Freshwater Fishing Archives - Page 244 of 290

May 10, 2026

The four Spartanburg County water-district reservoirs produce some great crappie fishing, but all require permits and have boat and/or motor size restrictions.

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. […]

This is James Howell’s view from the cockpit of his small-water crappie tight-lining rig.

Choose your weapon

Phillip Gentry

Crappie fishermen often live and die by their chosen tactics for when fishing for these feisty panfish. […]

Fant’s Grove, Keowee WMAs offer great public turkey hunting opportunities

Terry Madewell

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. […]

It’s important to get out on the lake well before daylight for the best action on hybrids (left) and stripers.

Get there early for super hybrids and giant stripers

Terry Madewell

Chip Hamilton said he’d love to hunt turkeys on the WMAs that adjoin Lake Hartwell, but there is a small conflict. […]

Fishing shallow cover is the ideal tactic for largemouth bass and several other species in April.

‘Awesome’ April arrives

Terry Madewell

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. […]

A trout fisherman works catch-and-release trophy waters under the management of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians.

Cherokee waters on mend

Robert Satterwhite

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. […]

Cover: April 2012 (SC) – Freshwater

South Carolina Sportsman

Redfish are heading back to Lowcountry marshes this month, and crappie action is on fire. […]

This beautiful smallmouth from the Little Tennessee River fell to a popping bug.

Mountain Slam

Jim Casada

When I was a boy growing up in the heart of the Smokies, my Grandpa Joe used to say, in his pithy way, “There ain’t nothing like April.” […]

Terry Caulder and Shawn Gearheart show off their bragging-sized stripers from Midlands Striper Club event.

Team Catch 22 wins Midlands Striper Club’s March tournament

South Carolina Sportsman

The Lexington-based team of Terry Caulder, Jacob Caulder and Terry Martin, Team Catch 22, won the March 17 Midlands Striper Club tournament on Lake Murray. […]

Large rainbow trout are possible at hatchery-supported waters such as the Davidson River.

April 7 is 2012’s favorite date for mountain trout anglers

Craig Holt

The spring date Tar Heel State (and other states) mountain anglers mark on their calendars each year is the first Saturday in April. That’s when hatchery-supported waters trout season opens. […]