06-02-2004, 12:01 AM
LAKE MURRAY: Largemouth Bass: Excellent, casting to banks with Texas-rigged worms or green pumpkin lizards, Flukes and Sammy 115's. Fish are hitting topwater baits, buzzbaits and floating worms. Striped Bass: Good, Try using downrod with live herring in 20 to 60 feet of water and also free-lining herring. Schooling activity reported early morning and late evening hours. Average catch weight is between 5 to 8 pounds. Crappie: Fair, using jigs tipped with small tuffy minnows trolling in creek runs and fishing brush piles in 15 to 20 feet of water. White Perch: Good, jigging spoons and or redworms in 20 to 40 feet of water. Catfish: Excellent, using cut herring and nightcrawlers on the bottom in 2 to 8 feet of water. Bream: Good, fishing redworms and crickets around grass wall and docks. Also try Beetlespins - white with red dot - when live bait does not produce. Bream are bedding at this time. Shellcrackers: Fair, using redworms and baby nightcrawlers in 2 to 12 feet of water off points. Water conditions are clear and 75 to 78 degrees.
[signature]
[signature]