Don’t call it a comeback. Lake Murray’s crappie fishing is still going strong since the unusually mild winter has kept water temperatures higher than normal. The action is expected to get even better as spawning season nears. […]
Striper fisherman Chip Bragg confesses catching big gizzard shad might be as tough as catching big stripers on those same shad. […]
Most people would consider a cold, dreary day in February a terrible time to be outside, much less on the water fishing. But that sentiment doesn’t hold true for Mike Gault of Jonesville, S.C. A retired game warden, he looks forward to the nastiest days of the year so he can head to South Carolina’s Lake Murray and drag live baits behind the boat for striped bass. […]
October is a prime time to catch the grand slam of catfish — channels, blues, whites and flatheads — in a single trip to Lake Murray, according to guide Chris Simpson of Greenwood, S.C. […]
Boaters on Lake Murray may notice numbers of dead or dying striped bass in the water over the next few weeks. This is a result of what S.C. Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR) biologists suspect is a combination of high organic inflow, dissolved oxygen depletion and stratified water temperatures. […]
FLW and Capital City/Lake Murray Country Regional Tourism Board announced Saturday that Columbia, South Carolina, would once again be hosting the Forrest Wood Cup presented by Walmart, the world championship of bass fishing, Aug. 11-13, 2017, on Lake Murray. […]
If you think it’s too hot to catch crappie on Lake Murray, then you’ve obviously never fished with Capt. Brad Taylor. Taylor doesn’t understand why so many crappie anglers fish for the paper-mouths for just a few weeks in the spring and fall, and forget about them the rest of the year. […]
The striper bite is still hot on Lake Murray, and it’s especially so for anglers who fish in the morning before the day heats up, and it’s also good for anglers hitting the water in the late evening on into the night. […]
Striper fishing patterns change on Lake Murray as spring gives way to summer, but the constant is that fish-catching opportunities remain excellent — as long as you adapt to changes in the weather and water that result in fast-changing striper behavior.
A boat capsized on Lake Murray Saturday evening, and while one of the two boaters was able to swim to shore safely, the other died. His body was located by an SCDNR aircraft near Goat Island.
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