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Lake Russell summer crappie fishing means Standing Room Only
With summer in full swing across the Upstate, it’s time to focus on Lake Russell’s standing timber for some of the hottest crappie action of the year. […]
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Bass Fishing
Lake Russell’s bass ready for action
Lake Russell is not noted for harboring really big largemouths and spotted bass, but May is probably the best month to catch big fish of both species that are showing up bigger and bigger each year, said guide Wendell Wilson of Elberton, Ga.
Bass Fishing
Be a weather watcher for Lake Russell bass
The weather can be a deal-maker — or a deal-breaker — when fishing for bass on Lake Russell this month, according to guide Jerry Kotal of Elberton, Ga. […]
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Find cold water for hot striper action on Lake Russell
With school and deer hunting season in full swing, anglers are finding the boat traffic light and the striper fishing hot on Lake Russell, especially for anglers finding the coolest water and using planer boards to put live herring close to the banks. […]
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Striper strategies – Here’s how to target Lake Russell’s trophy stripers
In 2012, fishermen began urging South Carolina officials to put in place regulations that would turn Lake Russell, the middle lake of the three major impoundments on the Savannah River, into a trophy striped bass fishery. […]
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Time to surf the wave for Lake Russell’s trophy stripers
Striped bass fishing on the Savannah chain of impoundments typically takes a nose dive in the summer when the surface water temperatures hit the 90s, but anglers who fish the cold-water release below Lake Hartwell Dam can catch trophy fish while escaping the heat if they pay attention to the waves of cold water. […]
Bass Fishing
Live bait will produce bigger Lake Russell spotted bass
Guide Wendell Wilson often uses live bait to help his clients catch more spotted bass, and he said live bait can be dynamite on really large fish this month. […]
Bass Fishing
Hit that spot! Lake Russell is a great place to target spotted bass this month
Lake Richard B. Russell has changed dramatically in terms of black bass fishing since its impoundment in 1984. […]
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Lake Russell produces 3-pound, 7-ounce crappie for paddler
What was scheduled as a meet-and-greet, bass-fishing outing on Lake Russell turned into a perch-jerking event this past Saturday for several members of the Upstate SC Kayak Fishing Club, including Bryan Starks of Simpsonville, who landed a crappie that weighed nearly 3 ½ pounds. […]
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Put the bite on Russell slabs – South Carolina anglers long-lining mini-jigs can catch limits of Lake Russell crappie in March
A guy whose nickname is “Stump Hunter” could only be destined for one thing: catching crappie. Stump’s alter ego is Ronnie McKee of Piedmont, a fisherman who loves all things crappie, runs a garage business making and tying crappie jigs and prefers nothing more than to spend a day on Lake Russell teaching his lures how to swim. […]