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April is a month to use a bait with which you can cover a lot of water to find concentrations of prespawn bass.

Fish your strength

If you read this column on a regular basis, you know that I talk a lot about February and March being the best months to catch a big bass in our South Carolina lakes. […]

The emergence of fishing kayaks has given anglers the opportunity to fish — without an outboard motor — for all kinds of fish in all kinds of places.

Have paddle, will travel — Kayak your way to more fish

Chris Holmes

You’ve likely noticed that there is a surge in kayak fishing. […]

Cover: April 2013 (SC) – Fishing

South Carolina Sportsman

Dolphin are on the menu for blue-water anglers this month off the South Carolina coast, while mountain hunters will have their sights on gobblers. […]

Jot Owens looks forward to great bass-fishing action in April on Sutton Lake as fish approach and go through the spawn.

Sutton’s spring blitz

Jeff Burleson

When the historic port city of Wilmington shows up on most anglers’ radar, the bountiful inshore and offshore fisheries quickly come to mind. […]

Bassmaster Elite pro Greg Hackney finds big prespawners by pitching heavy jigs around the edges of grass lines.

Prespawn Patrol - Tips for bass fishing success during the prespawn

David A. Brown

Pickles and ice cream, donuts with lots of sprinkles, Cheese Whiz and anything with chocolate – pregnancy cravings are a fact of life, for a soon-to-be mom eating for two (or more).

Expectant bass might not crave anything odd, but they’re all about packing their bellies for their forthcoming spawn. Learn where and how to locate these fish and you can, ahem, “expect” your own delivery of rod-bending fun.

First, consider the basics of where they’ll spawn. Creeks, coves, backwater canals. Pretty much any shallow habitat with good sunlight and some type of cover will do. […]

Reds, specks and flounder have been trying to move out of the backwaters around Sneads Ferry for weeks, but the water temperature has remained too low.

Sneads Ferry guide says inshore favorites are biting, but change to spring patterns is late

Jerry Dilsaver

Capt. Allen Jernigan of Breadman Ventures said the cooler than normal weather has changed the habits of fish on the New River and ICW between Surf City and Swansboro, but there are still some red drum, speckled trout and even a few early flounder that are biting in the waters around Sneads Ferry. […]

Cool weather has crappie fishermen at Buggs Island Lake looking at many more days of March conditions as April arrives -- and that's fine with guide Bud Haynes.

Look for Kerr Lake crappie to stay deep until water warms considerably

Craig Holt

Unusually cold weather notwithstanding, crappie fishermen who want to land the biggest fish of the year should consider visiting John H. Kerr Reservoir. […]

John Robert Jackson and Bobby Jackson, both of Lexington, won the Fishers of Men tournament on Santee Cooper on March 23 with this 26.17-pound limit.

Santee Cooper gives up 26-pound limit to Fishers of Men winners

Brian Cope

The father-son team of Bobby Jackson and John Robert Jackson of Lexington didn’t let cool, windy, rainy weather slow them down last Saturday, as they won the South Carolina Lowcountry Fishers of Men tournament on Santee Cooper with a 5-fish limit that weighed 26.17 pounds. […]

Chris Brown and Jason Thomas of Lexington had a big payday for their Carolinas Bass Challenge tournament win last Saturday on Jordan Lake.

Lexington duo has rich payday in Jordan Lake tournament

Tony Garitta

Chris Brown and Jason Thomas of Lexington won the March 23 Carolina Bass Challenge on Jordan Lake with a 5-fish limit that weighed an impressive 27.81 pounds and was worth $9,000. […]

Black drum are really on the feed in the Little River area.

Guide says Little River black drum action is top drawer

Jeff Burleson

For most of the winter, the black drum bite has rocked the inshore waters around Little River, and the last few weeks during the changing weather, it has not slowed it down one bit. […]