The latest Santee Cooper Fishing Reports from Canal Lakes Fish Camp

RAY SEDGWICK and CANAL LAKES FISH CAMP (843-753-2271), invites everyone to come out to the fish camp. The boat ramps are in great shape. The restaurant and cottages are fixed up. The tackle shop is open and stocked with bass, bream, and catfishing tackle, along with live bait including live herring. You can come and get a great breakfast, lunch, or dinner in the waterfront Restaurant! They have Professional fishing guides available. They welcome all types of tournaments and are open seven days a week. The catfish are biting just off the bottom in 3 to 15 feet of water especially in the upper part of the canal and lower lake using live bait, fresh cut bait, or worms. Bream are biting crickets and worms. The bream will be on the beds around the full moon this month. Stop on by for some good food and the latest fishing report.

Santee Cooper System
Lake Marion:

Largemouth Bass: Fair. Some really large bass are still being caught, though; fish Texas rigged worms in slightly deeper areas.
Catfish: Very good. At the upper end of the lake some large catfish are being caught in shallow water but not consistently. The bite is hot using cut bait, stinkbaits, or worms.
Crappie: Fair. Try to locate brush in 25 to 30 feet and fish minnows vertically.
Bream and Shellcracker: Very good. Fish shallow using worms and crickets.

Lake Moultrie:

Largemouth Bass: Fair. Try deep Carolina or Texas rigging.
Catfish: Very good. Drifting is productive, as well as anchoring and fishing cut bait on the bottom when the lake is too calm to drift. Best catches are coming using cut mullet and herring.
Crappie: Fair. Look for structure in 20 to 25 feet of water and fish minnows vertically.
Bream and shellcracker: Very good. Fish 1-5 feet for bluegills and 8 to 10 feet for shellcracker.

The Santee system is low and has dropped to 73 feet in the last few days, and water temperatures have hit or even passed 90 in some places.

Bream and Shellcracker: Very good. Fish are being caught throughout the canal; some fish are spawning and others have backed off into slightly deeper water. The bite is best when water is being pulled through the canal.

Catfish: Very good. Flathead catfish up to 50 and 60 pounds are being caught in the canal at night. Anchor or slowly drift cut bait.

Bass: Good. Largemouth are stacked in the canal around drops where the water goes from shallow to 15 feet almost vertically.