 Billy Keeter fish’n with Jim Humphries on Lake Murray with the striper he landed with bait from George’s Live Herring. |
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 Ed Page, fishing department manager at Lake Murray Hardware, shows off a lunker Lake Murray largemouth. |
May 08
In early May we will still be catching Striped Bass in 10 to 30
feet of water says Capt. Randy of the BLUE
HERON GUIDE SERVICE. Try double anchoring your boat and
fishing cut bait on the bottom on main lake points. Free lined
live bait fished along the shore line will work well especially
early in the morning and at dusk. As the water temperature warms
in the mid 70’s the Lake Murray Stripers will start to move
out to deeper water, 30 to 50 feet, and can start to be caught
by single anchoring your boat and fishing straight down in the
classic Summer style. Use your sonar to locate schools of fish
and fish that spot. Please be courteous and don’t get on
top of the next person who’s trying to catch fish too. Give
Capt. Randy a call and reserve a private fishing charter on Lake
Murray for some great Striped Bass action!
The stripers are moving back down the river toward the dam reports
Richard at LAKE WORLD located on Hwy 6 just across the
dam in Lexington County. They are hitting good and should hit
cut bait [herring or shad] in 4 to 20 feet of water fished off
main lake points. Plenty of shellcrackers are being caught in
3 to 8 feet of water off the points around brush using blue worms.
Crappie are still doing good on minnows and mini-jigs from the
bank out to about 15 feet deep around brush and structure. Try
top water baits like Sammy’s, buzz baits, and floating worms
early and late in the day for bass around rocky points and around
docks in the coves. Remember our Seventeenth Annual Striper Tournament
is coming up in June, and we look forward to seeing you then.
Plenty of stripers were caught in April using live bait or cut
bait fished right on the bottom, just above and below us here
at SALUDA RIVER RESORT located off Hwy 121 west of Silver
Street. Most of the stripers will be returning to the main lake
this month and that should give the bream, crappie and catfishermen
plenty of room to catch all the fish they want. We have rental
units with kitchen efficiency and a three-bed room house for rent.
Make sure that you call early this month and schedule a guided
striper fishing trip for you and a friend or business acquaintance
reports BILL’S GUIDE SERVICE located in Newberry,
fishing Congaree River and Lake Murray. He is a US Coast Guard
Licensed Guide, and has a 22 foot Center Console Glassmaster boat
with a T-top and custom electronics that is safe and comfortable
for your fishing pleasure. The big stripers will be running back
down to the middle of the lake during the month and should be
hungry.
Some real good stripers will be caught in the rivers this month
but they will start heading back down toward the big water during
May reports George at GEORGE’S LIVE HERRING located
at Macedonia Church Road just below Prosperity. He wants to remind
you that he has plenty of live bait, and if you can, give him
a call or pick them up at the bait house on Macedonia Church Road.
During May, try live or cut bait off the main points in the river
and lake and some good 10, 15 and 20 pounders may pull your string.
As a full time Lake Murray resident gives Randy Martin of Russell
Jeffcoat invaluable perspective on this lifestyle and everything
it has to offer. More and more residents turn to Randy for their
real estate needs in the Lexington and Lake Murray area. Whether
you already own, or, look for a way to owning a home on the lake
or in the surrounding communities, lake style living provides
the good life for all, as Randy attests. Why should you choose
Randy Martin as your Realtor? Here are just a few reasons: He
has top producer awards for his office and corporation. He specializes
only in Lake Murray and Lexington, affording him a wealth of focused
experience. An avid fisherman and scuba diver of 17 plus years
on the lake, Randy, knows first hand the advantages of the lake
lifestyle.
The good striper fishing is right here in the lower river run
of the Saluda River reports Ken at SANDER’S COUNTRY MARKET
located at 4387 Macedonia Church Road South of Prosperity. Try
live or cut herring for fast results around the main points and
deeper shoals in the area. Crappie are hitting good at this time
from the bank to fifteen foot around brush using minnows, and
bass should be in the shallows in May around brush and rocky areas
and can be caught on topwater plugs and worms early and late in
the day. Bream and Shellcracker fishing will be best during the
week before the full moon (May 19). Some big catfish have been
caught recently on cut bait on the bottom. Stop by our full service
restaurant for full meals, sandwiches, snacks and much more.
