Bass Fishing
Santee, Lake Hartwell on revised B.A.S.S schedule
The Bassmaster Elite Series will make a stop at Santee Cooper, and the BASS Opens will fish on Lake Hartwell as part of the organization’s revised 2020 schedule. […]
Santee Cooper
Crappie/Bream
Santee SLABS! Here’s how to catch them
Springtime is crappie time on the Santee Cooper lakes, and this video shows how TC Lloyd of Southern Angling Guide Service does it. […]
Crappie/Bream
Santee fishing report — panfish galore
Anglers at Santee are catching plenty of shellcrackers and bluegills. The bite is just about as hot as it gets right now. […]
Newsletters
The striper bite is red hot at Santee
Anglers are catching plenty of stripers — including some big ones — at Santee right now. […]
Crappie/Bream
Santee shellcracker bite is already hot
The shellcrackers are already biting like mad at Santee, and the bite will get even hotter as the weather continues to warm up. […]
Columns
March busts out at Santee Cooper lakes
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. […]
Catfish
Carolina catfish are biting good in unlikely places
Santee anglers are catching catfish in some unlikely spots, with nice-sized cats suspended off the bottom as much as 20 feet. […]
Bass Fishing
February is a promising month for Santee anglers
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. […]
Crappie/Bream
Anglers are catching boatloads of bream and crappie
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. […]
Crappie/Bream
It’s cold, it’s rainy, and the crappie bite is on fire
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. […]