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White crappie definitely act and locate differently from black crappie, according to a handful of crappie-fishing experts.

Public opinion

Armed with the knowledge of how to tell them apart, take a look at what crappie pros and guides from across the country have to say about the differences between black and white crappie: […]

Kevin Sanders (left) and Michael Murphy carved a narrow win in the Carolinas Bass Challenge by fishing cypress trees in Lake Marion.

Sanders, Murphy win big Santee tournament

Brian Cope

Targeting cypress trees along drains in Lake Marion, Kevin Sanders and Michael Murphy of Gilbert beat out 168 other teams to win the Santee-Cooper leg of the Carolinas Bass Challenge on March 30. […]

Chad Hoover, creator of KayakBassFishing.com, brought the first annual KBF Open to Santee-Cooper in late March to match the skills of kayak bass fishing anglers from across the country in a two day event. Photo by Phillip Gentry.

Big kayak bass tournament debuts at Santee Cooper

Phillip Gentry

A community of anglers that had existed only in cyberspace became a reality in late March as anglers from 13 states convened on Santee Cooper for the KBF Open, a 2-day bass-fishing event organized by Chad Hoover, the creator of Kayak Bass Fishing.com. […]

Guide Steve English shows off the kind of slab white crappie for which Lake Marion is known.

Gentlemen prefer blondes – Look to Lake Marion for a crappie fishing ‘white-out’

Phillip Gentry

To much of the angling world, a crappie is a crappie. They’re found in most every small lake or large impoundment; they spawn in the spring when the dogwoods bloom; you can catch them on either minnows or small jigs. […]

Steve Pack caught this big striper in the upper end of Lake Marion, where the striper run is in full swing.

Santee Cooper striper run has finally kicked off

Terry Madewell

What a difference a couple of days can make in terms of a striper run. […]

Roe shad up to 4-1/2 pounds are biting in the Cooper River tailrace below Lake Moultrie for fishermen using light tackle.

Try Santee Cooper tailraces for great shad, herring action

Jeff Burleson

While nonexistent to some and highly-anticipated by others, the late winter shad and herring run along the coastal fringe brings many anglers out of hiding. […]

Steve Pack caught this nice striper in the river near Pack’s Landing.

March is breakout month

Terry Madewell

Fishing is certainly a year-round activity on the Santee Cooper lakes, but March is the month when there is literally something biting for almost everyone. […]

Guide Linwood Thornhill said February usually features consistently good action on catfish on the Santee Cooper lakes.

Santee up for a change

Terry Madewell

February fishing on the Santee Cooper lakes can be likened to the calm before the storm, except the winds of change are already blowing a bit of a breeze. […]

Capt. Darryl Smith had this 91.5-pound blue catfish in his boat on Feb. 8 after one of his customers caught it out of Lake Moultrie.

Lake Moultrie spits out blue cat weighing 91.5 pounds

Terry Madewell

Capt. Darryl Smith. a Santee Cooper catfish guide who is known for putting his parties on big fish, has boated another huge catfish, this one weighing in at 91.5 pounds. […]

Guide Cecil Wolfe caught this big Santee Cooper largemouth in extremely shallow water.

Shallow-water bass bite has cranked up on Santee Cooper lakes

Terry Madewell

The combination of rain, warm weather and rising water levels have created a situation where the shallow-water bite for big largemouth bass is already red-hot at Lake Moultrie. […]