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Wahoo will leave Gulf Stream waters and often move slightly inshore in the spring and fall, putting them in range of plenty of fishermen.

What’s about wahoo?

There is not an abundance of information on wahoo, acanthocybium solanderi. […]

A planer bridle allows for the planer to easily be added or removed from the line.

The planer bridle rig

While wahoo are often caught by baits and lures running at or just below the surface, a good number are caught well below the surface on outfits designed to fish there. […]

Now is the right time for Lake Murray shellcrackers

Phillip Gentry

Lake Murray’s shellcrackers are bunching up in groups and getting ready for the spring spawn, and anglers like Brad Taylor are having a field day catching them. […]

Shellcrackers spawn around different kinds of cover, but they can usually be found close to beds of freshwater mussels or clams.

Next, please

Phillip Gentry

Long, rocky points — especially those that provide some underwater cover in the form of stumps, brush or rockpiles — tend to be very busy places on Lake Murray during the spring. […]

Bluegills have characteristics similar to shellcrackers, but they lack teeth in the throat that shellcrackers use to crush shells.

Although they share many common characteristics and are commonly lumped together in many circumstances under the handle “bream,” bluegill and shellcrackers have distinctly different characteristics, especially when targeting one specific species while fishing. […]

Corkin’ ’crackers

Phillip Gentry

Tackle and rigging for shellcrackers can be as simple as a No. 2 hook with a couple of split-shot up the line. Brad Taylor uses this type rig on many of his rods with a couple of simple modifications. […]

Top spring bass baits include (clockwise from top): spinnerbaits, frogs, plastic lizard, jig and chunk and crankbaits.

On the March

Brian Cope

The weather this month is tough to predict, but for catching largemouth bass on Lake Wateree, March is a sure thing, according to Ridgeway’s Brett Collins. […]

The grass might look dead this month, but it’s alive with bass.

Bass in the grass

Brian Cope

Shallow alligator grass is present throughout Lake Wateree, and though it may look dead in March, it is anything but. […]

Mike Spinks shows off a Wateree bass caught on a buzzbait in the grass.

Birthplace of the CATT trail

Brian Cope

The Carolina Angler’s Team Trail (www.catttrail.com) features tournaments all over South Carolina, and it all started on Lake Wateree. […]

Jeff Cronk with the colors of spring: a black drum and a red drum.

Checkmate for Bogue Sound

Mike Marsh

March is a notoriously fickle when it comes to weather. Windy days and chilly weather can pose problems for many anglers who try to fish the larger, open waters, but for those who watch the wind, heading across Bogue Sound to reach the protected headwaters of its small feeder creeks is key to consistent fishing success. […]