04-29-2004, 02:29 AM
LAKE MURRAY: Largemouth Bass: Excellent, casting to banks with Texas-rigged worms or lizards in pumpkin and redbug colors. Fish just starting to hit small crankbaits, buzzbaits and floating worms. Bedding reported around structure. Best bass fishing of year. Striped Bass: Good, try a double rigged set-up with bucktail, trailing it with an Ice Fly. Cast this set of lures to schooling fish. Also, try a Striper Delight. Schooling activity reported throughout day. Trolling deep-running lures has started to produce some fish. Also fishing with down rods in 20 to 40 of water with live bait. Crappie: Good, using jigs tipped with small tuffy minnows trolling in creek runs and fishing brush piles in 15 to 20 feet of water. Some fish are in shallow water and spawning. White Perch: Good, jigging spoons and or redworms in 20-40 feet of water. Catfish: Good, using cut herring and nightcrawlers on the bottom in 5 to 15 foot of water. Bream: Good, fishing redworms and crickets around grass wall and docks. Also try Beetlespins white with red dot when live bait does not produce. Limits reported caught. Shellcrackers: Fair, using redworms and baby nightcrawlers in 10 feet of water to the bottom off points. Water conditions are clear and 60 to 64 degrees.