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 […]

Thanks to tournament director Erwin Gaston for results and information… This week was a carbon copy of last week. The winning weight last week was 14.73 pounds and this week was 14.74 pounds. The thunder rumbled and the rain fell but the fishing went on. About half the field of 29 boats caught enough fish […]

Thanks to tournament director Erwin Gaston for results and information: Tournament number 20 is in the books with 2 more to go. Our boat numbers have dropped because most are resting up for the champion rounds. Congratulations to the team of Robin Cairco and Mike Buscheu with the win. They brought 5 bass to the […]

Thanks to tournament co-director Jeremy Cabe for passing on these results… TNTT 7/8/15 BIG FISH TOTAL Place Team WEIGHT WEIGHT 1 Eddie and Eddie Williams 3.90 13.90 2 Brian and Greg Williams 4.23 13.84 3 Shawn Wallace/Matt Queen 4.81 13.10 4 Todd and Isaac Sosesbee 2.94 12.36 5 Steve Addington/Bucky Helms 2.89 11.71 6 Mike […]

Thanks to tournament director Erwin Gaston for results and information… The Thursday Night Trail is getting a break from the weather for now. It rained all around Lake Wylie but spared getting the fishermen wet. It turned out to be a tough night for bites for most fisherman but for some it was a good […]

Lake Wylie catfish are hitting very well right now, and according to Captain Rodger Taylor (803-517-7828) the key to catching them consistently has been drifting near the river channel. Rodger reports that, as is customary much of the year, the last couple of trips he has started off anchoring in the morning up the river – […]

Thanks to tournament director Erwin Gaston for results and information… We had another good crowd to turn out for the Thursday Night Tournament. There were 44 boats turn out on a hot but clear night to fish. Congratulations to Mike Carver and Derek Lilly with the win. They brought 5 fish to the scale that […]

Thanks to tournament director Erwin Gaston for results and information… It was “Hot” last night and I am talking about the weather. At the time of blast-off the air temperature was 97 degrees and the water temperature was 92 degrees. Did I say it was hot. We still had 38 boats turn out with ice […]

Thanks to tournament director Erwin Gaston for results and information… We had another good crowd turn out last night to take on the Thursday Night Tournament Trail Challenge. The fish did not cooperate as a lot of us would have liked but for some, no problem. Congratulations to Bryan New and Todd Auten with the […]

Lake Wylie is at 97.5% of full pool. Catfish: Good to very good. Captain Rodger Taylor (803-517-7828) reports that catfishing is strong on both the northern and southern ends of the lake. Catfish typically spawn when water temperatures are in the 78-82 degree range, and with water temperatures entering that range fish are starting to spawn […]

Lake Wateree is at 97.6% of full pool. Catfish: Good to very good. Captain Rodger Taylor (803-517-7828) reports that catfish typically spawn when water temperatures are in the 78-82 degree range, and with water temperatures entering that range fish are starting to spawn and even a few post-spawn males are beginning to be caught. The spawn […]

Thanks to tournament director Erwin Gaston for results and information… Congratulations to the team of Brian New and Sarah Spear with a 17.93 pound bag of largemonths. This was enough weight to beat out 45 teams to take the win. Second place went to the team of Ken Nickerson and Tim Nickerson with a weight […]

Thanks to tournament director Erwin Gaston for results and information. Another good turnout last night for the Thursday night trail. We had 54 boats show up to do battle for the top five places. Congratulations to the father/son team of Mark and Zack Leech. What a bag of bass they brought to the scales. 22.82 […]

Thanks to tournament director Erwin Gaston for results and information. Congratulations to the team of Stephen Sparrow and Phillip Carson . They brought five bass to the scale that weighted in at 18.03 pounds. Second place went to the team of Matt Garver and Campbell Whisenant with 17.88 pounds and had the big fish of […]