You don't always catch a state record when you fish for catfish in the Santee Cooper lake system, but the opportunity is certainly there. Three of the five recognized catfish species in the South ...

Editor's note: This story has been updated to correct the daily limit for striped bass in the Santee River system. Fishing guide Joe Dennis of J Hook Charters had planned to take his clients out to ...

The Santee Cooper reservoirs have long been known as an angler's paradise and the recent capture of the largest Lake Moultrie blue catfish ever observed only solidifies this reputation. On Feb. 8, ...

Blue catfish are disappearing from the state’s Santee Cooper lakes, nearly 50 years after wildlife officials brought the hulking sport fish to South Carolina from the Mississippi River basin. Some ...