As with most states in the south, crappie fishing in South Carolina is potent much of the year. In some lakes here, you'll find incredibly large specimens that make crappie from other areas of the country look like minnows. Where are the best lakes for crappie fishing in South Carolina, and what tactics should be used to assure the opportunity to catch these huge slabs? The first secret is that crappie fishing in South Carolina will be most productive in early spring, especially in April. While you can fish in the south pretty much year round, you'll find the easiest catch in the month of April. You'll expend less effort in this sort of excursion with greater return.

A visit to Lake Marion is sure to produce huge crappie. Here, you'll find hundreds of brushpiles made of oak trees with green leaves where crappie like to stay overnight. Early morning crappie fishing in South Carolina can produce some large, slow moving crappie in the shallows under heavy cover. In order to catch these, it's extremely important to have strong line because you can guarantee that it will get stuck on the brush at some point. Some of the anglers that frequent this lake recommend the use of 14-pound test line with fly rods. Some of these actually plant their own brush, using cinder blocks in which they can plant and sink the butt of a tree in the winter so that it is fruitful in the summer months. While you can find a few crappie in three feet of water around the cypress trees in early April, crappie fishing in South Carolina at this lake is best at depths of ten to twelve feet in twenty foot waters, where they prefer to spawn.

Because April is the best time of the year for crappie fishing in South Carolina, you will want to make most of your outings during this time of year. Be sure to visit Lake Greenwood, were you'll come across some lunker crappie, as well as black crappie that are enormous in size. Here, you can start fishing productively in late March, looking at six to eight foot depths while the crappie are spawning. Fish off the docks in April because the stumps, piers, and boathouses provide preferable cover for these sunfish. Until the water temperatures don't reach 55 or 60 degrees until late April, you'll find the majority of your crappie hiding here. Try using leadhead jigs with rubber bodies and feathered tails, with the brightness of the jig opposing the lightness of the exterior conditions. If these don't work, try minnows, and you are sure to produce a great catch.