When commercial fishermen Leland Selph and Jimmy Dowling started checking their 150-hook trotline in Lake Moultrie on Feb. 7, they knew they had hooked a really big catfish. […]
Bulls Bay is a great place to load the cooler with big sheepshead, and the same is true at Lake Moultrie for catfish. […]
Several species of fish in Lake Marion and Lake Moultrie are on the move this month, which typically begins with some of the coldest water temperatures of the year. […]
Lake Jocassee is a mountain lake located in the northwestern corner of the state, split between Oconee and Pickens counties, its headwaters across the North Carolina line. […]
Downriggers, made by Walker, Scotty, Penn, Cannon, Mac-Jac and others, have many plusses when it comes to fishing. […]
The Jocassee Outdoor Center holds an annual trout tournament series; four more events will be held this winter and spring: Jan. 14, Feb. 18, March 17 and April 21. […]
From an above-water vantage, it all looks the same. A 60,000-bowl, Lake Moultrie has minimal visible cover, except around its edges. Beneath the surface, though, the story changes. […]
Some mountain gamefish are prized for their fight. Hook a bass, smallmouth or largemouth, and you’re in for some exciting action. […]
Ask most crappie fishermen when they’d rather be targeting slabs, and most all of them will say spring: March, April or May. […]
As expected, a major rewrite of South Carolina’s freshwater fishery laws sailed through the legislature in the opening weeks of the 2012 session and was sent to Gov. Nikki Haley for her signature. […]
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