Bass
Jackson Brownlee’s 7.5-pound bass
Jackson Brownlee, 12-years-old of Givhans, S.C., caught this 7.5-pound bass (his biggest so far) on Oct. 31, 2021 on the Santee River. […]
Santee River
Fishing
Georgetown boater drowns on North Santee River
A 67-year-old Georgetown, S.C. man died, apparently by drowning earlier this week while attempting to swim to his boat on the N. Santee River. […]
Freshwater
Sunshine Brown’s Santee River shad
River shad keeping anglers busy In both Carolinas, the springtime shad bite starts as early as late February and sometimes continues into May. Lana Grace “Sunshine” Brown shows off a hefty shad she caught recently […]
Freshwater
Big shad are biting on the Santee River
The shad bite is on fire in the Santee River, and unstable weather doesn’t seem to bother these fish one lick. […]
Fishing Reports
Tracie Holladay’s Santee River catfish
Tracie Holladay, age 17, of Manning, SC caught this 24lb flat head catfish in the Santee River on December 28, 2020 while fishing with her daddy, her cousin, and her sister. […]
Fishing Hotspots
Santee River shad can test an angler’s mettle
Capt. Joel Campbell of Charleston Gigging has caught untold numbers of saltwater giants, but this month, he loves catching Santee River shad. […]
Alligator
Florence teen bags 11 1/2-foot gator from North Santee River
On September 29th, 18-year-old Walker Drummond of Effingham took his first South Carolina alligator. And what a gator it was, weighing over 500 pounds and 11 foot 6 inches long. […]
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High water, overcrowding causing fish to struggle in Lower Santee River
Striped bass and other fish living in the Lower Santee River are struggling to survive high water temperatures and overcrowding. The extended Santee Dam flood gate opening associated with last fall’s flooding spilled an excessive number of lake fish into the river, and anglers have reported seeing unusual numbers of striped bass carcasses in the river for several weeks. […]
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Another Santee River angler catches 4-pound crappie
A little over six weeks ago, guide Joe Dennis of Bonneau thrilled his client with a crappie angler’s dream, a 4-pound slab harvested from the Santee River. Last Friday, March 12th, he repeated the procedure and put angler Art Fields of Charlotte in the hot seat this time. […]
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Sumter angler catches 4-pound crappie from Santee River
While the Santee Cooper lakes might be the crown jewels of the South when it comes to catching slab crappie, it was the Santee River that gave up a 4-pound trophy to Jeff Sanford of Sumter last Thursday, Jan. 28. […]