The catfish are being caught in water depths to 15 feet, and the best way to catch them is drifting with a Santee Cooper rig for catfish, he said.

You can bet freshwater fishermen are heading to the Santee Cooper lakes to take advantage of the warm springtime days. And while they may have the lakes' huge catfish in mind, they shouldn't ...

The final event in the 2009 Bassmaster Southern Opens should provide a real challenge for the anglers vying for the two Bassmaster Classic slots and seven Elite Series slots for 2010.

I’ll run a Santee Cooper rig with a crappie or bluegill head and another one with chunks or sides or cut bait. ... A Google search for catfish rigs turns up approximately 8.34 million results.

Santee Cooper Country alone accounted for about one-third of the nearly 24,000 non-resident fishing licenses sold in 2005-06. The Santee Cooper Country office is located at 9302 Old S.C. Highway 6 ...

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.

A South Carolina bow fisherman has been granted a world record after landing a nearly 85-pound blue catfish on Jan. 6 at Santee Cooper Lakes. Stuart Vandyke also established a new state record ...