Thread: Lakes to fish in 2016

It will probably not happen in 2016, but I want to fish Crescent Lake in Florida and Grenada before I die!

I fished Cresent last year and Talquin the year before and did pretty good. Did not go this year as the bite has been off due to the warm weather they are having. Heard of people fishing three days and catching 9 or 10 fish. Planning on going to Tennessee or Mississippi this year.

would like to fish marion and swamp area for crappie and perch
Rango and me entered a crappie tournament == seems like 100 years ago == on santee lakes
and about the time we got started good one of us got pretty bad sick and had to quit and
I have not been back but would like to make that trip this year sometime
also a trip to Clark Hill for crappie and perch would not get ruled out ether.

I'd like to just go fishing anywhere right now! Rain has stopped, weather and water temps are changing. Yard is dry enough to get to the boat. I'd like to fish Greenwood this year and also Hartwell with Engineman. May have to quit work to do it but I am going somewhere soon.

WE NEED TO DO SOME WINTER NIGHT FISHING ON HARTWELL I'VE LOADED THE BOAT PLENTY OF TIMES
IN THE PAST THINGS ARE HARDER DOWN THERE NOW THEN I CAN EVER REMEMBER BUT IT'S STILL WORTH A TRY.

So glad to see this thread. The wife and I are just starting to look for retirement property. Wish i'd done it years ago.....! That being said we are looking for a waterfront property hopefully with a dock already, that we could build a small home on. We don't want a mansion by any means so are not looking for a million dollar piece of property. I have never been in your region so have NO idea where to even start looking. This may not even be a possibility in today's market. All options are open. My Question in a nutshell. What lake/area would you retire to?

We have a lot of folks move to Columbia/Lexington area to locate on Lake Murray. The main draw is proximity to larger city for health care needs and cultural outlets. It would not be my first choice is fishing was my main goal. The Santee Cooper lakes have become a popular place also and there is more property available and prices are more reasonable. The Santee Cooper lakes are among the best in the country for fishing. Lake Murray is heavily developed and that runs property values up.
So you can google either lake and gets lots of info on either. There are a number of other lakes here also, like Greenwood, and the chain of lakes on the SC/Ga border such as Harwell, Russell, Clark Hill.
To answer your specific question, if it was just me I would have a place at Stumphole Landing on Lake Marion (Santee Cooper) but that is a bit too isolated for my bride.

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Come visit and see what we got to offer. That is the best way for you to see it first hand. Everyone has ocean front property to sell you! Central state is a good option!