Cold Busters

Lake Murray crappie provide plenty of action for fishermen who’ll brave the weather.

From the depths of December through the cabin fever days of March, many Palmetto State sportsmen decide their plan of choice is to trade time on the water for armchair adventure. Mind you, there’s nothing wrong with being a couch potato curled up in front of a fine fire, perhaps with a good fishing book in hand, but when the walls seem to be closing in and some fresh air seems mighty appealing, a session of winter crappie fishing might be just the tonic.

Most of South Carolina’s larger reservoirs, and many of the smaller ones as well, offer fine crappie fishing. On sprawling Lake Murray in the heart of the state, slabs aplenty await the angler’s attention, and arguably, no one knows crappie fishing on this reservoir better than Jackie Hite.

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