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Fishing topwaters early in the morning around rocky points can be productive during the summer on Lake Wateree, but the bite won’t last long.

Take advantage of weather, time of day

Guide Chris Heinning readily admits he’ll use every advantage he can get when bass fishing. This is be particularly true for the hot weather associated with July. […]

Bass may not bite right away when you pull up on a promising spot, but if you stay long enough or revisit the area often, you’ll eventually find them in a feeding mood.

Timing is key for summer bass

Terry Madewell

Pro fisherman Dearal Rodgers said that while fishing the right depths with the right lures is essential, sometimes fishermen just have to wait the fish out until they get into a biting mode. […]

Dearal Rodgers uses his electronics for a variety of chores in the summer, including side-scanning structure and looking for bass and baitfish in an area.

Map it and graph it

Terry Madewell

Dearal Rosgers is a big believer in studying the underwater topography for summertime success. […]

Summer Silver Kings

Jeff Burleson

Anglers in the Georgetown area look forward to the hottest part of summer, because that means the tarpon are here. […]

Fresh bait, even fresh cut bait, is a requirement for successful tarpon fishing.

Use fresh bait

Jeff Burleson

Tarpon with a hearty appetite migrate up the eastern seaboard in the summer in search of large schools of mullet and menhaden. […]

The waters around Georgetown teem with bait, which draw the attention of migrating tarpon.

Rolling versus feeding behavior

Jeff Burleson

Tarpon rise to the surface for several reasons, alerting onlookers at great distances. Most of the time, tarpon breach the surface gulping air — otherwise known as “rolling.” […]

Bringing a big tarpon to the boat successfully can be the highlight of a fisherman’s career.

Typically, tarpon tackle in the Carolinas is fairly simple, with some big, strong hooks and a livewell stocked with spunky 8-inch mullet, but Capt. Steve Roff routinely catches tarpon on artificial lures. […]

Big cravelle jacks arrive in Calibogue Sound in June and stay into the fall.

Big Jack Attack

Bryan Bowers

Once practiced only by hosts of TV fishing shows, catch-and-release is now commonplace among anglers and has gained a strong saltwater following. […]

Take care not to have a jack out of the water long between the catch and the release.

Catch and release

Bryan Bowers

Hard-fighting fish like jacks expend a lot of energy trying to evade capture, sometimes to the point of critical exhaustion. […]

Fish artificial baits slowly for redfish in extremely hot weather.

Go slow in hot weather

Dan Kibler

Most fishermen equate hot weather with more-active fish, but that’s not necessarily so. According to guides Fred Bricketto and Tom Siwarski, you need to fish very slowly during the summer. […]