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Crappie and bream can often be caught together when fishing shallow cover in January.

Don’t give up on January

January may be the coldest month, but it does put some fish into definable patterns that enable anglers make the most of the cold weather that usually greets the new year. […]

Guide Joe Dennis seines shallow water on Lake Moultrie for big crappie, paying close attention to cover that may hold fish.

Not all shallow water is created equal

Terry Madewell

Guide Joe Dennis consistently catches crappies in shallow water in January, but he said not all shallow water is productive. […]

Fishing with spoons the right way covers the entire water column, and results in stripers in a variety of sizes.

Catch stripers by covering entire water column with spoons

Brian Cope

Spoons are some of the oldest fishing lures in the book, and they’re still around because spoon fishing is so effective. While many anglers use them for jigging around brush piles with a process known as “perch jerking,” Capt. David Hilton uses a different technique that allows anglers to cover more water than is possible when perch jerking. […]

Stacy Atkinson and Capt. Gene Crawford show off two nice blue catfish recently caught at Santee Cooper.

Trolling backwards is good strategy for catching Santee Cooper catfish

Brian Cope

Back trolling is a good technique for putting catfish in the boat, and with the right tools, it is a pretty easy procedure. […]

Guide Kevin Davis with a slab crappie taken in 22-feet of water on Lake Moultrie.

Naughty but nice – January crappie fishing on Santee Cooper’s Lake Moultrie

Terry Madewell

For some fishermen, the cold, often nasty weather associated with January may not seem like prime time for swinging slab crappies over the gunwales. […]

Slow down your retrieve and a hefty largemouth bass could be in your future this month on the Santee Cooper lakes.

Don’t take the month off – Santee Cooper fish are on as holidays near

Terry Madewell

December doldrums don’t exist at Santee Cooper in terms of good fishing opportunities. Hot action is the norm on both lakes for stripers, catfish, crappie and largemouth bass. […]

Jeff Samsel poses with a striper caught while fishing with Capt. David Hilton out of Black's Camp in Santee Cooper Country.

4-tips to help anglers catch Santee Cooper Country stripers this month

Brian Cope

Worn out. That’s what anglers who striper fish using Capt. David Hilton’s advice are at the end of a day’s fishing. […]

76-pound catfish caught out of Black’s Camp at Santee Cooper

Brian Cope

“It might rain on us, we might get wet, but we’re going fishing and see what happens,” said Kevin Davis of Black’s Camp in Santee Cooper Country. […]

William Attaway of Pomaria caught this brute on Lake Moultrie, and the fish took a slug at Attaway's face on the way to the scales at Hill's Landing

Pomaria angler catches 90.7-pound catfish at Santee

Terry Madewell

William Attaway of Pomaria has caught some big fish in his life, but he knew he was hooked into something special when he couldn’t get the rod out of the holder on Sunday morning, November 15. […]

Slab crappie rule this month around deep brush piles on Lakes Marion and Moultrie.

It’s big-fish season again at the Santee Cooper lakes

Terry Madewell

November is an overlooked and underappreciated time at the Santee Cooper lakes. As good as October was in terms of catching fish and seeing a lot of deer, the action improves this month with larger fish getting on a strong bite and big deer moving during the rut. It’s “go” time. […]