Catfish
Robby Justice’s 58-pound catfish
Robby Justice of Gaston, S.C. was fishing at the Wateree Dam near Lugoff when he landed this 58-pound catfish. […]
Wateree River
Catfish
Trey Patton’s Wateree River catfish
Trey Patton of Elgin, S.C. caught this Wateree River catfish in June 2022. […]
Catfish
Courtney Joyner’s 47.5-pound flathead
Courtney Joyner was on babysitting duty on the Wateree River when she caught a 47.5-pound flathead catfish in May 2022. […]
Freshwater
Cooke family gets hooked on striper fishing
Youth anglers Cody and Hunter Cooke of Rock Hill, S.C. are hooked on striper fishing, after getting their first taste of it last week on the Wateree River. […]
Freshwater
Stripers smashing topwater lures on Wateree River
It’s a great time to hit the Wateree River, where stripers are crushing topwater lures. […]
Catfish
Catching cold weather catfish on the Wateree River
Wateree River’s catfish love to bite in the cold weather, and this river offers something the lake doesn’t — solitude. […]
Newsletters
Wateree River stripers are blistering wakebaits
Wateree River’s stripers are feeding heavily downriver of the dam in the rocky section of fast current above the Hwy. 1 bridge. […]
Fishing Hotspots
Catch Wateree River stripers in current breaks
The Wateree River is the place to be early mornings in April for some exciting striper fishing. Jason Wolfe of Wolfe’s Guide Service said anglers should start as early as possible. […]
Striper
Super striper bite despite high river levels across Carolinas
Lake Wateree is overflowing, but the stripers in the river don’t mind the extra heaping of water. They are biting a variety of lures, despite the rushing water. […]
Striper
Wateree River stripers are burning up the topwater
It’s time to hit the Wateree River stripers for one of the hottest topwater bites you’ll ever experience. […]