December 1
Lake Murray water levels are down to 352.57 (full pool is 360.00) and clarity is down. It’s already stained but depending on rain in the Upstate the upper lake may get dirty. Morning surface water temperatures range from the high 50s to about 60.
November 17
Lake Murray water levels are down to 353.65 (full pool is 360.00) and clarity is a little stained. Morning surface water temperatures are down to about 62-64 degrees.
November 10
Lake Murray water levels are down to 354.00 (full pool is 360.00) and clarity is normal. Dissolved oxygen content is finally about the same at the surface and on the bottom. Morning surface water temperatures are still about 65-67 degrees but starting to drop.
November 3
Lake Murray water levels are down to 354.52 (full pool is 360.00) and clarity is normal. The extreme lower lake finally appears to have turned over. Morning surface water temperatures are about 65-67 degrees.
October 26
Lake Murray water levels are at 355.12 (full pool is 360.00) and clarity is normal after very little rain. Morning surface water temperatures are still about 68 degrees by the dam and around 66 on the upper end.
October 21
Lake Murray water levels are at 355.42 (full pool is 360.00) and clarity is picking up again. Morning surface water temperatures are about 68 degrees by the dam and around 66 on the upper end.
October 13
Lake Murray water levels are at 355.87 (full pool is 360.00) and clarity is below normal as the lake turns over. Morning surface water temperatures are about 70 degrees by the dam and around 68 on the upper end.
October 6
Lake Murray water levels are down to 356.12 (full pool is 360.00) and clarity is just a little below normal. Morning surface water temperatures are about 71 degrees by the dam and around 69 on the upper end.
September 29
Lake Murray water levels are at 356.46 (full pool is 360.00) and clarity is normal. Morning surface water temperatures by the dam have dropped from 79 to 76 in the past two days.
In the middle of the lake the striped bass are schooling right now, and Captain Brad Taylor (803-331-1354) reports
September 15
Lake Murray water levels are at 357.00 (full pool is 360.00) and clarity is normal. Morning surface water temperatures have dropped to about 80 degrees on the big water.
It’s a pretty exciting time for bass fishing on Lake Murray, and veteran tournament angler Stan Gunter of Saluda (864-992-0243) reports
September 8
Lake Murray water levels are at 356.78 (full pool is 360.00) and clarity is normal. Morning surface water temperatures have risen back to the mid-80s.
Even as water temperatures rebounded a little the striped bass seem to have left the big pool for the season, and Captain Brad Taylor (803-331-1354) reports
August 30
Lake Murray water levels are at 356.72 (full pool is 360.00) and morning surface water temperatures are about 81-82 degrees on the lower end.
We’ll get to the bass patterns in just a minute, but last Saturday’s Fishing for a Cause tournament to benefit A Place for Us Ministries would have been a success whether they caught any fish or not. That’s because tournament director and veteran angler Stan Gunter of Saluda (864-992-0243) reports