Lake Wateree Archives - Carolina Sportsman

Brooklyn Carter’s 17-pound blue catfish

Fish was caught during Southeast Big Money Showdown Brooklyn Carter caught this 17-pound blue catfish while fishing the Southeast Big Money Showdown on Lake Wateree in October.

Wateree crappie are biting around deep structure

Brian Cope

Lake Wateree’s crappie are stacked up on deep structure and feeding up, but once the cold weather arrives, they’ll scatter and be tougher to find. […]

Catawba River chain of lakes fishing report

Brian Cope

Angler on the Catawba River chain of lakes are catching multiple species of fish, including stripers, white perch, and crappie. […]

4-year-old’s white perch is almost new state record

Brian Cope

Colt Huffman, 4-years-old from Lake Wylie, nearly set a new state record with the Lake Wateree perch he caught on April 21, 2020. The fish was slightly more than one ounce lighter than the current S.C. state record. […]

Lake Wateree fishing report – catfish and stripers

Brian Cope

Stripers and catfish are biting along Lake Wateree’s main river channel, and anglers are catching plenty of them on cut bait. […]

Lake Wateree crappie fishing report

Brian Cope

The crappie bite has turned red hot on Lake Wateree, and anglers are catching them the old-fashioned way. […]

The hot crappie bite is on at Lake Wateree

Brian Cope

It’s time to head to Lake Wateree for some of the hottest crappie fishing of the year. […]

Big, postspawn bass will be keying on the shad spawn at Lake Wateree throughout May.

Postspawn bass are top targets at Lake Wateree

Pat Robertson

May is the time of year to catch lots of largemouth bass, including some big ones, on South Carolina’s Lake Wateree, according to angler Dearal Rodgers. […]