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September 6, 2026

Guide James McManus targets smallmouth bass on gravel and chunk-rock banks this month on Fontana Lake.

Prespawn smallmouth starting to stir at Fontana Lake

Tony Garitta

The signs are out that fishing is about to pick up on Fontana Lake in North Carolina’s extreme southwestern corner. […]

Big wahoo are a common bluewater catch late in the winter and early in the spring in bluewater areas of South Carolina’s northern coastline.

Wahoo have bluewater covered

Jeff Burleson

Spring will finally arrive this month, and it will be a great time to plan a bluewater trip for wahoo, a top-of-the-food-chain opponent and a premiere target for offshore anglers. […]

Guide Wendell Wilson catches Lake Russell crappie shallow and deep in March, when fish are moving in and out at different stages of the spawn.

Lake Russell slabs on the move

Pat Robertson

If catching slabs is your thing, March is the best month to fish for crappie on South Carolina’s Lake Russell, according to guide Wendell Wilson of Elberton, Ga. […]

Tournament promoter Bo Russell expects Badin Lake’s big bass to bite this month.

Last March, when unreasonably warm weather drove the big-bass bite to explode on North Carolina’s High Rock and Tuckertown lakes, the trophy bass at Badin Lake just downstream didn’t get the message. Few bruisers were caught, which was shocking, because Badin historically has been the best of the Yadkin River lakes for giant bass. […]

Oyster beds are hangouts for winter reds in the marshes along North Carolina’s central coast.

Find reds on oysters

Craig Holt

March marks the first turn toward spring fishing along the central North Carolina coast as water temperatures begin to warm. […]

The marshes around Georgetown, S.C., are full of nice redfish in big schools through the winter.

Track down some Georgetown reds

Jeff Burleson

For most of the year, anglers comb South Carolina’s creeks, bays and shallow marshes for redfish, aka spot-tail bass. […]

Guide Jot Owens caught this nice American Shad during the winter/spring run in the Cape Fear River upstream from Wilmington, N.C.

Salute shad, the kickoff fish

Brian Cope

It’s been cold, and many anglers have been waiting for the slightest break in weather. And while many are looking forward to next month, plenty of others know that February is really the time to break out the ultralight gear and head to a handful of rivers across the Carolinas for the shad run. […]

Robert Dean poses with the new N.C. state record red grouper, which he caught while fishing aboard the Cheerio Lady out of Carolina Beach.

Creedmoor angler catches new N.C. state record red grouper

Jerry Dilsaver

Robert Dean of Creedmoor, N.C. now holds the N.C. state record for red grouper with a catch he made on June 10, 2017 while fishing on the Cheerio Lady, with Capt. John Batson, out of Carolina Beach. It took a while for all the paperwork to be submitted and approved, but Dean’s 35-pound, 11-ounce catch was officially recognized as the new N.C. record on Feb. 2, 2018. […]

Carolina Sportsman columnist and Upstate Outdoors radio show host Phillip Gentry is one of the Crappie University instructors.

Crappie University set for Spartanburg debut

From News Reports

Crappie University, a classroom-style educational program dedicated to teaching anglers of all ages and skill levels how to catch the popular panfish year-round, is scheduled to begin next week in Spartanburg. […]

The Lower Saluda River just outside of Columbia has become a hot spot for trout anglers. A small section is being proposed as catch-and-release only.

SCDNR seeks public input on Lower Saluda River trout regulations

Brian Cope

For decades, anglers in South Carolina have been catching coldwater trout far from the fish’s mountain range, thanks to the frigid waters pouring out of the depths of Lake Murray and into the Lower Saluda River just outside of Columbia. […]