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September 18, 2026

Maurce Freeze's decision to fish muddy water turned out to be a rewarding one: more than $6,000 worth of rewards.

Concord fisherman strikes it rich at Badin Lake

Concord’s Maurice Freeze targeted the muddiest water he could find Saturday to win the Walmart Bass Fishing League Piedmont Division tournament at Badin Lake. […]

Rising water temperatures are getting redfish and trout in the Charleston area cranked up for the spring.

Rising water temperatures have Charleston reds, trout ready to bite

Glenn Corley

With water temperatures approaching the 60-dgree mark, Capt. Kevin Blair of Charleston Fish Rod Bending Company, had only one thing to say. “It’s about to bust wide open here.” […]

Jimmy and James Wall spanked Hyco Lake’s lunkers for a 5-fish total of 31.72 pounds.

Swimbaits, crankbaits produce huge catch of bass at Hyco Lake

Craig Holt

Jimmy and James Wall of Greensboro found an unusual fishing pattern on March 15 at Hyco Lake, a Duke Energy impoundment in Person County, and they landed one of the most impressive sacks of largemouth bass seen this spring in a Piedmont Bass Classic tournament. […]

Kevin Bissette of Fuquay-Varina caught this nice drum off the beach on a trip with Capt. Noah Lynk of Harkers Island.

Schools of red drum showing up in surf from Beaufort Inlet north

Jerry Dilsaver

Fishermen have been creative about finding ways to enjoy the stretches of pretty days between the bouts of harsh winter weather that have been bombarding the coast since Late January. […]

The jetties at Little River Inlet are producing plenty of nice redfish for Capt. Mark Stacy.

Little River jetties producing plenty of nice redfish

Jeff Burleson

Even though the shrimp left the waters around the Little River Inlet jetties many months ago, redfish there have little reservations about attacking a shrimp dangling right in front of their lips. […]

Doug McNeill fishes while Andy Futrell catches a bass from the back of the boat at Ramseur Lake this past Saturday.

Small-boat anglers cruising to plenty of bass on Ramseur Lake

Walter Taylor

At Ramseur Lake, smart anglers downsize boats and go electric for big bass from a small reservoir. […]

Santee Cooper guide Linwood Thornton bagged more than 72 pounds of bass last week to win the FLW Rayovac tournament on his home lakes, a win worth $40,000.

Veteran Santee Cooper guide bags the bass and the bucks

Brian Cope

Linwood Thornhill of Pineville has fished the Santee Cooper lakes for more than 50 years, and that experience paid off as Thornhill pocketed $40,000 for winning the FLW Rayovac Tournament out of John C. Land Landing March 14-16. […]

Flat Swamp Creek has some of the only fishable water in an otherwise muddy High Rock Lake, and crappie are biting.

High Rock crappie biting in Flat Swamp Creek

Tony Garitta

Maynard Edwards and Jason Heitman of Yadkin Lakes Guide Service caught quality crappie in High Rock Lake’s Flat Swamp Creek last week by trolling deep water. […]

Guide Brad Taylor said that crappie are making the move toward their shallow, spawning areas on Lake Murray.

Slab crappie moving shallow at Murray, staging for the spawn

Terry Madewell

Shallow-water crappie action doesn’t last long at Lake Murray, but it’s sensational when it occurs, and the time is nigh. […]

Emory Reiser of Anderson landed this Lake Hartwell walleye on a trip last week with Capt. Steve Pietrykowski.

“Small window” is open for catching Lake Hartwell walleye

Phillip Gentry

The prospect of catching a walleye in South Carolina waters may seem far-fetched to a lot of anglers, but truth is, Lake Hartwell maintains a catchable population of this highly prized member of the pike family, and the best time to run into a few of them is when they move up the tributary rivers to spawn in the spring. […]