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Clay Morphis poses with the big flounder he caught on Dec. 29.

Shallotte angler catches 13-pound flounder in South Carolina’s North Santee River

Fresh off winning the annual Capt. Rickey’s Trout Speck-tacular Tournament on Egret Baits’ new Rattling Vudu Shrimp, Clay Morphis of Shallotte, N.C., caught a big prize, a 13-pound, 30.5-inch flounder, with the same lure on Dec. 29. […]

Clay Morphis caught this 13-pound flounder from the North Santee River on Dec. 29.

Angler catches 13-pound flounder in North Santee River

Brian Cope

Guide Joe Dennis of Bonneau expects to catch stringers of bream like this whenever he puts in on the Santee River in June.

The Big Bream River – Bream, redbreasts, shellcrackers and warmouth are there for the taking in the Santee River

Terry Madewell

Among the hottest, fastest-paced and most-diverse bream fishing any South Carolina angler could dream of can be found on the Santee River. […]

For hot bass action, head for Santee — the river, that is

Terry Madewell

When the summer heat slows down the bass bite on South Carolina’s lakes, anglers like Joe Dennis of Bonneau turn to cooler running water like the Santee River, where the bass are still biting aggressively. […]

Capt. Joe Dennis looks over the shoulder of Meagan Daugherty to get a look at the big bluegill she caught in the Santee River.

Santee River fishing explodes with mixed bag of panfish, bass

Terry Madewell

For some of the hottest, fast-paced and diversified fishing any angler could dream of, the Santee River seems to be the hotbed for a myriad of fish-catching opportunities. […]

Bob Matthews has been catching plenty of largemouth bass from the Santee River in recent weeks.

Santee River largemouths loving stable water for a change

Terry Madewell

After a summer of continuous flooding and unstable water, the Santee River has stabilized, but the bass fishing is anything but stable. According to one local expert it’s sensational. […]