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September 20, 2026

A walk-the-dog style topwater bait will often sucker a bite out of a big fall speck or an upper- or over-slot red drum.

Catching redfish and speckled trout on topwater lures

Jerry Dilsaver

Nothing compares to seeing a topwater lure crashed from below by a big speckled trout or redfish. […]

A scheduled winter drawdown of Lake Murray will help bass fishing, according to former guide Doug Lown of Newberry.

Lake Murray will have 8-foot drawdown this winter, utility says

Pat Robertson

The public utility that owns Lake Murray will draw the lake down by eight feet this winter to improve water quality in the lake, and fisheries biologists and local fishermen say it should also improve fishing. […]

Johnny Lewis of Morehead City won the U.S. Open King Mackerel Tournament out of Southport this past weekend, fishing by himself.

Morehead City man wins U.S. Open KMT, fishing by himself

Jerry Dilsaver

King mackerel tournament fishing is most often a team exercise, but Johnny Lewis of Morehead City doesn’t mind fishing by himself. So when a couple of fishermen cancelled on him at the last minute before the Oct. 4-5 U.S. […]

Striped bass fishing on Lake Moultrie has been fabulous since the season reopened Oct. 1.

Early striper season on Lake Moultrie has been fantastic

Terry Madewell

The four-month closed season for striped bass on Lake Moultrie has finally ended, and the fishing action has been wild. […]

Russ Gobble and other striper fishermen have been having great success lately on High Rock Lake; they just hope expected rains associated with Tropical Storm Karen don't ruin things.

High Rock striper fishing has been great, but Karen worrying anglers

Tony Garitta

Since mid-September, Russ Gobble of Churchland and his fishing buddies have enjoyed excellent striped bass fishing at High Rock Lake. […]

The first three nights North Carolina's inshore waters were open to large-mesh gill nets, only two endangered sea turtles were encountered.

Gill nets back in North Carolina waters; few turtle interactions are recorded

Jerry Dilsaver

The N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries’ decision not to reopen some inside waters to gill-netting until Sept. 30 seems to have been the right move, with only two turtle encounters the first three nights and good catches of flounder. […]

Bob Matthews has been catching plenty of largemouth bass from the Santee River in recent weeks.

Santee River largemouths loving stable water for a change

Terry Madewell

After a summer of continuous flooding and unstable water, the Santee River has stabilized, but the bass fishing is anything but stable. According to one local expert it’s sensational. […]

Hank Cherry of Maiden capped the BASS All-Star Week by winning his first BASS Elite tournament.

Maiden bass pro Cherry caps rookie season with BASS win

Tony Garitta

Maiden’s Hank Cherry won the Sept. 27-29 BASS Evan Williams Bourbon Championship on Michigan’s Muskegon Lake, with a 5-fish catch of smallmouth bass weighing 17-8 to beat out Michigan bass whiz Kevin VanDam, who had 14-14. […]

Boating-access and day-use areas belonging to the USACE are remaining open for the near future thanks in part to resources already allocated by the federal government to those properties.

Corps properties on Savannah River lakes remaining open during government shutdown

Phillip Gentry

While national parks, wildlife refuges and national forests across the country have been closed by the government shutdown, properties belonging to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers are holding their own, at least for the immediate future, keeping access to Lake Hartwell, Lake Russell and Clarks Hill (Thurmond) Lake open to the public. […]