Lake Murray

Guide Kevin Davis hoists a stringer of big Lake Moultrie shellcrackers. Photo by Terry Madewell.

From late May to the end of June, South Carolina bream fishing is at its peak. Here are some top locations to load your stringer.

Moultrie bass guide Cecil Wolfe fights a nice largemouth that had been using cypress trees as cover. Moultrie bass will stay shallow even after the spawn if they had cover and forage. Photo by Terry Madewell.

Bass are transitioning from spawn to post-spawn patterns this month across the state, but in these lakes you can fish shallow water and fill your livewell.

Photo by Ron Sinfelt

If you look at the calendar, it may be difficult to pinpoint the best months of the year for either…»