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Guide Chris Simpson said he catches plenty of November catfish on Clarks Hill Lake by paying attention to baitfish movements.

Clarks Hill catfish bite will be great through Thanksgiving

November might be the most-consistent time of year to catch big blue catfish and big flatheads on Clarks Hill Lake, just as it is on other South Carolina lakes, according to Chris Simpson who previously guided on Lake Monticello, Lake Murray and Lake Greenwood before moving to McCormick, S.C., 18 months ago to guide on Clarks Hill.

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Jeff Kay of Travelers Rest killed this big bear on Oct. 17 in Greenville County, SC.

Upstate hunter kills 504-pound bear

Brian Cope

Jeff Kay of Travelers Rest, SC killed his first bear last Wednesday, Oct. 17 in Greenville County, and it was a whopper. The bear weighed 504 pounds. With cool and clear weather, it was a nice opening day for Upstate bear hunters.

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Guide William Sasser said Clarks Hill spits out a lot of big crappie once October arrives and fish start to feed up for the winter.

Clarks Hill slabs grow up plenty

Pat Robertson

October usually kicks off a 3- to 4-month period of big crappie, and big numbers of crappie, on South Carolina’s Clarks Hill Lake, according to guide William Sasser. […]

Cooling water temperatures will push Lake Jocassee’s bass toward shallow water and the shoreline in October and November.

Hot Lake Jocassee bass

Pat Robertson

Lake Jocassee’s bass will still be deep for the most part, even in October when temperatures usually begin to fall, according to guide Rob McComas of Mill Spring, N.C. […]

Guide Chip Hamilton said Lake Hartwell stripers and hybrids will move from very deep water to shallower flats.

Catch Lake Hartwell’s September stripers

Pat Robertson

Catching striped bass and hybrids on South Carolina’s Lake Hartwell is a pretty simple deal this month, according to guide Chip Hamilton of Easley, S.C. […]

Striped bass hot at Lake Russell

Pat Robertson

Anglers can catch plenty of stripers in August on Lake Russell, and the fish are pretty east to find this time of year. […]

Dock 6 at Portman Marina caught fire after noon on Monday, May 14 when a boat generator backfired.

Huge fire destroys boats, injures at least one at Upstate SC marina

Brian Cope

A boat generator backfired while docked at Dock 6 at Portman Marina on Lake Hartwell, starting a fire that has destroyed at least 20 boats and injured at least one person, who has been taken to the Joseph M. Still Burn Center in Augusta, Georgia. […]

Guide Billy Murphy said the June striper and hybrid bite on Clarks Hill Lake doesn’t last very long in the morning, but it can be awesome before the fish shut own.

Stripers, hybrids up early in June

Pat Robertson

Fishing for striped bass and hybrids in June on Clarks Hill Lake is usually an early morning thing, a quick bite and over, according to guide Billy Murphy. […]

Guide Jerry Kotal catches plenty of Lake Russell bass on small worms fished on drop-shot rigs.

Lake Russell bass will respond to June weather trends

Pat Robertson

June may not be the best month for bass fishing on South Carolina’s Lake Russell — the water is heating up, and fish are in transition after the spawn — but none of that matters to an angler; when he wants to pit his skills against America’s most-popular gamefish, he goes fishing. […]

Roger Kendrick of Townville, SC and Billy Lewis of Liberty, SC doubled up on citation brown trout on Saturday, April 21 while trolling spoons behind downrigger balls.

Jocassee anglers double up on citation brown trout

Phillip Gentry

Billy Lewis of Liberty, S.C. knew the trout fishing on Lake Jocassee would be good during the latter part of April. On previous trips the weeks before, he started dialing in on a good pattern trolling flutter spoons from downrigger balls behind his pontoon boat and had already caught a couple of limits. […]