Lake Murray Archives - Page 6 of 11

Andy Wicker said that bass fishing at Lake Murray has been tremendous the past couple of weeks and could get better.

Lake Murray bass fishing has been hard to beat

Terry Madewell

Not even the cold of winter can cool down the hot largemouth bass fishing on Lake Murray. […]

Guide Buddy Bouknight said striper fishing on Lake Murray has been great from the Dreher Island area all the way up the Midlands lake.

Lake Murray stripers putting on a show from Dreher Island up the lake

Terry Madewell

The striped bass are in a migration mode at Lake Murray, and the fishing from Dreher Inland up has been excellent. […]

Anthony Gagliardi of Prosperity won the FLW'S Forrest Wood Cup on Lake Murray by a single ounce on Sunday.

Hometown hero Gagliardi wins FLW championship on Lake Murray

South Carolina Sportsman

Finally, it was Anthony Gagliardi’s turn on Sunday. The bass pro from Prosperity, fishing on his home waters of Lake Murray, won the FLW’s Forrest Wood Cup and its $500,000 first-prize money by a single ounce. […]

Guide Brad Taylor said limits of nice crappie are a real possibility on Lake Murray this month.

Two patterns producing consistently good catches of Lake Murray slabs

Terry Madewell

Catching limits of big crappie may not be an August tradition for everyone, but if you know where to look and what to do, they are ripe for the taking at Lake Murray. […]

Charles Earp's 12-pound, 2.9-ounce white catfish, caught June 23 at Lake Murray, is in the process of being certified as a state record.

White catfish from Lake Murray is new state record

Phillip Gentry

The S.C. Department of Natural Resources is in the process of certifying as a new state record a 12-pound, 2.9-ounce white catfish caught June 23 by Charles Earp of West Columbia. […]

Bass pro Davy Hite of Ninety Six feels like bass wait until the water cools off after dark to do most of their feeding once the summer heat sets in.

Lunkers after dark – For great summer bass fishing at Lake Murray, wait until the sun goes down to wet a line

Pete Rogers

More than 30 years ago, Davy Hite and I crossed paths for the first time. It wasn’t on Lake Murray or any other lake for that matter; it was on a basketball court in middle school. […]

Guide Chris Simpson is catching Lake Murray channel cats in double-digit weights almost every day.

Big channel catfish play starring role for Lake Murray fishermen

Terry Madewell

The channel catfish bite is on fire at Lake Murray, and catches of multiple channel catfish over 10 pounds are happening every day. […]

Guide Brad Taylor mines Lake Murray’s depths this month for a lot of big, bragging-sized shellcrackers.

Shellcracker game at Lake Murray

Terry Madewell

Perhaps the most underrated and overlooked fisheries at Lake Murray is the shellcracker. […]

SCDNR will hold a Family Fishing Clinic at Dreher Island State Park on Lake Murray in mid-March.

SCDNR schedules Family Fishing Clinic for mid-March on Lake Murray

SCDNR News Release

Want to get your line in the water and reel in the big one, but you don’t feel confident with your angling skills? The S.C. Department of Natural Resources has opened registration for a free Family Fishing Clinic on Lake Murray on Saturday, March 15. […]

The author admires a nice shellcracker caught on a pretty day last January, proving that it takes no special skill to put fish in the boat.

Crack Murray’s shellcracker code – Light tackle and rocky or shell bottoms make for great Lake Murray shellcracker fishing

Brian Cope

January’s cold weather pushes many outdoorsmen indoors to wait for the coming spring, but that’s a mistake for fishermen longing for that familiar tug on the business end of their line. […]