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Guide Buddy Bouknight and his parties have been limiting out on Lake Murray stripers within an hour or two most mornings.

Striper fishing at Lake Murray is as hot as August weather

Saying striper fishing is as hot as the South Carolina August weather is a bold statement, but one that is true, at least right now at Lake Murray. […]

Carter Witten, an officer with the Marine Patrol, checks a crap trap during a joint enforcement operation with officers from the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission last Friday.

Joint enforcement exercise nets 18 citations

Jerry Dilsaver

Enforcement officers from the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission and N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries combined on Friday, Aug. 9, in a joint exercise to enforce fishing and boating safely laws in inland, joint and coastal waters on the western side of Pamlico Sound, doing 94 inspections and writing 18 citations. […]

Chuck Porter has been catching plenty of big blue catfish during a great catfish bite recently on Lake Wateree.

Up and down water levels at Wateree haven’t hurt catfish bite

Terry Madewell

With all the water flowing through the Catawba River system this year, the reservoir at the bottom of the chain, LakeWateree, has literally had an up and down year in terms of water levels, but the catfishing has been great. […]

This big flatfish has met its match: a trident on a long, aluminum pole found its mark.

It’s a sweet “gig” – Sneads Ferry area is home to some of North Carolina’s best flounder-gigging

Jerry Dilsaver

While easing away from the Fulcher’s Landing ramp in Sneads Ferry, Allen Jernigan told his fishing party that rain and windy conditions would likely affect the clarity of the water in the places he wanted to search for flounder. […]

Pamlico Sound fishery for big, old red drum is a special one.

Catch a fish older than you are? Here’s your chance: Pamlico Sound red drum

Craig Holt

Adam Jones may have to re-think the name of his guide service — AJ’s Sea Duck and Trophy Swan Hunts — because it doesn’t hint at what he does during the dog days of July and August. […]

Guide Bill Plumley catches plenty of Lake Hartwell catfish by hooking up a piece of "pool noodle" and covering it with a commercial stinkbait, then fan-casting off points.

Stinkbaits, pool noodles putting Lake Hartwell channel cats in the boat

Phillip Gentry

Lake Hartwell’s channel catfish are, in the words of guide Bill Plumley, and “overlooked” fishery on the sprawling Savannah River reservoir. They way they’ve been biting recently should be making headlines […]

Lake Jocassee is producing a lot of nice trout for fishermen this summer, in part, thanks to higher water levels.

Higher water levels contributing to good Lake Jocassee trout bite

Phillip Gentry

Guide Sam Jones of Jocassee Charters has been having one of the best summers of his career on Lake Jocassee, trolling a variety of spoons and live bait at depths approaching 90 feet, and the action has been great lately. […]

SFC Alford Reed and SFC Shawn Noble, both from Fort Jackson, show off part of the 5-fish limits they caught on July 26 at the second annual Take a Troop Fishing event on Lake Murray.

Troops get great taste of Lake Murray striper fishing

Terry Madewell

The second annual Lake Murray Take a Troop Fishing event on July 26 was a huge success, with 67 troops from Fort Jackson fishing with guides and expert striper fishermen from Lake Murray on boats flying the American flag. […]

Guide Brad Taylor said Lake Murray has been giving up a lot of summer shellcrackers weighing better than a pound.

Lake Murray shellcracker bite has been excellent

Terry Madewell

Shellcracker fishing success isn’t simply reserved for springtime bed-fishing. There’s some outstanding fishing right now for huge shellcrackers at Lake Murray. […]