There are lots of reason for anglers to be wetting a line on the Santee Cooper lakes, but beginning this week you can legally tangle with a fish that made the lakes a world-renowned fishing ...

The Phoenix Bass Fishing League Presented by T-H Marine’s Bama, Bulldog, Gator and North Carolina divisions is wrapping up the 2024 season in Clarendon County, Oct. 10-12 with the Phoenix BFL ...

When the dams were completed in the early 1940s creating lakes Marion and Moultrie – the Santee Cooper lakes – there was no thought of a major fishery arising. Damming the rivers was expected to ...

(WIS) - Anglers planning to fish for striped bass anywhere in the Santee River system between now and June 15 need to be aware of recent law changes that affect the size of legal striped bass they can ...

SUMMERTON -- The top bass anglers from around the region are set to fish the Santee Cooper lakes April 25-27 for the Costa Fishing League Worldwide Series Southeastern Division finale presented by ...

CROSS, S.C. — The sun broke through the clouds giving a picturesque start to the fishing day. Captain David Murdaugh, my guide for the day, piloted his boat through the narrow backwater away from ...

SANTEE, S.C. — The Santee Cooper Lakes -- Marion and Moultrie -- will be the home of a Crappie USA special two-day event in March as the fishing association celebrates its 25th anniversary focusing on ...

The seven small lakes called Santee Lakes began as part of a recycling plant. In 1960, the district started recycling wastewater for irrigation and commercial uses. The seven lakes were at the end of ...

Drew Cook of Cairo won the 2022 Guaranteed Rate Bassmaster Elite at Santee Cooper Lakes with a four-day total of 105 pounds, 5 ounces. CLARENDON COUNTY, S.C. — Before the Guaranteed Rate Bassmaster ...

SANTEE, S.C. — The Santee Cooper Lakes -- Marion and Moultrie -- will be the home of a Crappie USA special two-day event in March as the fishing association celebrates its 25th anniversary focusing on ...