— Lake Wylie Catfish: Fair. Captain Rodger Taylor (803-517-7828) reports that priority one for the fish is spawning, and that can make for a tougher catfish bite.  Anglers need to display a lot of flexibility and be willing to move around, anchor, drift and try different baits.  While it is still worth trying up the […]

— The red-hot catfish bite that could be found on Lakes Wylie and Wateree during April and much of May is winding down, and on both lakes Captain Rodger Taylor (803-517-7828) reports that the spawn is starting to take priority over feeding. On Rodger’s last few trips on Lake Wylie he has found that the up-river […]

  — After rising from 97.2% to 98.3% of full pool over the weekend, Lake Wylie has dropped slightly to 98.0% of full pool.  Water temperatures dropped from the mid- to upper-70s into the low-70s over the weekend, but they have risen back into the 74-74 degree range.  There is more stained water than a […]

— Lake Wylie is at 97.2% of full pool and water temperatures are in the 77-79 degree range.  There is a lot of stained water, and the rain predicted for the next few days may bring even more. While many anglers prefer to fish for shallow bass, according to FLW angler Bryan New there is […]

— Lake Wylie is at 96.9% of full pool and water temperatures are in the 67-72 degree range.  In the last two weeks the lake has cleared and now visibility is pretty good for Lake Wylie at 3-4 feet. Bass fishing conditions continue to change on Lake Wylie, and in the last couple of weeks […]

— Lake Wylie is at 97.4% of full pool and water temperatures are in the low 60s.  Clarity is pretty normal. Despite a very hot March water temperatures have essentially been in a holding pattern over the last few weeks on Lake Wylie, and as a result FLW angler Bryan New says that it’s a […]

— Fresh off a day on the water on Lake Wateree, Captain Rodger Taylor (803-517-7828)  rates the bite for catfish as somewhere between very good and excellent.  As has been the trend recently, his party today caught a significant number of strong 15-19 pound catfish to go with a “kicker” 33-pound fish (pictured).  Rodger says that […]

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Typically the bass spawn on Lake Wylie is at its peak during April, but this is no ordinary year.  Whereas it is normal to get several warm days in March, or even 4 or 5 warm days, it is highly unusual to get a couple of straight weeks where temperatures are in the 70s and […]

IMPORTANT site changes coming.  Effective March 1 only customers of the Angler’s Headquarters tackle store will have access to our fishing reports.  Read more here.  For many years now the winter has been the time to catch big blue catfish on Lake Wylie, but that doesn’t mean the catfish are always where anglers think they […]

IMPORTANT site changes coming.  Effective March 1 only customers of the Angler’s Headquarters tackle store will have access to our fishing reports.  Read more here.  In his last report FLW angler Bryan New said that heavily stained conditions had pushed a lot of Lake Wylie bass up shallow, and that shallow cranking deal was probably […]

Bradley Hallman of Norman, Oklahoma has a commanding lead after two days of fishing in the first FLW Tour Event of the season on Lake Okeechobee.  After weighing in a five fish limit of 25 pounds even on Day 1, Hallman turned around and did again on Day 2 – bringing in five fish weighing […]

After a crazy start to 2016 Lake Wateree water levels have finally normalized, and instead of current ripping through the lake like it was a few weeks ago Wateree is actually pretty still right now.  At last reading levels are down to 95.1% of full pool.  Perhaps as a result of this, on his most […]

It appears that Lake Wylie water conditions just aren’t going to get “normal” this winter.  The water continues to go up and down – and from red to clear – seemingly on a weekly basis.  A healthy dose of snow last weekend has done nothing to change that pattern, and FLW angler Bryan New expects […]

It’s been a crazy winter so far this year on Lake Wylie, but bass have continued to feed – albeit not in a traditional winter pattern.  Now that things are starting to normalize fish may start to behave more typically for this time of year. About a week ago rain last fell in the Lake […]

Around the Christmas holidays it’s a safe bet that big blue catfish are feeding in South Carolina, and even with unseasonably warm weather this year is no exception.  From the North Carolina border to the Midlands to the lower part of the state, South Carolina anglers are putting some big catfish in the boat right […]

For the early winter Lake Wylie bait guide I interviewed professional bass fisherman Bryan New – an angler who has amassed over $160,000.00 in career winnings.  Bryan has been fishing the FLW Tour as a co-angler for four years, and each year he has qualified for the Forrest Wood Cup.  In 2014 he won the […]

In his last report tournament angler Bryan New reported that up-and-down water levels were creating some difficult conditions on Lake Wylie, and several weeks later Bryan says that water conditions are still making for unpredictable fishing.  He says the biggest problem on the lake right now is the recurrent rain – while the lake has […]

What a difference another deluge of rain makes!  In his most recent report Captain Rodger Taylor (803-517-7828) advised that the catfish were hanging out around deep ledges in a typical fall pattern and feeding very well, while the white perch fishing was even better.  Perch were grouped up in the creeks about 25 feet deep and […]

It’s a great time to catch numbers of catfish as well as quality fish on Lake Wylie.  Captain Rodger Taylor (803-517-7828) reports that over 6 or 7 recent trips his boat has been hammering the fish, and they have been catching 20-35 pound cats pretty regularly.  He rates the bite at “very good.” Drifting has been […]

Lake Wylie is at 97.1% of full pool, and Captain Rodger Taylor (803-517-7828) reports that, despite low water levels which can make for treacherous boating conditions, the catfish bite on Lake Wylie is very strong.  In several hours of fishing catching 20 fish up to about 15 pounds has been typical on his boat, with about […]

Thanks to tournament director Erwin Gaston for results and information… The last tournament for this season and you could not ask for a better night to be on the water. It was a cool clear bright moon night with just enough breeze to keep the mosquitoes away. The team of Mike Stephens and Mike Smith […]

Captain Rodger Taylor (803-517-7828) reports that drifting continues to produce good numbers of catfish on Lake Wylie, and he is still catching a pretty good mix of blue and channel cats.  Instead of concentrating on the flats or river ledges – which will still probably produce fish – recently Rodger has been catching fish over humps […]