Thanks to tournament director Erwin Gaston for results and information. __________ The TNTT had another good turnout for the tournament and the fish are biting really good right now. We had more than half the field weighing in fish. The sign up period was interrupted with a brief shower which helped wash away some of […]

The first time I went fishing with crappie tournament specialist Will Hinson of Cassatt was a warm-weather trip where we targeted crappie around brush and bridges. There were multiple other boats as well as bank fishermen in the same general areas we fished, and I noticed that we out-caught the other fishermen 10 to 1 […]

Thanks to tournament director Erwin Gaston for results and information… The 2015 season has begun. The TNTT kicked off last night with 41 boats all ready to get started. It has been a long cold winter and it was good to have a pleasant night to get the season started. Congratulations to David Winters and […]

Week 13 saw four open/ tournament trail events reported on SCFishingReport.com; an ABA Weekend Series event on Lake Hartwell, two CATT tournaments (Santee and Wateree), and a BFL NC Division tournament on Lake Wylie. ABA Weekend Series Lake Hartwell The American Bass Anglers Weekend Bass Series had its second event of the season on Hartwell out […]

Lake Wylie is at 97.3% of full pool. Catfish: Good to very good. Captain Rodger Taylor (803-517-7828) reports that the catfish bite for both numbers of fish and big fish remains strong. In a recent tournament three fish weighing more than 100 pounds won the event, and a 47-pound fish was brought to the scales. The […]

Week 9 saw six open/ tournament trail events previewed/ reported on SCFishingReport.com, as well as the first week of the “Pick ‘Em” contest on this site.  Results and winning patterns follow: ABA Weekend Series Lake Murray Congratulation to Brock Taylor of Pendleton, winner of the first ABA Weekend Series SC Division event of 2015 on Lake Murray. […]

Congratulations to Clay Williams and David Redmon, winners of the second CATT Lake Wylie Spring Tournament yesterday.  They caught a huge Lake Wylie bag of 23.78 pounds, including a 5.75 pound big fish. 2nd place went to Mark Leach with 17.80 pounds. 3rd place went to Todd Garner and Shane Hartman with 14.80 pounds. Because […]

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 […]

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 […]

Winter Catfishing on Lake Wateree with Captain Rodger Taylor In December of 2008 I went on my first “serious” catfishing trip – a guided trip with Captain Rodger Taylor on Lake Wateree. Since then I have fished Lake Wylie twice with Rodger, and he has given me periodic fishing reports on both major Catawba Chain […]

This article was originally published on December 14, 2008.  To view the original comments to the article visit: http://messageboard.scfishingreport.com/viewtopic.php?f=376&t=1475. _______________________ Friday, December 14 was a cold crisp morning, and even though it was technically still late fall it felt like winter. It’s not every day that you get to fish with a state record holder, but I was […]

Thanks to tournament director Erwin Gaston for results and information. our teams came to the scales with hopes of having the biggest fish of the night but Rob Johnson’s 5.10 pounder took the big fish money. Congratulations to the team of James Clemmons and Rich Carson with the tournament win. They were able to scrap […]

Thanks to tournament director Erwin Gaston for results and information: We had 49 boats show up for the Thursday Night Tournament on August 7th. What a good showing and we appreciate all the fishermen that come out and support the Thursday Night Tournament Trail. No one could have ask for better weather to be on […]

Thanks to tournament director Erwin Gaston for results and information. 8/22/13 There is a saying “100 % of the fish are in 10 % of the lake”. Most of us can seem to find that 10%. Rick Carson and James Clemmons are not having any problem finding the fish. They brought in 5 fish that […]

The summertime tough bite was upon the guys last week. When two thirds of the field does not weigh in, the fishing is tough. As with every week one or two teams will figure the fish out and bring in the weight. Congratulations to Jarod Kimak and Tim Sabella as they did just that. They […]

Thanks to tournament director Erwin Gaston for results and information… ————– If you like to fish and you are not fishing the with us on Thursday night, you are missing out on a fun tournament. The Thursday Night Tournament Trail is not expensive, it’s short and it is a blast. We are into the final […]

Thanks to tournament director Gaston Erwin for results and information. Had a good crowd show back up Thursday Night. The muddy water has pushed through and the lake has cleared back up. Congratulation to Ben Ruebel and Walt Brysick with the win. They brought 14.35 lbs to the scales which was enough to beat out […]

Thanks to tournament director Erwin Gaston for information and results. _________________ What an awesome night to do anything. Beautiful weather, cool temperatures and a strawberry moon. Due to the good weather we had 45 boats show up to compete for the win. Congratulations to Hunter Hick who took the win by almost 2 lbs over […]

Thanks to tournament director Gaston Erwin for information and results. When the weather man is predicting stormy weather, the fishing crowd grows small. It turned out to be a good night of fishing and a few of the guys were able to find the bigger fish. Congratulation to Gray Bennett with the win. His 14.50 […]

Thanks to tournament director Erwin Gaston for results and information. ___________________ The summer fishing has arrived. Wake boarders surfing behind the wake boats (dangest thing I have ever seen) with the air fill with the beat of their stereos. Bass boats zinging up and down the lake. Pontoons cruising and jet skies weaving around them […]

Thanks to tournament director Erwin Gaston for results and information. The shad spawn is in full swing and they are all over the banks and so are the bass. A buss bait, spinnerbait, and small crankbait all seem to catch fish. The lake has settled down from all the rain we had last week and […]

Thanks to tournament director Erwin Gaston for results and information… Thursday night was an obstacle course trying to maneuver around the floating debris. You could literally fish around boat docks and matted grass in the middle of the lake. Congratulations to Casey West and John Eisenhour. They were able to maneuver around enough debris and […]

Thanks to tournament director Erwin Gaston for results and information. _____________ Finally a good night to go fishing. The lake is full, the moon was full and the skies were clear. Of course we are creatures of comfort. If we can get the temperature to warm up a little more at night. The fish are […]