Northwest NC Archives - Page 35 of 54

March is a great time to catch big bass on the Santee Cooper lakes; this hawg came from Lake Moultrie.

March is ‘moving’ month

March is a month when a lot of big things are happening on the Santee Cooper lakes. […]

Steve Pack hefts a pair of 28-inch stripers from the upper end of Lake Marion.

Striper run is rolling into upper end of Lake Marion

Fishing success and a net survey by the S.C. Department of Natural Resources confirm the striper spawning run is underway on the upper end of Lake Marion, according to Steve Pack at Pack’s Landing. […]

Hunter Morris and Hunter Shepherd took these two wild hogs, weighing 350 and 250 pounds, on a hunt at Pinewood Farms near Rimimi.

Encounter with big porcine herd leaves hunters, dogs, hogs all shook up

Taylor Pardue

Hunter Shepherd and a few friends were hoping to thin the local wild hog population around Pinewood when they ran into a huge herd of pigs last Saturday, Feb. 22. […]

Crappie in Lake Moultrie moved almost overnight from deep water to the shallows as the water warmed and the spawn began to kick in.

Lake Moultrie’s slab crappie turn on almost overnight

Terry Madewell

The migration to the shallows for Lake Moultrie crappie has begun and slab crappies are being caught in skinny water. […]

Guide Chris Heinning said Lake Marion's female bass are ready to head to the shallows -- and the big ones go first.

Big female bass ready to move shallow at Lake Marion

Terry Madewell

Despite the recent icy, cold weather, the season for big largemouth bass is upon anglers at Lake Marion. Guide Chris Heinning said, ready or not, February produces big bass, and they were already on the move just before the latest ice storm. […]

Guide Andy Pack said February is a great month to catch big crappie in the upper end of Lake Marion.

Time to flip a few birds

Terry Madewell

Some of the biggest news this month is the hunting season for cormorants, set to begin on Feb. 2. Of no surprise to local fishermen, Lake Marion and Lake Moultrie are overwhelmed with cormorants. […]

Find some water that hasn't been muddied in Lake Moultrie and you'll be on blue catfish like Kevin Davis' guide parties.

Find water that isn’t muddy in Lake Moultrie and catch blue catfish

Terry Madewell

With muddy water throughout the Catawba and Congaree river systems combining to dump muddy water in the Santee Cooper system, guide Kevin Davis has found some “green” water on the lower end of Lake Moultrie; when he did, he found the catfish biting like crazy. […]