There are lots of reason for anglers to be wetting a line on the Santee Cooper lakes, but beginning this week you can legally tangle with a fish that made the lakes a world-renowned fishing ...

Seasonal closure of the Santee Cooper striped bass fishery is set to begin June 1 and will extend through Sept. 30. No striped bass may be harvested or possessed for any reason during the summer ...

I'm not sure why I associate the first cold snap that signals winter isn't that far off with fishing for stripers. But I bet it had something to do with the first time I ventured into the Palmetto ...