04-25-2006, 02:34 PM
Mountains Area
Lake Jocassee: Largemouth Bass: Good. Try slow worming with Carolina-rigged worms and casting crankbaits off points. Trout: Good, fishing with nightcrawlers 40 to 50 feet deep during day. Good, at night using large minnows and cut bait. Smallmouth Bass: Fair. Try drifting large minnows along red clay and rocky points. Crappie: Slow. Try using small minnows. Catfish: Fair, using night crawlers or cut bait on bottom. Bream: Slow. Try worms or crickets.
Lake Keowee: Largemouth Bass: Good, casting crankbaits, lizards and spinnerbaits to the banks and in pockets. Many fish bedding. Crappie: Excellent. Try small minnows and jigs in 5 to 10 feet of water around brush piles and bridge pilings. Catfish: Fair. Try using nightcrawlers and cut bait on bottom. Bream: Fair. Try using red worms and crickets around brush piles.
Lake Hartwell: Largemouth Bass: Excellent, casting topwater lures and jerkbaits lake-wide. Striped and Hybrid Bass: Good, free-lining live blueback herring up in the creeks. Crappie: Good, using small and medium minnows 4 feet deep over brush in 15 feet of water. Catfish: Good, using cut herring in 2 to 3 feet of water. Bream: Slow. Try earthworms deep around brush.
Piedmont Area
Lake Russell: Largemouth Bass: Fair. Try casting slow-running crankbaits and spinnerbaits. Yellow Perch: Fair. Try fishing minnows deep. Striped and Hybrid Bass: Fair, using bucktails, cut bait and jigs below the dam. White Bass: Poor. Try bucktails, spinners and live bait below dam. Crappie: Fair. Try using minnows and jigs around brush piles and bridges. Catfish: Fair, using cut bait on the bottom. Bream: Slow. Try fishing deep with earthworms.
Lake Thurmond: Largemouth Bass: Good, casting plastic worms and spinnerbaits into the banks. Striped and Hybrid Bass: Good using jigs and Cleos. Crappie: Excellent, around docks using jigs and minnows. Catfish: Good, using worms and chicken livers on the bottom. Bream: Fair. Try crickets and worms 3 to 8 feet deep around brush.
Lake Wylie: Largemouth Bass: Good, casting Carolina-rigged worms along shallow points and banks. White Bass: Good, casting small spinners and jigs. Crappie: Excellent, using jigs and minnows 2 to 3 feet deep over brush. Catfish: Good, using nightcrawlers on the bottom. Shellcrackers: Fair. Try using redworms and crickets on the bottom. Bream: Fair. Try red worms near the bottom. Also try nightcrawlers.
Midlands Area
Lake Greenwood: Largemouth Bass: Good, casting topwater worms, plugs and buzzbaits. Stripers: Good, using live bait, herring or shad 15 to 20 feet deep. White Perch: Good, using berryspoons in 12 to 15 feet of water. Also some schooling activity reported. Crappie: Excellent, using minnows, small jigs in 2 to 8 feet of water. Catfish: Good, using cut bait and worms on the bottom. Bream: Fair. Try using cricket and redworms along shore and brush piles.
Lake Wateree: Largemouth Bass: Good, casting spinnerbaits and crankbaits in shallow water in the bushes. Striped bass: Good, using bucktails, grubs and live bait at Cedar Creek dam and around the mouth of creeks. White Bass: Good, using small live shad and jigs. Crappie: Excellent, using minnows and grubs around piers and in shallows, also trolling and drifting with jigs. Catfish: Excellent, using live minnows, cut bait or worms in shallow water and in the creeks. Bream: Fair, using crickets and earthworms in warmer areas of coves.
Lake Murray: Largemouth Bass: Good, casting Carolina-rigged worms and jerk baits 5 to 8 deep to bedding fish. Striped Bass: Good, try drifting shiners in 6 to 8 feet of water. Crappie: Good, using jigs and small tuffies around bridge pilings and brush piles. White Perch: Good, using live minnows near the bottom. Catfish: Good using cut herring and nightcrawlers on the bottom. Bream: Fair. Try fishing worms and crickets deep.
Santee Cooper System
Lake Marion: Largemouth Bass: Good, using lizards and worms in the shallows. Striped Bass: Fair. Try casting bucktails to schooling fish or fishing live small blueback herring, shad or shiners. White Perch: Slow. Try jigging off the bottom with Hopkins spoons. Crappie: Fair, using small and medium minnows over deep brush piles, bridge pilings and piers. Catfish: Good, using cut shad in the shallows. Bream and Shellcrackers: Fair. Try red-worms, wigglers and nightcrawlers.
Lake Moultrie: Largemouth Bass: Good, using top water lures and plastic worms in 5 to 8 feet of water. Striped Bass: Fair. Try trolling lures or fishing live herring if available. Crappie: Slow. Try minnows around fish attraction areas. Catfish: Good, using cut bait 20 to 35 deep. Bream: Fair. Try using crickets, redworms, and small minnows, around manmade fish attractors. Shellcrackers: Slow, try redworms along the banks along river runs and points.