It’s almost vacation
time and May is the month to make all the final arrangements and
get everything ready to go reports John at BOAT TECH, located
at 839 on SC Hwy 391 West of Prosperity. He has just about everything
for your boating needs. He also builds decks and docks. He offers
great outboard service with lake calls and plenty of outboard
parts and accessories.
Some stripers are already back down and around the condos and
the dam reports Jim and Katie at BETTER BAIT AND TACKLE
located on Hwy 6 at Jake’s Landing Road behind the Pit Stop.
Also some big catfish and bream are being caught. They have plenty
of live seasoned herring along with free water mix, under a covered
drive up for your convenience. He also has plenty of worms, minnows,
crickets, licenses, LP gas and ice.
Maybe you have had a little time to think about your upcoming
vacation during spring break reports Mac at MAC’S SERVICE
AND REPAIR SHOP located at 1421 Dreher Island Road in Chapin.
You do need to get that boat in, have it checked out, tuned up
and ready for summer vacation. He is a Tohatsu Sales and Service
dealer and repair shop, but he also works on them all. Lake service
is available. They also have archery supplies.
The stripers are in the Saluda River and Crystal Lake area and
should be moving down the lake by the end of the month reports
THE STATION 2, located on the road to Dreher Island State
Park. Also crappie and bream are being caught in the shallows.
Some catfish are being caught on the bottom. They have live herring,
tuffie minnows, medium and large minnows, crickets, fishing tackle,
gas, propane, hot and cold drinks, ice, snacks, fresh cooked hot
dogs, BBQ sandwiches and Hunt Brothers pizza.
WILSON TRACTOR is located on Wilson Road south of Newberry.
Kubota has the RTV1100 vehicle; hunters and people who work in
the woods and fields need to see. It has a three cylinder liquid
cooled diesel engine, 4x4, power steering, dump bed, great ground
clearance and many add on accessories to meet your work needs.
Also Wilson Tractor has the lowest prices in the state on tractors
and tractor accessories, so stop on by and see Eddie or Wendell.
RIVERWINDS LANDING is located near Black’s Bridge on
the upper part of Lake Murray located at 221 SC Hwy 391 Prosperity.
The facility has a launch ramp, 6 rental cabins, dry storage,
wet slips, a covered cabana and picnic area, and a marina store.
The store is stocked with all necessary boating and fishing supplies,
beer, bait, ice and a complete line of crappie jigs and tackle.
There are snacks, cold sandwiches, hotdogs, barbecue sandwiches,
cold drinks and hot coffee also. Recent cabin guests had good
luck with stripers. Other fishermen brought in a stringer of nice
crappies, catfish and bream. The store opens at 6:am daily. The
pub is also open.
It is time to stop in and have a new Cam Locker Tool Box installed
in your truck reports Lamar at WOODS & WATERS OUTDOOR SUPPLIES
located at 953 St. Peters Church Road in Chapin. Also, he has
a good supply of pick-up bed covers and Tourneau covers available.
There are plenty of accessories for your vehicle to customize
it to your desires with chrome or matching factory colors to match
your vehicle. They have several CB deer stands left over at last
years price. Deer season is only 3 1/2 months away!
From Trucky’s Marine Supply located in downtown Chapin,
at 1210 Chapin Road we heard May is the time to bass fish on Lake
Murray in the shallows around docks, rocks and brush using floating
worms, finesse worms, lizards, buzzbaits and spinnerbaits. Trucky
stocks boating accessories, a variety of fishing rods, reels,
combos and tackle, Name brand lures from JigX, JymSu, Zoom, Chatterbait,
Rapala, Kicktail, Booyah, Rebel and more. Trucky also sells pre-owned
boats; center consoles, bass boats, pontoon and pleasure boats.
He can also order your hunting supplies for you from their catalog.
Stop by and check them out Monday thru Friday 9 AM - 6 PM and
Saturday from 9 - 3.
John or Julie at PLASMA DESIGN located at 14036 CR Koon
Hwy. below Newberry but before you get to Prosperity on the west
side of the road make all types of designs and patterns in steel
(rust proof coating) like school logos, fish, deer, ducks, names
and much more. These signs can be any size. Check their beautiful
work displayed in the shop.
CUTMAKER LURES “Get the Baits, Get Fishn’ and
Make the Cut!” Cutmaker Lures is the home of the Shooter
Lures Jigs, PJ’s Lures, Football Jigs, Buckeye Lures, Spot
Removers and a lot more. Check our web site (wwwcutmakerlures.com)
and see everything we have to offer the Bass fisherman.
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