UTERJanuary
Santee blues
Winter drift.
Santee Cooper to the mountains
South Carolina freshwater fishing
What's biting in South Carolina freshwater in October: striped bass, largemouth bass and spotted bass at their peak, with bluegill, redear sunfish and warmouth around too. Fish Scouter's season calendar follows 23 fish here month by month, from Santee Cooper to Chattooga River.
Fall feed
Santee Cooper's blues, stripers and bass, Murray's stripers, Hartwell and the upstate highland lakes, blackwater rivers for redbreast, and Chattooga trout.
Santee CooperLake MurrayLake HartwellLake KeoweeEdisto RiverChattooga River
Updated
Now · October
Fall feed
Bass.
Largemouth bassStriped bassBlue catfishBlack crappie (speck)Spotted bass (Kentucky bass)Redeye bass
This month here
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Striped bass
Largemouth bass
Spotted bass (Kentucky bass)
Redeye bass
Black crappie (speck)
Channel catfish
Blue catfish
White catfish
Hybrid striped bass (sunshine)
Rainbow trout
Brown trout
Brook trout
Bluegill
Redear sunfish (shellcracker)
Warmouth
Redbreast sunfish
Chain pickerel
Flathead catfish
Brown bullhead
Common carp
Longnose gar
Bowfin (mudfish)
The water
Structure that matters
LakeReservoirRiverCreek / streamPond / pitDock / pilingsBridgeBoat ramp
Month by month
What's happening, and what to throwFebruary
Trophy blues
Largemouth bassStriped bassBlue catfishBlack crappie (speck)Spotted bass (Kentucky bass)Chain pickerel
Moultrie.
March
Stripers run the rivers
Largemouth bassStriped bassBlue catfishBlack crappie (speck)Spotted bass (Kentucky bass)Redear sunfish (shellcracker)
Congaree.
April
Peak striper run
Largemouth bassStriped bassBlue catfishBlack crappie (speck)Redbreast sunfishSpotted bass (Kentucky bass)
Wateree.
May
Bream beds
Redbreast.
June
Summer
Night.
July
Murray stripers
Downlines.
August
Hot
Dawn.
September
Fall
Black crappie (speck)Redeye bassFlathead catfishHybrid striped bass (sunshine)Common carpLongnose gar
Schools.
October · now
Fall feed
Bass.
November
Crappie
Largemouth bassStriped bassBlue catfishBlack crappie (speck)Spotted bass (Kentucky bass)Chain pickerel
Brush.
December
Winter blues
Cut herring.
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