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Lake Jocassee: Largemouth Bass: Good. Try slow worming with Carolina-rigged worms and casting crankbaits off points. Trout: Good, fishing with nightcrawlers 40 to 50 feet deep during day. Good, at night using large minnows and cut bait. Smallmouth Bass: Fair. Try drifting large minnows along red clay and rocky points. Crappie: Slow. Try using small minnows. Catfish: Fair, using night crawlers or cut bait on bottom. Bream: Slow. Try worms or crickets.
Lake Keowee: Largemouth Bass: Good, casting crankbaits, lizards and spinnerbaits to the banks and in pockets. Many fish bedding. Crappie: Excellent. Try small minnows and jigs in 5 to 10 feet of water around brush piles and bridge pilings. Catfish: Fair. Try using nightcrawlers and cut bait on bottom. Bream: Fair. Try using red worms and crickets around brush piles.
Lake Hartwell: Largemouth Bass: Excellent, casting topwater lures and jerkbaits lake-wide. Striped and Hybrid Bass: Good, free-lining live blueback herring up in the creeks. Crappie: Good, using small and medium minnows 4 feet deep over brush in 15 feet of water. Catfish: Good, using cut herring in 2 to 3 feet of water. Bream: Slow. Try earthworms deep around brush.
Piedmont Area
Lake Russell: Largemouth Bass: Fair. Try casting slow-running crankbaits and spinnerbaits. Yellow Perch: Fair. Try fishing minnows deep. Striped and Hybrid Bass: Fair, using bucktails, cut bait and jigs below the dam. White Bass: Poor. Try bucktails, spinners and live bait below dam. Crappie: Fair. Try using minnows and jigs around brush piles and bridges. Catfish: Fair, using cut bait on the bottom. Bream: Slow. Try fishing deep with earthworms.
Lake Thurmond: Largemouth Bass: Good, casting plastic worms and spinnerbaits into the banks. Striped and Hybrid Bass: Good using jigs and Cleos. Crappie: Excellent, around docks using jigs and minnows. Catfish: Good, using worms and chicken livers on the bottom. Bream: Fair. Try crickets and worms 3 to 8 feet deep around brush.
Lake Wylie: Largemouth Bass: Good, casting Carolina-rigged worms along shallow points and banks. White Bass: Good, casting small spinners and jigs. Crappie: Excellent, using jigs and minnows 2 to 3 feet deep over brush. Catfish: Good, using nightcrawlers on the bottom. Shellcrackers: Fair. Try using redworms and crickets on the bottom. Bream: Fair. Try red worms near the bottom. Also try nightcrawlers.
Midlands Area
Lake Greenwood: Largemouth Bass: Good, casting topwater worms, plugs and buzzbaits. Stripers: Good, using live bait, herring or shad 15 to 20 feet deep. White Perch: Good, using berryspoons in 12 to 15 feet of water. Also some schooling activity reported. Crappie: Excellent, using minnows, small jigs in 2 to 8 feet of water. Catfish: Good, using cut bait and worms on the bottom. Bream: Fair. Try using cricket and redworms along shore and brush piles.
Lake Wateree: Largemouth Bass: Good, casting spinnerbaits and crankbaits in shallow water in the bushes. Striped bass: Good, using bucktails, grubs and live bait at Cedar Creek dam and around the mouth of creeks. White Bass: Good, using small live shad and jigs. Crappie: Excellent, using minnows and grubs around piers and in shallows, also trolling and drifting with jigs. Catfish: Excellent, using live minnows, cut bait or worms in shallow water and in the creeks. Bream: Fair, using crickets and earthworms in warmer areas of coves.
Lake Murray: Largemouth Bass: Good, casting Carolina-rigged worms and jerk baits 5 to 8 deep to bedding fish. Striped Bass: Good, try drifting shiners in 6 to 8 feet of water. Crappie: Good, using jigs and small tuffies around bridge pilings and brush piles. White Perch: Good, using live minnows near the bottom. Catfish: Good using cut herring and nightcrawlers on the bottom. Bream: Fair. Try fishing worms and crickets deep.
Santee Cooper System
Lake Marion: Largemouth Bass: Good, using lizards and worms in the shallows. Striped Bass: Fair. Try casting bucktails to schooling fish or fishing live small blueback herring, shad or shiners. White Perch: Slow. Try jigging off the bottom with Hopkins spoons. Crappie: Fair, using small and medium minnows over deep brush piles, bridge pilings and piers. Catfish: Good, using cut shad in the shallows. Bream and Shellcrackers: Fair. Try red-worms, wigglers and nightcrawlers.
Lake Moultrie: Largemouth Bass: Good, using top water lures and plastic worms in 5 to 8 feet of water. Striped Bass: Fair. Try trolling lures or fishing live herring if available. Crappie: Slow. Try minnows around fish attraction areas. Catfish: Good, using cut bait 20 to 35 deep. Bream: Fair. Try using crickets, redworms, and small minnows, around manmade fish attractors. Shellcrackers: Slow, try redworms along the banks along river runs and points.
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