March is known for blustery weather, but it also ushers in big-fish season for several species. The heralded prespawn striper run is under way, and these fish are on a mission to spawn, packing many of the heaviest stripers into the upper end of Lake Marion. […]
Santee anglers are catching catfish in some unlikely spots, with nice-sized cats suspended off the bottom as much as 20 feet. […]
Despite the winter weather typically associated with February, the trend for improved fishing brings tangible results in February to the Santee Cooper lakes. February usually begins with largemouth bass and crappie in a sluggish “can-be-caught” mode, but by the middle to the end of the month, some early, prespawn movement occurs. […]
Anglers are catching bluegill and crappie just as hot as they do in the spring, but these fish are very deep this time of year. […]
Whitey Outlaw, co-host of Father and Son Outdoors TV, hasn’t seen many boats on Santee in the past few days, thanks to the nasty weather. But he’s seen plenty of crappie on the end of his fishing line. The cold, damp weather hasn’t slowed the fishing down at all. […]
Berkeley Electric Cooperative treated their employees that are military veterans to a day of fishing last week on the Santee Cooper lakes. […]
Camping at Blacks Camp gives you all your own creature comforts, and allows for an extended stay to give you access to all the great fishing on Santee Cooper’s upper and lower lakes. […]
Jason Cribb of Hanahan, S.C. was bass fishing at Santee when he hooked and landed a 77.1-pound Arkansas blue catfish on Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2019. […]
Santee’s stripers are in a fall feeding frenzy, and are biting surface baits, jigs, spoons, and live bait. […]
Hunter Neeley and Crick Hooker killed a 13-foot, 6 1/2-inch gator at Santee a week after guiding a friend to killing a 12+ footer in the same area. […]
Big gator was 1/2-inch shy of 12 feet Chris Skibo and Brandon Dockery, both of Kings Mountain, N.C., killed their biggest alligator at Santee this past Saturday, Oct. 5, 2019. The two hunters were hunting […]
The team from Carolina Crazy Outdoors has a knack for killing big gators, especially at Santee. […]
It was the first ever gator hunt for all five men Jonathan Cox of Lancaster and four others killed a gargantuan gator at Santee’s upper lake on Sept. 14. The 12-foot, 10-inch beast weighed more […]
Lee Daugherty, David Lowe, Ryan Fitts, and George Mourounas, all of Florence, S.C., killed a giant gator at Santee on Sept. 15, 2019. […]
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