Headed to Lake Marion next week...

[grampa1114]

New to the area but read up on last year.....water was a lot lower....What can we expect with the higher water?

Fishin' outta Santee St. Park.

Just lookin' for "clues" not "spots".

[grampa1114]

So I just got back from Santee SP. Very nice facility and cabins are quite comfy. Interesting lake. Seems to be shallow..maybe 15 feet in the creek beds but 5 to 8 feet and fallen trees and stumps everywhere with minimal channel markings. There seem to be very few weed beds on the bottom, perhaps due to previous drought conditions. There is a sparse tree line in the middle of the lake which thickens to a flooded forest as you go toward the top of the lake. Fishing is best in the flooded timber. Drive carefully.

[GoTakeANap]

On 4/15/2016 at 8:12 AM, grampa1114 said:

So I just got back from Santee SP. Very nice facility and cabins are quite comfy. Interesting lake. Seems to be shallow..maybe 15 feet in the creek beds but 5 to 8 feet and fallen trees and stumps everywhere with minimal channel markings. There seem to be very few weed beds on the bottom, perhaps due to previous drought conditions. There is a sparse tree line in the middle of the lake which thickens to a flooded forest as you go toward the top of the lake. Fishing is best in the flooded timber. Drive carefully.

Did you end up catching any fish? BTW the lake gets alot deeper when you go pass mill creek landing. Sounds like you fished stump hole landing side of the lake.

[grampa1114]

Well...not being familiar with the lake, I can only say that we concentrated on what was in front of us. Three days, two old timers, new lake, 9 Bass and 1 nice Crappie.......Big Bass 4+....Crappie 2+.....

Grampa