May 12

Lake Murray water levels are down to 357.45 (full pool is 360.00) and clarity is normal. Morning surface water temperatures have cooled off to about 70-72 degrees. 

Cool temperatures are keeping the striped bass relatively shallow, and Captain Brad Taylor (803-331-1354) reports

May 4

Lake Murray water levels are down to 357.79 (full pool is 360.00) and the lake is getting back to normal clarity. Morning surface water temperatures have jumped into the 70s over most of the lake.   

With herring on the banks there are piles of striped bass that can be caught shallow over pretty much the whole lake, but Captain Brad Taylor (803-331-1354) reports

April 22

Lake Murray water levels are down to 358.11 (full pool is 360.00) and the lake is clearing. While the upper end is still muddy it is starting to improve. Morning surface water temperatures are in the low to mid-60s. 

With a couple of warmer nights more herring are getting up on the points on Lake Murray, and Captain Brad Taylor (803-331-1354) reports

April 8

Lake Murray water levels are about 358.5 (full pool is 360.00) and the lake is about as muddy as it gets. While sections of the lake are still a “spring green” parts of the lake that rarely get color are muddy. Morning surface water temperatures are generally in the lower 60s. 

There are some really unique conditions for striped bass fishing on Lake Murray right now, and Captain Brad Taylor (803-331-1354) reports

April 1

Lake Murray water levels are up to 358.25 (full pool is 360.00) and the rivers have some color. Morning surface water temperatures are in the upper 50s. 

Water temperatures on Lake Murray backed off a little this week, and as a result Captain Brad Taylor (803-331-1354) reports

March 24

Lake Murray water levels are down to 357.91 (full pool is 360.00) and the rivers are very stained. Morning surface water temperatures are around 58-60 degrees. 

By now most of the striped bass on Lake Murray are in the creeks, and Captain Brad Taylor (803-331-1354) reports

March 17

Lake Murray water levels are all the way up to 358.13 (full pool is 360.00) and the rivers are getting muddy. Morning surface water temperatures range from the low to mid-50s on the big water to around 60 in the creeks. 

There are still basically two groups of striped bass on Lake Murray, but Captain Brad Taylor (803-331-1354) reports

March 10

Lake Murray water levels have shot up to 357.43 (full pool is 360.00) and water clarity is dropping as the rivers start to get muddy. Morning surface water temperatures range from the mid-50s to lower 60s but will continue to drop through the weekend.    

There are basically two groups of striped bass on Lake Murray, and Captain Brad Taylor (803-331-1354) reports

March 1

Lake Murray water levels are up to 357.11 (full pool is 360.00) and water clarity is still a good “spring green” up the rivers and clearer down the lake. Morning surface water temperatures range from the mid- to upper 50s, hitting the 60s on warm afternoons.   

While the biggest numbers of striped bass have moved into other sections of the lake, Captain Brad Taylor (803-331-1354) reports

February 23

Lake Murray water levels are up to 356.87 (full pool is 360.00) and water clarity is a good “spring green” up the rivers and clearer down the lake. Morning surface water temperatures are in the mid-50s over most of the lake. 

With all the warm weather this week the striped bass bite on Lake Murray has gotten really good, and Captain Brad Taylor (803-331-1354) reports

February 18

Lake Murray water levels are up to 356.74 (full pool is 360.00) and water clarity up the river is a little dingy but not muddy. Morning surface water temperatures up the river are about 52-53 degrees..

It’s been a pretty slow morning on the water for Captain William Attaway (803-924-0857), and he reports

February 10

Lake Murray water levels are up to 356.33 (full pool is 360.00) and water clarity is slightly stained down the lake. Up the rivers the water has some color but is no longer muddy. It was Sunday, but has now cleared, indicating the dirty water is coming from nearby as with a logging operation. Morning surface water temperatures are generally in the upper 40s to about 50 degrees. 

A lot of the striped bass on Lake Murray have left the rivers, but Captain Brad Taylor (803-331-1354) reports

February 1

Lake Murray water levels are slightly up to 355.48 (full pool is 360.00) and water clarity is fairly normal. Morning surface water temperatures are generally in the upper 40s. 

With three 20 plus pound bags weighed in this weekend’s Fishers of Men tournament, one could be forgiven for thinking the largemouth bass bite

January 20

Lake Murray water levels are up to 355.22 (full pool is 360.00) and the water ranges from muddy to stained to relatively clear. Morning surface water temperatures are generally in the lower 50s and even upper 40s.

All the fresh water coming into the lake has improved the striped bass fishing on Murray, and Captain Brad Taylor (803-331-1354) reports

January 6

Lake Murray water levels are holding around 354.27 (full pool is 360.00) and the water has gotten some color up the rivers and in most of the creeks. Morning surface water temperatures are generally in the mid-50s.

It’s a very good time for striped bass fishing on Murray, and Captain Brad Taylor (803-331-1354) reports

December 22

Lake Murray water levels are down to 354.72 and dropping towards their winter level of 354.00 (full pool is 360.00) and the water is relatively clear. Morning surface water temperatures are in the mid to upper 50s.

Fresh off a second-place finish with 19 pounds in a trail championship over the weekend, tournament angler Andy Wicker of Pomaria reports

December 16

Lake Murray water levels are down to 354.95 (full pool is 360.00) and the water is relatively clear. Morning surface water temperatures are about 58 degrees. 

With water temperatures basically in an ideal range for bass everywhere, including from the surface to the bottom since the lake has finished turning over, tournament angler Andy Wicker of Pomaria reports

December 2

Lake Murray water levels are down to 355.89 (full pool is 360.00) and the water is relatively clear. Morning surface water temperatures are about 58 to 60 degrees on the lower end. 

As temperatures have slowly dropped the bass have gotten into a pretty normal late fall pattern on Murray, and veteran tournament angler Stan Gunter of Saluda reports

November 19

For now Lake Murray water levels are stable at 356.14 (full pool is 360.00) and the water is relatively clear. Morning surface water temperatures are about 63 degrees on the lower end. 

November 11

Lake Murray water levels have dropped to 356.47 (full pool is 360.00) and the lake is finally turning over down the lake. Morning surface water temperatures range from about 65 degrees on the lower end to about 58 up the rivers. 

The striped bass are moving into cooler weather patterns on Lake Murray, and Captain Brad Taylor (803-331-1354) reports

November 4

Lake Murray water levels have dropped to 356.87 (full pool is 360.00) and the lake is starting to clear again in places although it is still turning over in others. Morning surface water temperatures are about 67-69 degrees.  

The bass fishing has gotten tougher on Lake Murray according to veteran tournament angler Stan Gunter of Saluda, and Stan reports

October 20

Lake Murray water levels have dropped to 357.77 (full pool is 360.00) and the lake is a little dingey as it turns over in places. Morning surface water temperatures are about 72-74 degrees.  

Fresh off a third-place finish in the BFL Regional this weekend on Lake Murray that qualifies him to fish the All-American next June, tournament bass angler Andy Wicker of Pomaria reports

October 7

Lake Murray water levels are down to 357.30 (full pool is 360.00) and the water is relatively clear. Morning surface water temperatures are around 79 degrees.

With water temperatures relatively unchanged the striped bass fishing is holding pretty steady on Lake Murray, and Captain Brad Taylor (803-331-1354) reports