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Dylan Suber of Pelzer caught this 10-pound bass on a 30-year-old crankbait on March 8 in the Saluda River.

Pelzer teen gives himself a great birthday present: a 10-pound Saluda River bass

On his 15th birthday, Dylan Suber of Pelzer had the fishing trip of his lifetime, catching a 10-pound largemouth bass from the Saluda River. […]

Buggs Island bass are starting to push toward the shallows as waters slowly warm up.

Kerr Lake bass heading toward shallows despite cold, stained water

Craig Holt

With runoff from snow melt and rain, John H. Kerr Reservoir still has cool water that’s stained to muddy, but guide Tim Wilson of Buffalo Junction, Va., said recent warming days already are starting to push female bass toward shallow water. […]

Reds in the waters around Georgetown are getting up on shallow flats on low tide, hitting white, Fluke-style baits.

Sight-fishing for shallow, low-tide reds sticking cranking along at Georgetown

Glenn Corley

Redfish are in the shallow waters around Georgetown and Winyah Bay, and according to Steve Roff of Barrier Island Guide Service, fishermen are sight-fishing, doing well on sunny days with a little wind. […]

Guide Shannon Miller said striped bass are responding well to warmer water on Lake Norman.

Lake Norman stripers blasting trolled Alabama rigs

Taylor Pardue

There’s a large sign on the concrete dam at Lake Norman’s Marshall Steam Station. Duke Energy makes it clear to “KEEP OFF,” but your journey isn’t over when you reach the forbidding message. […]

Brian Tyler (left) needed help showing off his amazing five-fish limit of bass weighing 42.3 pounds that came from the Cooper River in an SC BASS Federation tournament on Saturday.

Johnsonville angler’s Cooper River bag exceeds 42 pounds for five bass

Justin Kiser

Brian Tyler of Johnsonville set a SC BASS Federation tournament record last Saturday with a five-fish limit from the Cooper River that weighed 42.3 pounds. […]

Big bass can be caught in prespawn on a number of different baits if you present them in the proper situations.

Overlooked March tactics

Dustin Wilks

When it comes to March, we all have visions of a giant bass blasting a spinnerbait or that heart-stopping lipless crankbait bite, but are there things we are missing? […]

Chris Oswald of Summerton caught this keeper striper fishing with Andy Pack of Pack’s Landing.

March is big-fish month

Terry Madewell

If there is such a thing as a normal winter, March is the time when big fish of several species bite the best. […]

Bryan Starks of Simpsonville caught this 3-pound, 7-ounce crappie on Saturday at a kayak-club event on Lake Russell.

Lake Russell produces 3-pound, 7-ounce crappie for paddler

Phillip Gentry

What was scheduled as a meet-and-greet, bass-fishing outing on Lake Russell turned into a perch-jerking event this past Saturday for several members of the Upstate SC Kayak Fishing Club, including Bryan Starks of Simpsonville, who landed a crappie that weighed nearly 3 ½ pounds. […]

A few more warm days and slightly warmer water temperatures should bring Jordan Lake's crappie to the shallows.

Jordan Lake crappie have made first big move out of deep water

Craig Holt

Jordan Lake’s black crappies are migrating out of deep water and have reached staging areas for the coming spring spawn. […]

Boats out of Hatteras have been running into bluefin tuna north of Diamond Shoals.

Tuna of all kinds showing up on nice days off Hatteras

Jerry Dilsaver

Capt. Steve “Creature” Coulter of Sea Creature Sportfishing in Hatteras said offshore fishing is showing signs of promise and appears to be shaping up for a good spring, with good catches on days when the wind and weather allows trips, including a decent showing of bluefin tuna. […]