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June 26, 2026

Big blue catfish are busting big baits on Lake Monticello.

December is prime time for big Monticello cats

Guide Daron Doolittle said that December is a prime time to take a big catfish on Lake Monticello, and the big blues are busting big baits this time of year. […]

South Carolina anglers can take advantage of two different programs, one delayed-harvest and one put-and-take, to find plenty of good trout fishing action this time of year.

Upstate trout streams filled with plenty of hungry fish this fall

For trout fishermen in the Upstate, it’s the best of both worlds – you can choose between fishing artificial-only, delayed-harvest waters or fish put-and-take streams and take a mess of fish home to eat. […]

Creeks in Topsail, Surf City area are winter hotspots for drum.

Drum up some December fish – Topsail, Surf City anglers have special opportunity to catch red and black drum as December weather cools

It was typical winter morning, with a bite to the breeze that made even weatherworn Capt. David Baxley cinch down his acrylic headgear and pull up the hood of his sweatshirt like a scarf. […]

Spotted bass and largemouths have been schooling at the surface around creek mouths on Lake Greenwood and Lake Hartwell.

Creek mouths producing great catches of bass on Hartwell, Greenwood

A stopover earlier this week at Port-Tronics Fishing World in Greenville found manager Justin Holder holding court with several of his regular bass-fishing customers over which Upstate lake was the best place to catch bass right now. […]

Nice stripers have moved into the Neuse and Pamlico rivers and are feeding on schools of small menhaden.

Hungry stripers move into Neuse, Pamlico rivers

Mitchell Blake of FishIBX.com said the early winter striper fishing in the Pamlico and Neuse Rivers has started off with a bang – and some big fish. […]

Guide Steve Crenshaw said the long awaited fall schooling pattern for hybrid, striped, and black bass on Lake Hartwell finally showed up in earnest earlier this week.

Topwater bite for Lake Hartwell stripers, hybrids and largemouths heats up

The on-again, off-again demise of summer has finally dropped water temperatures enough to start the long-anticipated fall schooling activity for hybrid, striped and even black bass species on Lake Hartwell. […]

Derek Frick of Columbia has been catching a lot of Lake Murray crappie in the Little Saluda, shooting jigs under docks and fishing minnows around brush piles and bridge pilings.

Lake Murray crappie bite is picking up in Little Saluda area

The crappie are biting on Lake Murray, and two popular techniques are keeping anglers busy: spider-rigging and single-pole fishing. […]

Guide Culley Wilson and 11-year-old Madison Moore pose with the 610-pound black bear she killed last week in Tyrrell County.

Winston-Salem girl kills huge black bear in Tyrrell County

An 11-year-old girl from Winston-Salem killed a 610-pound Tyrrell County black bear last Wednesday on a hunt that ended with the huge bear finally falling within 10 feet of the spot where she took the first shot of the encounter. […]

Guide Chris Heinning is catching stripers and largemouth bass in the same areas, on the same lures, at Lake Wateree.

Lake Wateree’s 2-for-1 special: stripers and largemouths

There’s a 2-for-1 special right now at Lake Wateree, with excellent fishing for largemouth bass along with the opportunity to catch bonus hefty stripers. […]

South Carolina anglers can keep up to 10 spotted and/or largemouth bass in aggregate.

Know your limits

Fishermen who are interested in keeping a limit of spotted bass for the table and fish a number of Upstate lakes may find it useful to carry a scorecard to keep up with what’s legal to keep based on what body of water you’re on. […]

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