When planning a fishing outing on the Santee Cooper lakes, the most difficult part of the trip may be deciding what type of fish you want to catch. "Everything is biting right now," said Capt. Joe ...

This article, by Willard Strong, was originally published in the Summer 2007 edition of "PowerSource," a publication of Santee Cooper Corporate Communications. It is reprinted with permission.

As for Santee Cooper, this fishery hasn’t been featured year-after-year in Bassmaster’s Annual Top 100 Bass Lakes list for nothing. And spring is always the time the lake really shines.

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.