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June 28, 2026

Joe Avin of Santee Bass Matters believes eel grass may be a key to the rebuilding of the largemouth bass fishery on Lake Moultrie and Lake Marion, but he’d love to see the return of hydrilla.

Will cooperation lead to better bass in lakes?

This past June, a concerned group of fishermen formed Santee Bass Matters, a grass-roots organization seeking answers to problems on the Santee Cooper lakes. […]

Capt. Steve Thomas and Joe Lippa of Florence with a Hobcaw Barony redfish.

‘Private’ redfish offer unique fishing chance

Jeff Dennis

If you have ever been to the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina or Virginia to fish for mountain trout, you know that it is somewhat easy to catch small fish. […]

Johnny Council and Eric Weir won the Oct. 17 CATT event on Lake Wylie with 16-2, including a 6-1 big fish.

Spraying issue erupts at Santee

Pat Robertson

The decision by Santee Cooper, the South Carolina Public Service Authority, to spray aquatic herbicide on parts of Lake Marion before and during the Bassmaster Southern Open in late October may have been more of a public relations gaffe than an actual problem for fishermen. […]

Bottoms Up!

Phillip Gentry

Making his way through the Winyah Bay jetties from Georgetown, Will Herbert couldn’t help but shiver. […]

Hot Action for Cold Cats

Terry Madewell

Cold weather catfishing is popular on many lakes across the Palmetto State, but one lake overlooked by many anglers is Lake Greenwood. […]

Lake Greenwood gave up this chunky striper to the author, who leaves the world of tournament bass fishing in his rear-view mirror when he heads to the lake to fun-fish for stripers in December.

How I spell December fun: s-t-r-i-p-e-r-s

Davy Hite

I guess you could say that for me to go fishing when I have time off, away from bass tournaments, is like taking a busman’s holiday. […]

Striped bass are schooling across most of Kerr Reservoir now because of an abundance of baitfish.

Schooling stripers everywhere at Kerr

Craig Holt

In the days before Tropical Storm Ida dumped tons of rain on North Carolina, fall striped bass fishing jumped off the charts at Kerr Lake (aka Buggs Island) — and it continues. […]

Big gray trout are available at a prime bottom area near Swansboro during the fall.

When Ida clears, try gray trout

Craig Holt

Hurricane Ida literally put a damper on fishing this week as its counterclockwise winds and torrential rains drove boats off the Atlantic and made pier and surf fishing improbable and kept freshwater anglers at home. […]

Surf fishing for big red drum is productive now at the Outer Banks as Jason Shive proves.

OBX surf fishing hits peak now

Craig Holt

If you can pull yourself away from deer hunting this week (the rut’s in full swing across most of eastern and central North Carolina and muzzle-loader season opens Nov. 7 in the piedmont), you might consider heading to the Outer Banks for some surf fishing. […]

Adam Paul of GillznFinz.com and Capt. Chris Wilson of FinAddict Charters with a redfish pushing 50 inches caught on the shoals outside Bulls Bay this past Wednesday.

Big reds set up for mullet feast in Bulls Bay

Dan Kibler

The happy coincidence of the fall mullet run and the movement of big, bull redfish out of their spawning areas has led to some great fishing on the outside edge of Bulls Bay. […]