Hey Guys, I’ve been in Texas and La. for the last two weeks and now have my Dad from Baton Rouge with me in Lexington. I was going to try Lake Murray Monday morn. for bass or stripers. I like to catch them schooling but if not go down deep for them. Has anyone seen the fish schooling lately ? What places are hot the last two weeks ? Morning, noon, evening activity ?
Thanks, magnawake
They are around the dam. You can simply follow the crowd of boats. Right at dusk they are gathered thick at the stacks. It seemed like wherever there was a drop off to 125’ fish were there. That was Friday night thru Saturday night. Coolbreeze if you read this lets get out again some evening/night. Me and another guy caught 12 on Friday night from 7:00 till midnight.
Steely hit it on the head. I fished the Midlands Striper Club/Hydraglow DNR Tournament with some buddies Friday night through Saturday morning. We flat wore out the striper from 7:30ish to 11:00pm Friday. We fished a hump in about 150 ft, and striper were caught from freelines near the surface down to bouncing the heron off the bottom, and all in between. Had to catch a few hours of shut eye and headed back out at 5am to find it near impossible to fish with the strong winds and large breakers. We trolled for a while with no luck. Our four fish creel weigh-in was around 27lbs.
We came in about 8th in the Club and would have been around 12-13 in the big tournament. Great fun for three guys still learning the ropes.
steelytom; yeh i read your post. great job! i am trying to get out there soon. will give you a call. i put a new depthfinder and radio/cd/stereo on the boat this past weekend. sea-pro was totally professional in replacing my radio for the fourth time. hope the water stays out of this one. super people there. i made a good choice when i bought my boat. now need to use them. i have to go to charleston tommorrow thru thurs. maybe can go this weekend. i do have something planned with the better half on friday night. talk with you later. give me a call.
My dad is up from LaPlace, LA and I’d like to bring him down with my son Wed afternoon. I’ve never fished Murray, so excuse my ignorance. Is there a bait shop/launch that sells liscenses also at the lake? Any tips are greatly appreciated. Thanks
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Lake Murray Blvd crosses the dam. on the Irmo side of the dam is the boat launch, on the lexington side is Lake World. They have everything you need including advice. Just across from Corely Mill Road.