Freshwater
Santee Cooper fishing report for early May
Anglers fishing at Santee are catching a number of different species in big numbers. The early May bite is on, and expected to only get better in the coming days. […]
Santee Cooper
Freshwater
Rodney Locklear’s 26-pound striper
Rodney Locklear of Hamlet, N.C. fished the Santee Cooper lakes with Capt. Leroy Suggs out of Blacks Camp earlier this month, and caught a 26-pound striper. […]
Bass
Gary Abernethy’s 8 1/2-pound Santee bass
Gary Abernethy of Asheville, NC was fishing at Santee on March 27, 2021 when he caught an 8-pound, 8-ounce largemouth bass. […]
Freshwater
Bowfishing trip ruined by HUGE mayfly hatch
Mayfly hatches may help fly fishermen, but they’re no help for bowfishing Anglers love mayfly hatches. Or at least that’s how the story goes. I’m sure it’s more true while fly-fishing than it is
Catfish
Santee upper lake fishing report: catfish in stump fields
Anchoring down in stump fields and using big chunks of cut bait is the key to catching lots of catfish on Santee’s upper lake right now. […]
Catfish
Upstate angler catches 103-pound catfish at Santee
Brad McCall was fishing in the Santee Lakes Catfish Club tournament out of Blacks Camp on Feb. 20, 2021 when he caught a 103-pound Arkansas blue catfish. […]
Crappie/Bream
Santee fishing report: crappie, shellcrackers biting shallow
Crappie and shellcrackers are biting in fairly shallow water during the second week of February 2021. […]
Columns
Long-lining is a great tactic for taking February slabs
Santee Cooper crappie will fall for long-lined lures, baits this month. […]
Catfish
First cast produces first ever catfish
Local Registered Nurse Bobbi K. was fishing for catfish on Lake Marion with cut bait on Sept. 26, 2020 when she landed this 20+ pound catfish on her very first cast. […]
Bass Fishing
Lake Marion largemouth under blue sky
Tim Handy landed this beautiful largemouth bass freelining live shad on Lake Marion on Oct. 26, 2020. A perfect blue sky in the back ground. […]