Week 7 saw two open/ tournament trail events reported on SCFishingReport.com, a BFL event on Lake Murray and a South Carolina Bass Federation tournament on Lake Hartwell. BFL Lake Murray 90 boats (each with a boater and co-angler) fished the first BFL Savannah River Division event of the 2015 season, and there were more big bags […]

On Saturday, February 14 the first event of the 2015 BFL South Carolina Division season took place on Lake Murray out of Dreher Island State Park. 90 boaters and co-anglers braved freezing conditions early, and fierce winds throughout the day, in search of unpredictable late winter bass. Most anglers described the conditions and the fishing […]

Whether he is fishing at home on Lake Wateree or travelling on the road, tournament angler Dearal Rodgers of Camden spends a lot of time throwing a jig. His go-to jigs are made by Buckeye Lures of Augusta, Georgia, and depending on the situation he throws either the Football Mop Jig or the standard Mop Jig. […]

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 […]

In Saturday’s BFL Savannah River Division tournament on Lake Keowee Dearal Rodgers of Camden finished in third place out of 160 boaters, landing a healthy Lake Keowee bag weighing 13 pounds 4 ounces worth $1,719.00. Dearal is always generous with information about how he catches fish, and so I caught up with him to hear […]

The first event of the Carolinas Bass Challenge 2015 South Carolina Division season is in the books, and as expected tournament director Brett Collins hosted a superb tournament to officially kick off the fourth year of this mega-trail for weekend anglers. 173 boats and 374 anglers were part of the event where more than $40,000.00 […]

Week 6 saw four open/ tournament trail events reported on SCFishingReport.com, including a CBC event on Lake Murray, a BFL event on Lake Keowee, a Fish the Fall event on Lake Hartwell, and an ABA event on Clarks Hill. CBC Lake Murray 173 boats and 374 anglers fished the first Carolinas Bass Challenge SC Division event […]

The American Bass Anglers American Fishing Tour Division 26 had its second tournament of the season yesterday on Clarks Hill.  18 anglers fished the event and Evan Buller of Lincolnton, GA won the tournament with 14.10 pounds (worth $478.00), including a big fish of 4.14 pounds.  Second and third place were settled by the big […]

Lake Hartwell continues to give up at least one monster sack in recent tournaments, and this Saturday was no exception as Bradley Rhodes and Chris Dorlan put together a 25.23 pound bag to take first place in the sixth event of the trail’s 14-15 season.  It’s safe to say that any of the Classic contenders […]

The BFL Savannah River Division had its first tournament of the 2015 season today on Lake Keowee.  Congratulations to first place boater Jayme Rampey of Liberty who landed 17 pounds even of bass and took home $8.154.00 (including the Ranger and Mercury money) for the win! Second place went to Matthew Justice of Fair Play […]

Congratulations to Chris Marshall and Josh Gardner, winners of the CBC SC Division Event on Lake Murray today.  The winning team had the heaviest sack at 23.90 pounds, as well as the big fish – an 8.31 pound hawg!  Stay tuned for more information and full results.   If you appreciate this information and want to receive timely […]

The Carolinas Bass Challenge has its first South Carolina Division tournament of the 2015 season this Saturday on Lake Murray out of Dreher Island State Park.   173 boats are entered, and there is a guaranteed first place prize of $8,000.00. Blast-off will be at safe light with weigh-ins in flights after 3:00. I caught up […]

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 […]

For a limited time http://www.SCFishingTackle.com will be offering a buy 3, get 1 free sale on all Buckeye Lures products (while supplies last). We already offer among the lowest prices on Buckeye products available – Mop Jigs are $3.99, Spot Remover 5-packs are $3.89, etc. – so this is a tremendous chance to save as you stock up […]

This 97-pound blue catfish was recently caught on Captain Chris Simpson’s boat on Lake Monticello.  The fish was caught drifting in 40+ feet of water on a large section of white perch and it was released unharmed.  Chris’ previous big fish out of Monticello was an 82-pounder caught almost a year ago; October through the […]

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 […]

ABA D-96 Tournament Results Clarks Hill Lake – April 13, 2014 Division 96 2014 Season   Group picture from left to right; 1st place Jay Treon of Greenwood, SC / 2nd place Steve Christie of Gray Court, SC / (3rd place – not pictured due to boat trouble is Phillip Anderson of Saluda, SC) / 4th place Jason Moyer […]

Check out this monster blue catfish caught Sunday on Captain Chris Simpson’s (864-992-2352) boat!  This 82-pound giant came in 55+ feet of water on a chunk of cut white perch, and it was the highlight of a “magical” day that included 16 other fish and 7 others over 20 pounds! As Chris has been reporting the bite […]

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 Santee Cooper lakes have long been known as an exceptional catfish fishery, blessed with both large numbers of fish and very large fish.  And while the world record channel catfish was caught from Lake Moultrie (58 pounds, caught in 1964), and the state record flathead catfish (79 pounds – 4 ounces, caught in 2001) […]