05-26-2004, 03:43 AM
SANTEE COOPER SYSTEM
LAKE MARION: Largemouth Bass: Fair, using artificial worms, and topwater Rebels fishing along the banks and point early in the morning. Striped Bass: Fair, using shad and live herring with down rods in 25 feet of water. White Perch: Slow, Try jigging off the bottom with Hopkins spoons. Crappie: Excellent, Try using small and medium minnows over deep brush piles, bridge pilings and piers. Catfish: Very Good, fishing with live herring and cut shad off the bottom in deep water. Bream and Shellcrackers: Excellent, using redworms and crickets in 4 to 8 feet of water.
LAKE MOULTRIE: Largemouth Bass: Fair, casting, spinnerbaits, plastic worms and lizards along docks and structure in shallow water. Striped Bass: Good, still fishing live herring near the powerhouse and night fishing at same location trolling and/or down rods in 30 feet of water. Crappie: Fair, using small to medium minnows and Beetlespins around fish attraction areas and brush piles. Also try fishing in shallow water 3 to 7 feet deep. Catfish: Fair, using cut shad, herring, menhaden, live large shiners and nightcrawlers 8 to 30 feet deep. Bream: Excellent, using crickets, redworms, and small minnows, around manmade fish attractors. Shellcrackers: Fair, try redworms and green worms along the banks along river runs and points. Water temperature is 65 degrees. Lake is clear and full.
REPORTERS: The S.C. Department of Natural Resources appreciates the cooperation of fishing trend reporters for South Carolina's major lakes: Jocassee - Hoyett's Tackle; Keowee - Fishing Hole; Hartwell - Lake Hartwell Fishing and Marine; Russell - Tony's Bait and Tackle; Thurmond - Bladon's; Wylie - Catawba Tackle; Greenwood - Sportsman's Friend; Wateree - Wateree Marina; Murray - Dooley's Sport Shop; Marion - Lanes; and Moultrie - Atkins Boat Landing.
- Written by John Lucas -
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LAKE MARION: Largemouth Bass: Fair, using artificial worms, and topwater Rebels fishing along the banks and point early in the morning. Striped Bass: Fair, using shad and live herring with down rods in 25 feet of water. White Perch: Slow, Try jigging off the bottom with Hopkins spoons. Crappie: Excellent, Try using small and medium minnows over deep brush piles, bridge pilings and piers. Catfish: Very Good, fishing with live herring and cut shad off the bottom in deep water. Bream and Shellcrackers: Excellent, using redworms and crickets in 4 to 8 feet of water.
LAKE MOULTRIE: Largemouth Bass: Fair, casting, spinnerbaits, plastic worms and lizards along docks and structure in shallow water. Striped Bass: Good, still fishing live herring near the powerhouse and night fishing at same location trolling and/or down rods in 30 feet of water. Crappie: Fair, using small to medium minnows and Beetlespins around fish attraction areas and brush piles. Also try fishing in shallow water 3 to 7 feet deep. Catfish: Fair, using cut shad, herring, menhaden, live large shiners and nightcrawlers 8 to 30 feet deep. Bream: Excellent, using crickets, redworms, and small minnows, around manmade fish attractors. Shellcrackers: Fair, try redworms and green worms along the banks along river runs and points. Water temperature is 65 degrees. Lake is clear and full.
REPORTERS: The S.C. Department of Natural Resources appreciates the cooperation of fishing trend reporters for South Carolina's major lakes: Jocassee - Hoyett's Tackle; Keowee - Fishing Hole; Hartwell - Lake Hartwell Fishing and Marine; Russell - Tony's Bait and Tackle; Thurmond - Bladon's; Wylie - Catawba Tackle; Greenwood - Sportsman's Friend; Wateree - Wateree Marina; Murray - Dooley's Sport Shop; Marion - Lanes; and Moultrie - Atkins Boat Landing.
- Written by John Lucas -
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