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 | Largemouth Bass: Fair, casting Carolina-rigged worms and jigging spoons. |
| Trout: Fair to Good, fishing early morning using minnows and herring 30 feet and up. Also trolling early morning and during the day with Sutton spoons in water 40 feet and up. Report of some night fishing activity producing catches on cut bait. |
| Smallmouth Bass: Fair, casting brown hair jigs or drifting live bait on rocky points and rocky banks. |
| Crappie: Slow. Try small minnows and jigs around brush piles. |
| Catfish: Fair, using nightcrawlers or cut bait on bottom, night is best. |
| Bream: Slow, using popping bugs and dug worms around banks and brush. |
| Jocassee Outdoor Center 2008 Annual Trout Fishing Tournaments - Feb. 9, March 8, April 12. |
Lake Keowee:
| Largemouth Bass: Good, doodling plastic worms, jigging spoons and drop-shotting lures on the bottom. |
| Crappie: Fair, using small minnows under bridges day or night. |
| Catfish: Good, using nightcrawlers and cut bait on the bottom. |
| Bream: Slow. Try red-worms around brush piles and around stumps. |
Lake Hartwell:
| Largemouth Bass: Fair, using buzzbaits and planer boards to get bait close to shore. Also try casting plastic purple worms. |
| Striped and Hybrid Bass: Good, up the creeks with live herring and large minnows. |
| Crappie: Fair, using small minnows. |
| Catfish: Fair, using cut herring on the bottom. |
| Bream: Good, using red worms around brush piles. |
| 2008 Bassmaster Classic competition Feb. 22-24 |
Piedmont Area
Lake Russell:
| Largemouth Bass: Slow, try casting deepwater crank baits. |
| Yellow Perch: Slow, try fishing minnows deep. |
| Striped and Hybrid Bass: Fair, using bucktails, cut bait and jigs especially when water is running below dam. |
| White Bass: Poor. Try bucktails, spinners and live bait below dam. |
| Crappie: Good, using minnows and jigs around brush piles and bridges. |
| Catfish: Fair, using cut bait on the bottom. |
| Bream: Good, using red wigglers and nightcrawlers. |
Lake Thurmond:
| Largemouth Bass: Fair, casting plastic worms and Cleos. |
| Striped and Hybrid Bass: Good, using Cleos and KastMaster spoons. |
| Crappie: Fair, using medium minnows around rip-rap and brush tops. |
| Catfish: Fair, using cut bait, nightcrawlers and livers on the bottom. |
| Bream: Fair, using crickets, worms and popping bugs. |
Lake Wylie:
| Largemouth Bass: Good, casting Carolina-rigged worms and plastic crawfish jigs. |
| Striped Bass: Good, below Wylie dam using bucktails, jigs and spoons when water is running. |
| White Bass: Fair, casting small spinners and jigs behind the dam. |
| Crappie: Good, using jigs and minnows around piers. |
| Catfish: Good, using nightcrawlers on the bottom. |
| Bream: Slow. Try redworms and nightcrawlers from the bank. |
Midlands Area
Lake Greenwood:
| Largemouth Bass: Good, casting crank baits and plastic worms on the bottom and jigging around structure. |
| Stripers: Fair, using live bait, herring or shad 20 to 25 feet deep. Also casting spoons and bucktails to schools. |
| Fair catches of stripers being caught behind the dam. White Perch: Good, casting jigs and bucktails to schools. |
| Crappie: Fair, using minnows and mini jigs in black and chartreuse over brush in 10 to 20 feet of water. |
| Catfish: Fair, using cut bait and worms on the bottom. |
| Bream: Slow. Try red worms along shore and docks. |
Lake Wateree:
| Largemouth Bass: Slow. Try fishing deep with Hopkins spoons or pig and jigs on structure such as humps and rises. |
| Striped bass: Good, fishing with down-rods 14 feet deep with small shiners in 23-37 feet of water. Try searching the river run with depth finder to locate stripers. |
| White Bass: Slow. Try trolling shad-like baits or same as striper fishing. |
| Crappie: Fair, trolling jigs, grubs and minnows 13-14 deep in creeks. |
| Catfish: Good, using live bait blues 13-24 feet in deep water. |
| Bream: Slow. Try red worms along the bank. |
Lake Murray:
| Largemouth Bass: Fair, using crankbaits, number 5 or 7 Shad-raps or Carolina-rigged worms on the upper lake. |
| Striped Bass: Fair, around Hollow Creek using bucktails with Iceflies and jigging with spoons 8 to 25 feet deep. Watch for birds because baitfish and stripers are underneath. |
| Crappie: Good, using jigs and small tuffies around bridge pilings and brush piles. |
| White Perch: Good, jigging with small spoons, tuffy minnows and earthworms in 8 to 20 feet of water. |
| Catfish: Fair, using cut herring and nightcrawlers on the bottom 5 to 15 feet deep. |
| Bream: Slow. Try red worms deep. |
Santee Cooper System
Lake Marion:
| Largemouth Bass: Fair, using artificial worms, and bucktails fishing along the banks and points, reports of fish are also being caught in the ditch banks that are exposed due to the low water levels. |
| Striped Bass: Good, using live shiners, herring or shad with down rods in 25 feet of water, reports of schooling near the dam. |
| White Perch: Slow. Try jigging off the bottom with Hopkins spoons, or fishing the bottom with red worms. |
| Crappie: Good. Try using small and medium minnows over deep brush piles, bridge pilings and piers, also try the ditch banks and gathering pools that are exposed due to the low water levels. Reports of 3 lb 8 oz crappie are being caught. |
| Catfish: Excellent, using cut shad, mullet and bream off the bottom in deep water and on the ledges. |
| Bream and Shellcrackers: Slow. Try using redworms and crickets in 4 to 8 feet of water, also try ditch banks and gathering pools that are exposed due to the low water levels. |
Lake Moultrie:
| Largemouth Bass: Poor. Try casting spinnerbaits, plastic worms and lizards along docks and structure. |
| Striped Bass: Fair, trolling with Stretch-25s. No one live bait fishing. Some schooling noted. |
| Crappie: Good, using small to medium minnows and Beetlespins around fish attraction areas and brush piles, also try in the water pooling areas, especially the ones with 6 to 8 foot of water. |
| Catfish: Good, using cut herring or menhaden 25 to 50 feet deep near the bottom along dike edges. |
| Bream: Good, using crickets around fish attraction areas and crappie beds. Crickets can be kept alive in boat inside a thermos-type container. |
| Shellcrackers: Slow. Try redworms and green worms along the banks along river runs and points. |
REPORTERS: The S.C. Department of Natural Resources appreciates the
cooperation of fishing trend reporters for South Carolina's major lakes:
Jocassee - Jocassee
Outdoor Center; 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, Lake
World; Marion -
Randolph's Landing; and Moultrie - Atkins Boat Landing - Mr. David
Sweat
South Carolina
freshwater fish regulations
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