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Guide Jerry Hill of Lexington caught an 8-fish limit of striped bass on High Rock Lake this past Saturday that averaged better than 10 pounds per fish, anchored by this 11.3-pound fish.

Lexington guide exults in tremendous High Rock striper catch

Guide Jerry Hill of Lexington had an unforgettable Memorial Day weekend at High Rock Lake. […]

The arrival of menhaden in inshore waters around Edisto has kicked off a great redfish bite.

Arrival of menhaden kicks off great Edisto redfish bite

The redfish bite is finally hot in the Lowcountry. Lagging behind because of the cool weather, menhaden finally showed up in the waters of Fishing Creek and other places around Edisto Island, and, according to Capt. Steve Fralin of Ugly Ducklin’ Charters, the reds acted accordingly. […]

Bonnethead sharks have been patrolling the same shallow flats that usually hold redfish in the North Edisto River.

Bonnetheads providing plenty of action in North Edisto River

Brian Cope

Anglers in the Edisto area have seen the fishing pick up lately, with the speckled trout bite turning on, and anglers around nearshore reefs are catching plenty of spadefish and weakfish, but Capt. Rob Bennett of Lowcountry Inshore Charters said the hottest bite in the area is for bonnethead sharks right in the North Edisto River. […]

Bass Fishing

Knocking on wood has been the ticket to good bass fishing at High Rock

Tony Garitta

For the past two weeks, bass fishermen have had success at High Rock Lake by knocking on wood. […]

Brian Shinn loves to fish a Senko for shallow Tuckertown bass.

I thought it was water, but it’s ‘snot’

Craig Holt

A major problem for anglers at Tuckertown Lake isn’t finicky fish but a disgusting, smelly, lure-fouling substance that covers most of the shoreline wood and rocks and the lake’s bottom. […]

This chartreuse/green crankbait color became known around Yadkin system lakes as “Homer” after a fisherman, Homer Biesecker, who used it exclusively.

The story of the “Homer” color

Craig Holt

Bass fishermen are creatures not so much of habit but of expedience. Another way of saying that is, “If it works, don’t mess with it.” […]

Chartreuse is a lure color that is particularly effective under different circumstances.

Go chartreuse or go home

Jeff Burleson

For more than a century, lure manufacturers have tried to develop the perfect size, shape and action to get a fish’s attention. […]

Be careful not to get too close before casting to spring reds.

Be stealthy and keep your distance

Jeff Burleson

During the spring, redfish, trout and flounder step up to the plate and really begin to gather up the groceries. […]

Freshwater mussels of all sorts will attract shellcrackers, which can crack open the shells of the small clams with tooth-like grinders in their throats.

The redear sunfish: nature’s perfect nutcracker

Tony Garitta

The redear sunfish, known scientifically as Lepomis microlophus and informally as bream, stumpknocker, cherry gill, rouge ear sunfish, Georgia bream and shellcracker, is a slab-sided fish with a red or orange edge along its ear flap, a characteristic that distinguishes it from other sunfish. […]