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Cooling water temperatures will push Lake Jocassee’s bass toward shallow water and the shoreline in October and November.

Hot Lake Jocassee bass

Lake Jocassee’s bass will still be deep for the most part, even in October when temperatures usually begin to fall, according to guide Rob McComas of Mill Spring, N.C. […]

Brian Hutto caught this 91/2-pound brown trout last March 31 on South Carolina’s Lake Jocassee.

Big-fish month for Lake Jocassee trout is at hand

Pat Robertson

Last year, on the day before April Fool’s Day, Sam Jones of Greenville, S.C., netted a client’s monster brown trout on his Lake Jocassee guide boat — 9½ pounds. […]

Courtney Carlisle caught this magnum-sized rainbow trout on a summer fishing trip to Lake Jocassee with guide Sam Jones.

Get down for Lake Jocassee trout

Pat Robertson

When summer’s heat is blasting the lid off the thermometer, fishing for trout in Lake Jocassee in South Carolina’s Upstate can be a real blast, according to guide Sam Jones of Greenville, S.C. […]

Guide Sam Jones has had some of his best days trolling for trout on Lake Jocassee in March.

Anglers can catch plenty of trout in Lake Jocassee in February. The lake’s water is extremely deep, the fish are scattered, but they’re willing to bite. Especially for anglers who follow these top tips. […]

Believing they had a tournament-winning trout on the line, two Lake Jocassee anglers were surprised to see it was a striper, which are not known to exist in the Upstate lake.

Lake Jocassee trout anglers surprised by striper catch

Glenn Corley

Lake Jocassee is known for large lake trout, great smallmouth and largemouth fishing, but anyone in the Upstate will tell you the lake does not have striper […]

Trolling is the key to catching Lake Jocassee trout, like this 8.2 pounder Tim Pfaffenroth caught while fishing with Jocassee Charters last week.

How to catch more Lake Jocassee trout

Brian Cope

The fishing on Lake Jocassee has been quite good lately, and trolling spoons deep has been the ticket to getting on a consistent bite. […]

September marks the start of the largemouth bass migration out of deep water and into tributary creeks and rivers on Lake Jocassee.

September starts Lake Jocassee’s fall bass bonanza

Pat Robertson

Although primarily noted for its trout population, South Carolina’s Lake Jocassee is an excellent bass fishery, and fall is prime time for catching quality bass, according to guide Rob McComas. […]

Back-pumping of water through the intakes at Jocassee Dam can turn on big trout like this rainbow.

It’s Lake Jocassee trout time

Brian Cope

Lake Jocassee offers one of the most-unique fishing opportunities in South Carolina or any other state — mountain trout fishing in a reservoir — and April is one of the best months to land a trophy trout. […]

A Gastonia, N.C., angler landed a 9 1/4-pound brown trout last weekend at Lake Jocassee.

Lake Jocassee spits out 9 1/4-pound trout for North Carolina angler

Phillip Gentry

Each spring, die-hard anglers look forward to brown and rainbow trout returning to the main-lake area of Lake Jocassee. […]

Danny Gunnells of Honea Path caught this 27-inch, 9-pound brown trout on a Feb. 28 trip to Lake Jocassee with guide Steve Pietrykowski.

Honea Path man decks 9-pound brown on Lake Jocassee trip

Phillip Gentry

First, Danny Gunnells and his wife Claudette caught several 3- to 4-pound trout on a Feb. 28 trip to Lake Jocassee. […]