• Bass Fishing

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    The Mag 12 Buzz Worm

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    The tailrace area below Wateree Dam can be a great fall spot to catch striped bass that move up into the Wateree River from Lake Marion.

    Tailrace stripers make Wateree River a hot fall spot

    October 17 at 10:13am
    Bills to adjust creel and size limits for striped bass are bottled up in the state legislature.

    What’s next for stripers?

    Regulations have worked, but it’s time for changes
    October 16 at 9:00am
    Guide Linwood Thornhill said he gets better results when he can find an isolated school of stripers away from other boats.

    Finding isolated schools of stripers leads to best Santee Cooper action

    October 15 at 7:00am
    Guide Leroy Suggs primarily uses blueback herring for Santee Cooper stripers until menhaden move into Lake Moultrie.

    Fall forage shift is key to your best catches of Santee Cooper stripers

    October 15 at 7:00am
    Swimbaits have plenty of action, which is needed when the water is dirty and bass have trouble seeing their next meal.

    Fishing high, dirty water

    Big storms make for full, muddy lakes. Don’t fret. Adjust.
    October 01 at 7:00am
    Suggs expects great topwater schooling action, but also prepares for live-bait action.

    Are these Santee’s new good ol’ days?

    Lake Moultrie and Lake Marion show off their best side as keeper season for striped bass cranks up.
    October 01 at 7:00am
    Somewhat dormant during the heat of the summer, largemouth bass begin to stir as September arrives, their movements driven by the weather and baitfish.

    September starts over

    The signs of fall fishing are upon us; learn them
    September 19 at 7:01am
    Windy conditions are perfect for fishermen to fish spinnerbaits around shallow cover.

    When the sun’s missing, main-lake fish crank up

    September 15 at 7:00am
    Know how to solve September’s bass puzzle in the Carolinas.

    September bass equation - All creeks aren’t created equal. Which ones will bass use in the fall?

    Current, stained water and baitfish are building blocks for some great fishing as summer gives way to fall in the Carolinas and bass make a big move.
    September 01 at 7:00am
    Striped bass, as well as largemouth bass, will school in the upper part of Roanoke Rapids Lake on cloudy days, giving guide Tim Biesecker plenty of topwater action.

    Clouds are the bomb

    Overcast days key action at Roanoke Rapids
    August 30 at 3:10pm
    Bass pro Dearal Rodgers does a lot of damage in the fall fishing for bass in Lake Wateree’s shallow grass.

    Hit grass bass

    Wateree fish move to vegetation
    August 30 at 3:05pm
    Guide Richard Andrews catches plenty of fall stripers in the Pamlico River.

    A bridge to stripers

    Pamlico River fish love pilings, topwaters
    August 30 at 2:44pm
    Shelley Kinsley O’Dell and her father, Matt, caught these nice fall stripers at Lake Hartwell.

    Lake Hartwell’s stripers get in back-to-school mode this month

    August 30 at 2:20pm
    Shallow, visible cover at High Rock Lake produces plenty of nice bass in the fall for fishermen like Brad Staley.

    High Rock Lake bass head for boat docks in major creeks

    August 30 at 2:18pm
    Bass pro Martha Goodfellow said that heading well up into Lake Hartwell’s two tributary rivers, the Seneca and Tugaloo, will greatly inhance your chances of catching more and better August bass.

    Head to the rivers for Lake Hartwell summer bass

    August 15 at 7:00am

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