05-20-2004, 03:49 AM
MIDLANDS AREA
LAKE WATEREE: Largemouth Bass: Excellent, casting to the bank with crankbaits and spinnerbaits in shallow water. Striped Bass: Fair, using live, cut bait and bucktails. A few fish are being caught around Cedar Creek Dam. Spawning run is over and fish are moving downstream. Fish reported caught below Wateree Dam with topwater lures. White Bass: Slow: Try shad-like baits off points and around Cedar Creek dam. White Perch: Excellent using various bait including Sassy Shad, jigs, grubs and live minnows. Crappie: Excellent, try trolling with Wow grubs or Slider grubs. Also, try fishing in major feeder creeks and around docks. Fish are suspended in the water column 12 feet deep. Catfish: Good, using live shad, small pieces of shrimp and cut bait close to bottom in major feeder creeks and below Cedar Creek Dam. Bream: Excellent, try worms and crickets fished around bedding bream. Water temperature averaging 72 to 74 degrees. Water conditions clear all over the lake.
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LAKE WATEREE: Largemouth Bass: Excellent, casting to the bank with crankbaits and spinnerbaits in shallow water. Striped Bass: Fair, using live, cut bait and bucktails. A few fish are being caught around Cedar Creek Dam. Spawning run is over and fish are moving downstream. Fish reported caught below Wateree Dam with topwater lures. White Bass: Slow: Try shad-like baits off points and around Cedar Creek dam. White Perch: Excellent using various bait including Sassy Shad, jigs, grubs and live minnows. Crappie: Excellent, try trolling with Wow grubs or Slider grubs. Also, try fishing in major feeder creeks and around docks. Fish are suspended in the water column 12 feet deep. Catfish: Good, using live shad, small pieces of shrimp and cut bait close to bottom in major feeder creeks and below Cedar Creek Dam. Bream: Excellent, try worms and crickets fished around bedding bream. Water temperature averaging 72 to 74 degrees. Water conditions clear all over the lake.
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