05-26-2004, 03:42 AM
MIDLANDS AREA
LAKE WATEREE: Largemouth Bass: Good, casting to the bank with deep running crankbaits and plastic. A few bass have been caught on buzzbait late in the afternoon. Striped Bass: Fair, using live, cut bait and bucktails. A few fish are being caught around Cedar Creek Dam. Spawning run is over and fish are moving downstream. Fish reported caught below Wateree Dam with topwater lures. White Bass: Slow: Try shad-like baits off points and around Cedar Creek dam. White Perch: Excellent using various bait including Sassy Shad, jigs, grubs and live minnows. Crappie: Fair, try trolling with Wow grubs or Slider grubs. Fish are at the mouths of major feeder creeks suspended in the water column 12 feet deep. Catfish: Good, using live shad, small pieces of shrimp and cut bait close to bottom in major feeder creeks and below Cedar Creek Dam. Bream: Excellent, try worms and crickets fished around bedding bream. Water temperature averaging 74 to 80 degrees. Water conditions clear all over the lake.
LAKE MURRAY: Largemouth Bass: Excellent, casting to banks with Texas-rigged worms or lizards in pumpkin and redbug colors. Fish are hitting topwater baits, buzzbaits Sammy 100's and floating worms. Striped Bass: Good, Try using downrod with live herring in 20 to 60 feet of water and also free-lining herring. Schooling activity reported early morning and late evening hours. Average catch weight is between 5 to 8 pounds. Crappie: Good, using jigs tipped with small tuffy minnows trolling in creek runs and fishing brush piles in 15 to 20 feet of water. White Perch: Good, jigging spoons and or redworms in 20 to 40 feet of water. Catfish: Very Good, using cut herring and nightcrawlers on the bottom in 5 to 15 feet 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. Bream are bedding at this time. Shellcrackers: Fair, using redworms and baby nightcrawlers in 2 to 12 feet of water off points. Water conditions are clear and 62 to 68 degrees.
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LAKE WATEREE: Largemouth Bass: Good, casting to the bank with deep running crankbaits and plastic. A few bass have been caught on buzzbait late in the afternoon. Striped Bass: Fair, using live, cut bait and bucktails. A few fish are being caught around Cedar Creek Dam. Spawning run is over and fish are moving downstream. Fish reported caught below Wateree Dam with topwater lures. White Bass: Slow: Try shad-like baits off points and around Cedar Creek dam. White Perch: Excellent using various bait including Sassy Shad, jigs, grubs and live minnows. Crappie: Fair, try trolling with Wow grubs or Slider grubs. Fish are at the mouths of major feeder creeks suspended in the water column 12 feet deep. Catfish: Good, using live shad, small pieces of shrimp and cut bait close to bottom in major feeder creeks and below Cedar Creek Dam. Bream: Excellent, try worms and crickets fished around bedding bream. Water temperature averaging 74 to 80 degrees. Water conditions clear all over the lake.
LAKE MURRAY: Largemouth Bass: Excellent, casting to banks with Texas-rigged worms or lizards in pumpkin and redbug colors. Fish are hitting topwater baits, buzzbaits Sammy 100's and floating worms. Striped Bass: Good, Try using downrod with live herring in 20 to 60 feet of water and also free-lining herring. Schooling activity reported early morning and late evening hours. Average catch weight is between 5 to 8 pounds. Crappie: Good, using jigs tipped with small tuffy minnows trolling in creek runs and fishing brush piles in 15 to 20 feet of water. White Perch: Good, jigging spoons and or redworms in 20 to 40 feet of water. Catfish: Very Good, using cut herring and nightcrawlers on the bottom in 5 to 15 feet 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. Bream are bedding at this time. Shellcrackers: Fair, using redworms and baby nightcrawlers in 2 to 12 feet of water off points. Water conditions are clear and 62 to 68 degrees.
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