Thanks to tournament director Phil Morris for results and information… ABA D-96 Tournament Results Clarks Hill – June 2, 2013  Group picture is of the top 4 from left to right; 1st place Steve Christie of Gray Court, SC.  2nd place and big fish winner William Hooker of Appling, Ga. 3rd place Don Kneece of Saluda, SC 4th place Chris […]

Last year I was fortunate enough to go on a Lake Wateree crappie fishing trip with Southern Crappie Tournament Trail fishermen and Wateree master crappie angler Will Hinson.  Our trip did not disappoint, and we caught several limits of crappie using his preferred warm-water techniques of fishing around brush piles and targeting bridges.  Crappie are […]

Check out this nice bass caught by Captain Steve English on Christmas Day.  It was taken on a crankbait in the upper lake fishing in a creek in about 8 feet of water.

When I call my contacts for fishing updates and reports, from time to time I will be told that they don’t have a new report for me.  Occasionally a tackle store will tell me that it has received few reports on a particular species recently, a guide will tell me that he has not been […]

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 […]

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 […]