...Many fishermen who have been targeting bass in the lake ought to look for humps 40 feet or more deep. The live bait fishermen have been catching quality largemouths around those areas.

...in the history of the city. Fifty-seven years ago today, an exhaustive six-day search ended when a derelict bait fisherman found a 7-year-old girl floating in the Augusta Canal. Eleven days later, the fisherman, Lovey Ivey, confessed...

...the Savannah River, in Catfish Creek (Parksville, S.C.), at the mouth of Dordon Creek, to name a few. Live bait fishermen are catching the most schoolers, with bigger fish hanging around the schools' perimeters. - The ninth annual John...

...chasing blueback herring and threadfin shad inside the Lake Springs cove during a cloudy Tuesday afternoon. Live bait fishermen are enjoying exceptional catches of the striped denizens by down-lining herring beneath the off-limits cable on...

...striped bass are beginning to be more active in both Hart Creek and Little River above the Raysville bridge. Live bait fishermen are slow-trolling live herring beneath planer boards, or are free-lining the baitfish, since the game fish occupy...

...nice yellow perch off the wooden pier at the dam and at the mouth of Butler's Creek. Small shiners are the key baits. Fishermen are reminded striped bass and hybrid bass cannot be lawfully caught and kept from the river's mouth at Savannah...

...the lower 40s. It's really not as bad as it seems, with the cold affecting fishermen more than the fish. Live bait fishermen continue to find success on the hybrid-striper trail, including a big striped bass caught near Lake Springs on...

...like a largemouth. The fish are breaking the surface in pursuit of baitfish, but will not strike the artificial baits fishermen are casting, from Roostertails, Super Flukes, Zara Puppies to the kitchen sink. The problem is the size of the...

...umbrella rigs are mopping up good catches of quality stripers and hybrids in Thurmond Lake.The problem facing live bait fishermen this time of year is a lack of oxygen in deep water. Drop down an active live herring and five minutes (or less...

...but the best news is that schools of the fish are stacking up 30 and 40 feet down. That's good news for live bait fishermen and those of us who like to drop down a jigging spoon from time to time. - Congratulations to Byron Smith, of Hephzibah...