| There are some popular places in South Carolina to | | | | crankbait. |
| do some bass fishing. Lake | | | | Lake Marion is another place to catch largemouth |
| Murray, Broad River, Santee River, Lake Marion and | | | | bass. Some trophy bass are in these waters. The |
| Lake Wylie are some great places to fish. These | | | | spring is the best time to catch a trophy fish. These |
| lakes and rivers have been producing some nice | | | | waters are warm and shallow and the bass are found |
| catches year after year. The secret for some areas | | | | everywhere it seems. If you want to catch the big |
| is the catch and release that is done by many of | | | | fish, you want to use a ten-inch plastic worm |
| anglers. They will fish all day and only keep a few for | | | | because it looks more like a small snake to the bass. |
| the table. The rest are released so the population can | | | | In the months of May, April and March you can use |
| continue to grow. Two places where spotted bass | | | | the topwater lures. Live bait is another thing to use. |
| are showing up are Keowee Lake and Jocassee Lake. | | | | The large shiners work the best for hooking a |
| No one knows how the fish got there because they | | | | largemouth bass. However this might also catch you |
| where never planted. | | | | the forty or so pound catfish. |
| Lake Murray is where you are going to find some | | | | Smallmouth bass is found at the Broad River as well |
| impressive largemouth fishing. It seems that March to | | | | as the largemouth bass. You should fish between |
| May is the prime time to do some bass fishing. The | | | | Gervais and Blossom bridges to catch some |
| summers are good but the spring months seem to | | | | smallmouth bass. |
| be better according to fishing reports and from | | | | The river is a little harder to access because there |
| anglers themselves. The deeper waters are a good | | | | are only a few places where you can get to the |
| location to find the bass. Usually around the channels | | | | river from. If you look around the eddies, bridge |
| by the ledges as well as humps and points is where | | | | pilings and boulders, you are going to find some nice |
| to find the bass. Then when fall comes around, the | | | | size smallmouth bass to hook. Use a spinner that is |
| bass move into the shallows. Because of the pleasure | | | | shiny with eight-pound test line. The smaller lures |
| boating in the summer months, it is harder to catch | | | | work the best for smallmouth bass. Look in the |
| the bass. Spinnerbaits work well for catching bass in | | | | deeper waters with slower moving water for the |
| the coves, while nightcrawlers work well in the | | | | largemouth bass. Use the crankbiat, topwater lures or |
| shallow waters. If you are fishing by the points use a | | | | plastic worms. |