SC September fishing outlook: coast heats up, lakes turn
September marks the swing month for South Carolina anglers, when the water begins to cool from its late-summer peak, bait clouds concentrate in the creeks and lakes, and predator species from redfish on the coast to striped bass in the Piedmont start their fall feed. SCDNR’s saltwater and freshwater fishing trends for the month, compiled […]
SC shrimp baiting season opens with 60-day window
South Carolina’s recreational shrimp baiting season opened at noon Friday, Sept. 11, giving licensed shrimpers along the entire coast — from Beaufort County waters up to the Grand Strand — a 60-day window to work the tidal creeks and estuaries where fall white shrimp are staging before their run to the ocean. The opener date […]
Lake Roosevelt white sturgeon setline surveys begin Sept. 14
State and tribal crews will run 10 setlines a day for four weeks starting Sept. 14 to assess juvenile white sturgeon in upper Lake Roosevelt.
Michigan DNR rescues two lake sturgeon from Ontonagon River
MI DNR fisheries staff netted two drought-stranded lake sturgeon in Baraga County and moved them nearly a mile to a deeper section of the Ontonagon.
Louisiana draws down six waters this fall to slow salvinia
Louisiana wildlife officials are lowering five lakes and one complex this fall to slow giant salvinia; drawdown windows are now set.
Lackawanna Lake drawdown starts as dam rehabilitation begins
A drawdown of 198-acre Lackawanna Lake began this week as construction starts on the 69-foot dam and fishing rules have been eased.
Michigan launches Great Lakes whitefish rescue this fall
Michigan will collect spawning Great Lakes whitefish this fall backed by $350,000 in state funding and Great Lakes Fishery Trust dollars.
Kentucky Fish and Wildlife recaps June regulation amendments
Kentucky Fish and Wildlife published a recap of administrative regulations that took effect in June 2026, including Otter Creek changes.
West Virginia blue catfish weight record set at 72.75 pounds
WVDNR certified a new state weight record for blue catfish at 72.75 pounds and 48.15 inches, caught on the Ohio River in Jackson County.
Oregon yelloweye rockfish fishery to reopen after 25 years
Oregon commercial fleets can keep yelloweye rockfish in 2027 for the first time since 2002 under a small allowable landing.