Fishing is Good


What a fun place to live. For the last several nights, the family has been down at the dock fishing. Now I will say we did not catch the biggest of fish, but we sure had fun. Sitting at the edge of the dock, laughing, talking and telling stories while our fishing poles are stretched over the water, living in South Carolina is wonderful.

Fishing Report (Updated 3.8.2012)

Striped and Hybrid Bass: Good to very good. Captain William Sasser (864-333-2000) reports that stripers and especially hybrids have made their way in front of the dam where they are feeding very well. Anglers can tie up to the cable or fish the coves proximate to the dam with down lines 20-30 feet deep. Pre-dawn and early morning hours, or dusk and after dark, are both strong times. Hybrids and especially stripers can be caught fishing in the creeks, including Shriver’s and the South Carolina Little River, pulling herring on free lines and planer boards.

Guide Wendell Wilson (706-283-3336) reports that at the top of Clarks Hill near the junction of the Broad and the Savannah his boat has found some excellent action for stripers, hybrids and white perch. Jigging spoons and minnows have been catching a mixed bag of all three species.

Black bass: Good. Buckeye Lures in Augusta reports that fish have pulled up into pockets and are getting ready to spawn. This full moon or the next new moon should find a lot of fish on the beds, and right now fish are very active and willing to chase lures. Spinnerbaits, Mop Jigs, and Spot Removers are all working well. The lake is cooler up the Savannah River than down the lake, and so the spawn will move slower there. Eastern banks also warm up faster and so the action is hotter on that side right now.

Crappie: Good. Captain William Sasser reports that crappie are still being caught under docks, and fishing small jigs 4-5 feet deep is a strong pattern. Fish can also be found around brush in the backs of creeks, and in fast-warming Buffalo Creek fish have been spawning for about a week.

DHEC Fish Advisory: Only one meal per week of largemouth bass.

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3 Comments

  1. Ron Bass:

    Bass fishing is fair after all the cold fronts and the high winds. Now we can go back and fish shallow with the buzz baits and spinner baits early each day. As the bass move into brush around docks later each day into cover, use the Zoom Creepy crawlers in pumpkinseed colors and work baits slowly. Up the creeks on points close to the current use a dark jig and pig combination. Fish tight in any cover from the bank as far out as 15 feet. The Bulldog jigs in the 1/2 ounce size in dark reds and blacks with a matching #11 Uncle Josh trailer will draw strikes. Add some Real Craw scent and cast to the same location. Flipping and pitching tight trees in the water or docks up lake is fair. Bright 7A Bombers in green crawfish worked slowly in the creeks half way back later in the day, can draw a strikes. Find the warmest water for better action.

  2. Lake Thurmond:
    Black bass: Very good. Buckeye Lures in Augusta reports that largemouth bass fishing is hot on Lake Russell. Some fish are still bedding, and males can be found shallow guarding fry, but the hot bite is for post-spawn fish. Blueback herring have moved shallow to spawn, and fish have moved onto the points chasing them. Topwater activity can continue all day, but particularly early fish will take topwater lures. Flukes, castable umbrella rigs, wake baits, and mop jigs will all catch fish.
    Striped and Hybrid Bass: Good. Captain William Sasser reports that hybrids and striper have joined the largemouth on the points chasing herring that are up shallow spawning. Early in the day pulling free lines, planer boards and casting lures at points will all catch fish.
    Crappie: Good. Captain William Sasser reports that crappie fishing is still strong in 6-8 feet of water and shallower. Plenty of fish are still spawning all over the lake, and they can be caught trolling in shallow water with jigs and minnows or casting a bobber with a jig or minnow to shallow cover.

  3. Lake Thurmond:
    Striped and Hybrid Bass: Good. Captain William Sasser reports that one strong pattern is pulling free lined herring across shallow points in only 2-3 feet of water from the dam up to Shriver’s Creek. Early in the morning, at dusk and particularly at night striper and hybrids are also being caught around the dam by anglers pulling up beside the cable as well as fishing off lower lake points with down lines 20-30 feet deep.
    Black bass: Good. Bass fishing on Clarks Hill is wide open, with good numbers of fish on the beds. There are also pre- and a few post-spawn fish to be caught, and dragging lizards and jigs in pockets and off points will both catch these non-bedding fish. The traditional post-spawn bite off the herring points should take off before long, and for now dragging a Carolina rig off main lake points is a good bet.
    Crappie: Good. Captain William Sasser reports that crappie fishing is very strong in 6-8 feet of water and shallower. Fish are shallow and spawning all over the lake, and they can be caught one of two ways. Many anglers are trolling in shallow water with jigs and minnows, and fish can also be caught casting a bobber with a jig or minnow to shallow cover.

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