— The newest Santee Cooper fishing report can be found at: http://www.anglersheadquarters.com/ahq-insider-santee-cooper-sc-winter-2017-18-fishing-report/ January 18 Santee Cooper water levels are at 73.23 in Lake Marion (full pool is 76.8) and 73.29 in Lake Moultrie (full pool is 75.5).  Water temperatures range from the low-40s to 44 or 45 degrees.  The upper lake is a bit dingy with […]

— The newest Santee Cooper fishing report can be found at: http://www.anglersheadquarters.com/ahq-insider-santee-cooper-sc-winter-2017-18-fishing-report/ December 15 Santee Cooper water levels are at 74.29 in Lake Marion (full pool is 76.8) and 74.36 in Lake Moultrie (full pool is 75.5).  Water temperatures have dropped to about 50 degrees. It’s gotten cold on the Santee Cooper lakes, and accordingly Captain […]

— The newest Santee Cooper fishing report, updated September 15, is available at: http://www.anglersheadquarters.com/ahq-insider-santee-cooper-sc-fall-2017-fishing-report/ September 1 Santee Cooper water levels are at 75.20 in Lake Marion (full pool is 76.8) and 75.10 in Lake Moultrie (full pool is 75.5).   Surface temperatures are in the lower 80s. After a really slow late summer, Captain Steve English (843-729-4044) […]

— The newest Santee Cooper fishing report, updated July 2, can be found at: http://www.anglersheadquarters.com/ahq-insider-santee-cooper-sc-summer-2017-fishing-report/ June 9 Santee Cooper water levels are at 75.68 in Lake Marion (full pool is 76.8) and 75.46 in Lake Moultrie (full pool is 75.5).  Water temperatures are around 78 degrees and the water is high and dingy. As anticipated Captain […]

— May 19 Santee Cooper water levels are at 75.41 in Lake Marion (full pool is 76.8) and 75.35 in Lake Moultrie (full pool is 75.5).  Water temperatures are in the upper 70s, and particularly Lake Marion is muddy – while the lower lake is a little better. While there haven’t been a ton of […]

— The newest Santee Cooper fishing report can be found at: http://www.anglersheadquarters.com/ahq-insider-santee-cooper-sc-spring-fishing-report/ March 31 Santee Cooper water levels are at 74.71 in Lake Marion (full pool is 76.8) and 74.48 in Lake Moultrie (full pool is 75.5).  Water conditions are extremely clear for Santee and temperatures range from the mid-60s all the way up to the […]

— February 20 Santee Cooper water levels are at 74.9 in Lake Marion (full pool is 76.8) and 74.9 in Lake Moultrie (full pool is 75.5).  Surface temperatures range from the mid-50s on the main lake to the upper 50s in the shallows. Warm water temperatures have crappie moving shallow already on the Santee Cooper […]

— Note that the most recent Santee Cooper fishing report is available at: http://www.anglersheadquarters.com/ahq-insider-santee-cooper-sc-winter-fishing-report/ January 13 Santee Cooper water levels are at 74.31 in Lake Marion (full pool is 76.8) and 74.25 in Lake Moultrie (full pool is 75.5).  Surface temperatures are currently about 51 degrees but will rise today. Tournament angler Steve Harmon reports […]

— December 4 Santee Cooper water levels are down to 73.7 in Lake Marion (full pool is 76.8) and 73.5 in Lake Moultrie (full pool is 75.5).  Main lake surface temperatures range from about 60-61 degrees. The bite for numbers of catfish continues to be good, but Captain Jim Glenn (843-825-4239) suspects that the big fish […]

— Catfish: Fair to good.  Captain Jim Glenn (843-825-4239) reports that good numbers of small to medium-sized catfish have been caught drifting cut baits. Crappie: Fair to good. Captain Steve English (843-729-4044) reports that crappie have moved shallower and they can be caught on minnows fished over brush. Bream: Fair to good.  Captain Steve English reports […]

— Bass: Slow to fair.  Steve Harmon reports that fishing has slowed down but the pattern remains basically the same – although a surprising number of fish seem to have moved shallow in the last week or so.  Early in the morning fish can be caught in shallow water where they will take topwater lures, […]

— Santee Cooper water levels are at 74.6 in Lake Marion (full pool is 76.8) and 74.4 feet in Lake Moultrie (full pool is 75.5).  Water temperatures are in the mid to upper 80s, and even hotter in some places. While there is still bass tournament activity, the bags that it’s taking to win are […]

— Santee Cooper water levels are at 75.6 in Lake Marion (1.2 feet below full pool) and 75.3 feet in Lake Moultrie (.2 feet below full pool).  Water temperatures are in the upper 70s and the lake is clear again after the recent rains. In the May 14 CATT on Santee Cooper Lex Costas fishing alone […]

— Santee Cooper water levels are at 75.5 in Lake Marion (1.3 feet below full pool) and 75.2 feet in Lake Moultrie (.3 feet below full pool).  Water temperatures are in the low to mid-60s and for the most part clarity is back to normal. In the April 9 CATT tournament on Santee Cooper Steve […]

Water temperatures on the Santee Cooper lakes shot up in early to mid-March, and on the path they were headed down it looked like summer would come by mid-April!  It certainly looked like the bass spawn would essentially wrap up in March.  However, “Not so fast” said Mother Nature, and over the last 10 or […]

As is expected in late March, a number of species are biting well in the Santee Cooper system.  And while a lot of popular species are “on the move,” particularly between deep and shallow water, probably no game species is traveling as far as striped bass.  Relying on his own fishing as well as information […]

After spending a week on Santee Cooper practicing for and then fishing in the Costa FLW Series event, it was understandable that tournament angler Dearal Rodgers of Camden started out fishing the CATT event on Lake Wateree Saturday by looking for fish that had moved up shallow.  In the Costa tournament Dearal had spent his […]

Note: Content on these pages, including tournament reports and fishing reports, is generally available only to customers of the Angler’s Headquarters online fishing tackle store.  Any purchase (no minimum value) gives readers full access to all information on this site for 90 days.     In the understatement of the year, Steve Harmon sums up his […]

— As should be expected with seasonal changes underway, Santee Cooper catfish are starting to move into shallow water in greater numbers. Captain Jim Glenn (843-825-4239) points out that blue catfish will move shallow at times even in the dead of winter, and he has caught fish in 6 feet of water on 18 degree mornings.  […]

— For the last week or two Captain Steve English (843-729-4044) reports that his boat has been catching some crappie in the shallows, and when this pattern first started that meant that there were a couple of shallow spots where they could find fish.  Naturally these were some of the first places to warm, and […]

— The March 5 Carolinas Bass Challenge Santee Cooper tournament is in the books, and Santee Cooper bass fishing is living up to its reputation – in all respects.  Plenty of big fish highlighted the tournament, with two fish over 9 pounds being caught (including a 9.53 pound beast), and a 32.55 pound sack at […]

IMPORTANT site changes coming.  Effective March 1 only customers of the Angler’s Headquarters tackle store will have access to our fishing reports.  Read more here.  It appears that the bite for Santee Cooper catfish is finally turning a corner, and after a rough winter Captain Jim Glenn (843-825-4239) reports more consistent results on recent trips.  While […]

It’s been a wet (fall and) winter in South Carolina, and all that water has to go somewhere.  With many of our lakes drawn down to normal seasonal levels and below, that somewhere has been the Santee Cooper lakes.  The latest reading has Lake Moultrie a couple of inches above full pool at 75.7, while […]