Crappie: Good. Captain Steve English (843-729-4044) reports that he has not been catching huge numbers of crappie, but in the lower lake they have been catching very big crappie with lots of fish in the 1 1/2 to 2 1/2 pound range. Minnows and jigs will both catch fish over brush in the 14-20 foot range.
Bream: Good. Captain Steve English reports that around the last full moon lots of bream came up shallow, but because of a cold snap very little spawning activity actually took place. Captain Steve expects that fish will probably spawn on the coming new moon because so little spawning took place on the full, and the June full moon should certainly be wide open. Fish crickets and worms around shallow cover.
Catfish: Fair to good. Captain Jim Glenn (843-825-4239) reports that catfishing has improved recently and in the last week there have been some good catches in the diversion canal. It appears that the fairly continuous flow of current in the canal has drawn in the fish and fishermen have had success drifting with the current. Shallow water fishing at anchor in both lakes has been fair to good, and drifting in Lake Moultrie from 10 to 25 feet has produced some nice blue cats. Channel catfish are being caught with prepared, commercial baits as well as on cut bait. The improvement comes with the apparent more normative seasonal weather pattern and improved water conditions, but it does not indicate an overall improvement in the blue catfish fishery.
Striped Bass: Captain Jim Glenn reports that striped bass fishing season is now closed but it appears that numbers are excellent, even though a large percentage were sub-legal fish.
Largemouth Bass: No new report from Captain Jimmie Hair (843-553-1139).
