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My river fishing lately has been mostly determined by what the water levels and flows are doing. With all the rain we have gotten over the past several months, my opportunities have been rather few and far between. However, when I have been able to get out I have been able to find some fish willing to eat. I think the fishing pressure has been a little less than normal overall for many of our rivers due to the higher water conditions. We finally are seeing some stretches of days with no rain, so river levels are starting to come... Read more
As you have probably noticed, we have been getting plenty of rain lately. Because of that, much of the rivers have been too high and muddy with water flow to deal with most of time, especially the lower elevation warm water rivers around Spartanburg. Some of the higher level trout waters in SC and NC clean out pretty fast, and the extra rain has kept the levels good and the trout happy. Most of the river fishing right now should be concentrated on these higher elevation trout waters that the clean out faster and have a reasonable flow level for... Read more
So we had ourselves a little deep freeze to start the year in 2018, and many lakes and even rivers were frozen over for a few days. That cold snap seems to have had a lingering affect on the fish for a few weeks because they have been very lethargic and bite has been slow for most of 2018. That may be changing now with some warmer air and rain finally coming back to us. I did manage to catch fish on all of my outings this year, but they seem to be few and far between. And the fish... Read more
