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Lake Jocassee trout anglers surprised by striper catch
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 […]
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How to catch more Lake Jocassee trout
The fishing on Lake Jocassee has been quite good lately, and trolling spoons deep has been the ticket to getting on a consistent bite. […]
Bass Fishing
September starts Lake Jocassee’s fall bass bonanza
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. […]
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It’s Lake Jocassee trout time
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. […]
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Lake Jocassee spits out 9 1/4-pound trout for North Carolina angler
Each spring, die-hard anglers look forward to brown and rainbow trout returning to the main-lake area of Lake Jocassee. […]
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Honea Path man decks 9-pound brown on Lake Jocassee trip
First, Danny Gunnells and his wife Claudette caught several 3- to 4-pound trout on a Feb. 28 trip to Lake Jocassee. […]
Bass Fishing
Solving Jocassee’s mystery – South Carolina’s Lake Jocassee shouldn’t produce big bass, but it does — and plenty of them.
The big swimbait sailed through the air and landed like a dead — or at least stunned — trout on the surface of Lake Jocassee. It lay there motionless for a few seconds while Rob McComas shrugged his shoulders to loosen up and focused on the water around the lure. […]
Bass Fishing
Hawg hangout – The spring spawn offers fishermen their best chance of the year at doing battle with a big Lake Jocassee bass
For more than 20 year Monty McGuffin of Westminster has been prowling the woods and waters of the Upstate and beyond as host of The Carolina Outdoorsman television Show. […]
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Higher water levels contributing to good Lake Jocassee trout bite
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. […]
Bass Fishing
Big bass flooding into Lake Jocassee
While filming his regional television show, The Carolina Outdoorsman, over the past week, Monty McGuffin has had some great outing fishing for bass on Lake Jocassee, and he expects the good fishing to last through most of the summer. […]