Freshwater Fishing

Have a holiday striper

I make my living fishing for bass, and I certainly love to fish for them, but sometimes I like to fish for other species of gamefish. I love to fish for bream, crappie and striped bass, and December is the time I fish for stripers and hybrids in Lake Murray and Clarks Hill and Wateree and even Santee Cooper. […]

Freshwater Fishing

Having and beating those ‘winter blues’

With winter upon us and cold weather as harsh and brittle as a dried twig, most outdoors-minded people are enjoying warm, cozy fireplaces, while the true fishermen are challenging the cold.

Putting on their cold-weather survival gear and attaching the enclosures around the cockpit of their boats, they continue doing what they do the best: catching catfish on the Santee Cooper lakes.

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Freshwater Fishing

Watch the wind

The effects of warm-water discharge aren’t experienced only in the immediate areas, especially on sprawling Lake Norman. […]

Freshwater Fishing

Here, kitty, kitty

While fishermen who frequent warm-water discharges are most often targeting largemouth bass, spotted bass or striped bass, there’s no doubt that fishermen targeting catfish can get just as much benefit out of the artificially warm water. […]