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July 17, 2026

Its heyday may have been the 1990s, but Jordan Lake still turns out plenty of huge bass, as Jonathan Phillips understands.

Reaction time – March is time to get a reaction bite from Jordan Lake’s prespawn largemouth bass

March madness is a different ailment for different people. For some, it’s a need for the heated rivalries between the college basketball teams they love and love to hate. For others, it’s the heating up of the shallow waters at B. Everett Jordan Lake south of the Raleigh-Durham area. […]

Cover: March 2016 (NC)

North Carolina Sportsman

The spring bass season is here, and there’s plenty of action at Jordan and Kerr lakes. But there also is some coastal action available this month. […]

LiveTarget BaitBall Glass Minnow Twitchbait

South Carolina Sportsman

The LiveTarget BaitBall Glass Minnow Twitchbait will provide anglers a lure that perfectly mimics the small glass minnow forage that is targeted by trout, reds, Spanish mackerel or virtually anything chasing tiny bait. […]

Guide Steve Pietrykowski finds most of the crappie he catches out of Lake Hartwell in March along creek channels that the fish use for their annual move from deep water in the winter to the shallow areas where they will spawn later in the spring.

Travel Hartwell’s slab highways to great prespawn catches

Dan Kibler

Working his way under a bridge and back into one of Lake Hartwell’s feeder creeks, Steve Pietrykowski had his attention divided between the depth finder on his pontoon boat and the water in front of him. […]

Lake Wylie is producing plenty of nice blue catfish like this one caught by James Moore of Westminster.

Make a game plan before you take on Lake Wylie’s blue catfish

Phillip Gentry

James Moore of Westminster, S.C., will readily admit that he doesn’t consider Lake Wylie as one of his home lakes, but every time he goes there, he does well catching blue catfish. […]

Shallow or deep, on points or in pockets, swimbaits will catch early spring bass in South Carolina.

Learn to swim – March is time for some swimming lessons, swimbait lessons, that is

Brian Cope

Largemouth bass will be in various stages of the spawn across South Carolina this month, and no matter which stage they’re in, swimbaits are excellent lures for anglers to use. […]

Cooler water brings more black sea bass closer to shore, which puts in them in range of more fishermen.

Winter Rx for sea bass – When grouper are off limits in winter and early spring, nearshore fishermen turn to black sea bass off Grand Strand beaches

Jeff Burleson

Between January and the late spring, offshore anglers lose the chance to catch several of their favorite bottomfish due to federal closures. […]

Cover: March 2016 (SC)

South Carolina Sportsman

Spring gobbler season opens this month, so it’s time to learn from expert hunters how to talk turkey. But if fishing is your bag, then Lake Hartwell’s crappie are waiting — and we tell you how to catch them. […]

Capt. Rod Thomas shares his secret that will make anyone a better angler.

This 1 tip will make anyone a better angler

Brian Cope

One thing all anglers have in common is the desire to be better fishermen. As March rolls in, many of us vow to spend more time trying new lures and tactics, and to improve on those we’ve been using for years. The truth is, becoming a better angler is much simpler than that. […]