Catfish: Good to very good.  Captain Chris Simpson (864-992-2352) reports that free-line drifting for numbers of fish has been working very well, and anglers are filling coolers with catfish using that method right now. Both cut herring and shrimp will catch fish. The bite for big fish has also been pretty good. Anchoring on humps […]

Lake Greenwood is at 439.4. Largemouth Bass: Fair to good. Guide Brad Fowler (864-934-5813), winner of the ABA 2-day tournament on Lake Greenwood last weekend, reports that he spent a lot of time both days trying to find a shallow bite with poppers, buzzbaits and the like and never had a bite. He caught the […]

Clarks Hill is at 329.53 Catfish: Very good. Captain William Sasser (864-333-2000) reports that Clarks Hill catfishing remains very strong, and both channel and flathead catfish can still be found spawning in the rocks around bridges as well as the dam riprap. The best technique is to fish a piece of cut herring on a […]

Lake Hartwell is at 660.00 and water temperatures are up to about 80 degrees. Striped and Hybrid Bass: Very good.  Captain Bill Plumley reports striped bass fishing is very good right now and his boat is catching strong limits of fish daily, mostly on down-lined live herring. Fish can still be caught in the major rivers […]

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 Keowee is at 97.3% of full pool. Largemouth and Spotted Bass: Good.  Guide Brad Fowler (864-934-5813) reports that first thing in the morning and lasting for about 30-45 minutes there is fairly reliably a good topwater bite on Lake Keowee right now. The fish are not really schooling but if anglers pull up on […]

Lake Jocassee water levels are at 98.9% of full pool. Trout: Fair. Jocassee Outdoor Center reports that trout fishing has been off a little bit, and anglers are not quite sure why the fish are not biting more reliably. Fish are still being caught, but right now a very good day for a few people […]

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 […]

Lake Russell is at 473.92. Crappie: Good.  Guide Wendell Wilson (706-283-3336) reports that his boat is catching a lot of crappie right now, but they have generally been running a bit on the smaller side. Perhaps the bigger fish are recovering from the spawn. The best pattern for catching numbers of fish has been fishing around shallow […]

Thanks to tournament director Erwin Gaston for results and information: Perfect night for fishing. The air temperature was nice, no rain and a light breeze to keep the bugs away. The fish was not so cooperative. The weights were down on this Thursday night but Steve Addington was able to find five bass that topped […]

Thanks to tournament director Erwin Gaston for results and information. Another good turnout for the Thursday Night Tournament Trail with 44 boats. We had a few passing showers and a lot of pollen blowing around. Congratulations to the team of Chris Marshall and Scott Willis who managed to put together a 5 bass stringer weighing […]

Thanks to tournament director Erwin Gaston for results and information… After the rains cleared, then came Thursday Night. Lake Wylie is like the lake of old, a lot of color and the fishing is awesome. If you like fishing shallow then now is the time to tie on a spinnerbait and start casting. Don’t be […]

A casual observer could make the mistake of thinking that today was an ordinary day of college for University of South Carolina junior Gettys Brannon, an advertising major at USC and one-half of the bass fishing team that also includes Patrick Walters. Gettys had to go to classes, and when he wasn’t in class he […]

Thanks to tournament director Gaston Erwin for results and information: Another Thursday Night in the books and wow at the fish that was brought to the scales. The weather had a big effect on our crowd but the crowd that we had caught the fish. Hopefully this is a sign that Lake Wylie has cycled […]

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 […]

Thanks to tournament director Dennis Landrum for results and information. Congratulations to winners Bradley Rhodes and Chris Dorlan with 19.93 pounds.  They also had the big fish at 6.44 pounds. FISH THE FALL ELITE TEAM TRAIL LAKE JOCASSEE 4/4/15 PG 1 PLACE TEAM WEIGHT POINTS 1 ROY STUART JERRY HART 13.74 1161 2 BRADLEY RHODES […]

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 […]