Congratulation to Brock Taylor of Pendleton, winner of the first ABA Weekend Series SC Division event of 2015 on Lake Murray.  Brock had 19.12 pounds (5 fish). Second place went to Sean Anderson of Leesville with 18.78 pounds (5). Third place went to Todd Pearson of Anderson with 16.28 pounds (5). Fourth place went to Randy C. Huffman […]

Congratulations to Ronnie Mueller and Wayne Frierson, winners of the first Fishers of Men SC Lowcountry Team Tournament of 2015 on Lake Murray yesterday.  They caught a monster 5-fish bag weighing 27.05 pounds, including a 6.49 pound big fish. 2nd place went to Ross Burns and Josh Rennebaum with 5 fish weighing 18.77 pounds. 3rd place […]

Week 9 has six open/ tournament trail events calendared on SCFishingReport.com, and with crazy weather and tough fishing around the state it should be interesting to see what anglers are able to bring to the scales. For the first time this week we are offering a $20.00 gift certificate for SCFishingTackle.com to the reader who […]

When the FLW Championship came to Lake Murray in the summer of 2014 bass fishing experts from around the country (if not the world) offered their perspective on the Midlands fishery. A lot of it was very good information, and from the tournament we learned some things we didn’t know about Lake Murray – such […]

FLW Tour Professional Anthony Gagliardi, winner of the 2014 Forrest Wood Cup on Lake Murray, doesn’t have to contend with the arctic blast that is greeting anglers this week in the 2015 Bassmaster Classic on Lake Hartwell. But that doesn’t mean he isn’t thinking about how he would fish if he were in the competition. […]

Following the third weekend in January, when several days of air temperatures in the 60s and even 70s had pushed surface temperatures in lakes statewide well above the 50 degree mark, it looked like it might be a short winter and spring might arrive early. At that point it appeared to be too late for […]

Week 7 saw two open/ tournament trail events reported on SCFishingReport.com, a BFL event on Lake Murray and a South Carolina Bass Federation tournament on Lake Hartwell. BFL Lake Murray 90 boats (each with a boater and co-angler) fished the first BFL Savannah River Division event of the 2015 season, and there were more big bags […]

On Saturday, February 14 the first event of the 2015 BFL South Carolina Division season took place on Lake Murray out of Dreher Island State Park. 90 boaters and co-anglers braved freezing conditions early, and fierce winds throughout the day, in search of unpredictable late winter bass. Most anglers described the conditions and the fishing […]

Week 7 was originally supposed to see three open/ tournament trail events calendared on SCFishingReport.com, but tournament director Brett Collins decided to postpone (date TBA) the second CATT Spring Qualifier on Lake Wylie because so many anglers were planning to fish the first CBC NC Division event of the year on Lake Norman.   Accordingly, this […]

The first event of the Carolinas Bass Challenge 2015 South Carolina Division season is in the books, and as expected tournament director Brett Collins hosted a superb tournament to officially kick off the fourth year of this mega-trail for weekend anglers. 173 boats and 374 anglers were part of the event where more than $40,000.00 […]

Week 6 saw four open/ tournament trail events reported on SCFishingReport.com, including a CBC event on Lake Murray, a BFL event on Lake Keowee, a Fish the Fall event on Lake Hartwell, and an ABA event on Clarks Hill. CBC Lake Murray 173 boats and 374 anglers fished the first Carolinas Bass Challenge SC Division event […]

Congratulations to Chris Marshall and Josh Gardner, winners of the CBC SC Division Event on Lake Murray today.  The winning team had the heaviest sack at 23.90 pounds, as well as the big fish – an 8.31 pound hawg!  Stay tuned for more information and full results.   If you appreciate this information and want to receive timely […]

The Carolinas Bass Challenge has its first South Carolina Division tournament of the 2015 season this Saturday on Lake Murray out of Dreher Island State Park.   173 boats are entered, and there is a guaranteed first place prize of $8,000.00. Blast-off will be at safe light with weigh-ins in flights after 3:00. I caught up […]

ABA D-96 Tournament Results Clarks Hill Lake – April 13, 2014 Division 96 2014 Season   Group picture from left to right; 1st place Jay Treon of Greenwood, SC / 2nd place Steve Christie of Gray Court, SC / (3rd place – not pictured due to boat trouble is Phillip Anderson of Saluda, SC) / 4th place Jason Moyer […]

Several years ago I had the opportunity to fish for monster blue catfish on Lake Monticello with Captain Chris Simpson, and I gained an appreciation of the nuance of fishing for monster catfish on that lake.  The payoff is tremendous if you coax a 30-60 plus pound monster to bite, and Lake Monticello has fish […]

FLW Pro Matt Arey of Shelby, North Carolina spends much of “fishing season” on the road, and so from the end of February through the summer he will usually be found traveling around the country to FLW Tour Events. When he’s not traveling he’s often guiding and tournament fishing on his home lakes, Lake Wylie […]

Lake Greenwood is on Fire: Catfishing on Lake Greenwood with Captain Chris Simpson When I went fishing with Captain Chris Simpson for trophy blue catfish on Lake Monticello, we anchored down and waited patiently for the big bite. It was an exciting waiting game, because nothing and nobody can tell a giant blue catfish what to […]

Since late summer bass fishing on Clarks Hill/ Lake Thurmond has been tough, and the trend has continued this winter. As far back as September tournament-winning sacks were light, and in the FLW Series Clarks Hill Event this fall ten pounds a day was enough to finish in second place. Theories abound about the reasons […]

When Captain Doug Lown says that Lake Murray is like a pond out of balance it is worth listening. Captain Lown has fished Lake Murray for 35 years and has been a preeminent largemouth bass guide on the lake for more than 20. He has watched the crappie fishery decline over the last 20 or […]

A Year-round Guide to Bass Fishing on Lake Murray A few years ago it seemed that every third bass I caught fishing on Lake Murray weighed three to six pounds. Despite my spending more time pursuing crappie, striped bass, and bream, I caught bass that weighed more than five pounds on several different models of […]