Santee Cooper Country Archives - Carolina Sportsman

By April, Santee Cooper’s shallow-water wonderland is alive with multiple fish species, including fat cats, feeding heavily or spawning. […]

Caleb Jackson caught and released a 73-pound blue catfish while fishing on Lake Moultrie in mid-February 2026. […]

Dane Odom and Justin Cromer weighed a 38.5-pound bag of bass to win the Feb. 7 CATT tournament out of John C. Land at Lake Marion. […]

Hunting from his stand for the first time of SC’s 2024 deer hunting season, Cayden Lucas killed an Orangeburg County 12-point buck. […]

Austin Crawley of Orangeburg, SC killed a 12-point buck on Aug. 18, 2024 in his home county during an early morning hunt. […]

August is scorching hot, but that doesn’t stop the fish from biting on the Santee Cooper lakes. […]

Santee fishing guide wins Bassmaster Open on home lake, pocketing $49,638. […]