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March is a month of change for bass fishermen on South Carolina’s Lake Hartwell.

The change-up – You can’t sit still and keep up with Lake Hartwell’s prespawn bass

March is a transition month, as winter gives way to spring, and that goes for a lot more than just the weather, bass-fishing for example. […]

The numbers game – Crappie fishing is a numbers game at Lake Greenwood in March

Phillip Gentry

Unlike many tournament anglers, when Matthew Outlaw of St. Matthews goes crappie fishing, he likes to catch a lot of crappie. […]

Put the stroll on late-season squirrels

Brian Cope

Hunters across the Carolinas have just a few more days to spend in the woods hunting squirrels. With deer season long gone, fewer hunters are in the woods, and most of the foliage has fallen from all the trees. This makes a tree-bound squirrel easier to spot and to shoot. […]

Blackfin tuna are the first spring pelagics to arrive off South Carolina’s coast as the water warms.

Blackfin are coming

Jeff Burleson

In South Carolina, offshore fishing kicks into gear about the same time spring arrives. While anglers may have picked up a few trophy wahoo over the winter, March is when fish boxes begin to fill, and the bumper catches have T-U-N-A written all over them. […]

Lake Wateree bass crank up their activity in March, especially in the mid-lake area after a period of warming weather. Fish main-lake docks and areas with rocky banks first.

Work Lake Wateree bass

Brian Cope

If you ask bass fisherman Brett Collins of Ridgeway, S.C., what his favorite month is on Lake Wateree, he won’t hesitate to tell you March is high on the list. While he said the weather is the biggest challenge, it can also makes the lake easier to read. […]

Wahoo will be biting in March around hard, offshore edges out of Lowcountry ports.

Stalk March ‘hoos

Brian Cope

March is one of Jeremy Burnham’s favorite months to fish offshore. The owner of Atlantic Game and Tackle in Mt. Pleasant, he said the wahoo bite is off the chain, and he offers some tips on anglers heading offshore in search of these aggressive fish. […]

Guide Brad Taylor regularly catches his biggest Lake Murray slabs in March.

Mark March for Lake Murray crappie

Pat Robertson

While Lake Murray is not known for producing big numbers of crappie in March, it is the month when you will catch some of the biggest slabs of the year, according to guide Brad Taylor. […]

Lake Murray’s winter crappie fishing an awful lot like spring

Carolina Sportsman

Don’t call it a comeback. Lake Murray’s crappie fishing is still going strong since the unusually mild winter has kept water temperatures higher than normal. The action is expected to get even better as spawning season nears. […]

Unfair Lures offers anglers unique fishing plugs for both freshwater and saltwater species.

Unfair Lures features unique innovations in fishing plugs

Brian Cope

Paul Van Reenen grew up in South Africa, and has fished all over the world, catching over 500 different species of fish on several continents. Still, he wasn’t happy with the overall selection of lures available, so he moved to the United States and began his own lure company. […]

Matt Murphy was trying to locate bass for an upcoming tournament on Lake Moultrie when he hooked into this big catfish.

Bass angler boats huge blue catfish at Lake Moultrie

Dusty Wilson

Most trophy catfish are caught by anglers targeting them in relatively deep water while soaking or drifting cut bait — but not this time. Matt Murphy of Moncks Corner, S.C., was practicing for a bass tournament on Feb. 17, prospecting a shallow stump field on Lake Moultrie, when he crossed paths with an 83-pound, 10-ounce blue that opportunistically swallowed his 10-inch Zoom Ol’ Monster plastic worm. […]