Hate to hear you're driving 3 hrs to come fish upper swamp of lake Marion, you're passing at least 2 better lakes for crappie fishing this time of year, wylie and wateree, but Santee can be fun if you happen to hit the right day. that said you didn't say how you'd be fishing so it's a little difficult to say you can't really troll, or tight line @ lowfalls but you can one pole jig around cypress trees and stumps which are plentiful in that area, minnows will work also under cork, you may have to move around and fine the deeper water on the flats to locate the fish. But again this is santee you can do your part and the fish don't cooperate with you anyways. Unless you Ink. good luck and WELCOME TO THE BOARD.
If you don't get hung every-once-n-a-while you ain't jigg'n it right..:D
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