On May 7th Alan Trojan and I went on the Lake Murray Striper trip with Rod Bending Guide Service out of Columbia, SC. We caught a total of 12 stripers, 6 were keepers over 21in. with the largest being 25 and 1/2 in. 4 of the 6 throwbacks were between 20 and 21 in. The trip was 5 hours long and the boat would comfortably hold 4 anglers. I would highly recommend this trip especially during June – August when the lake has a 5 fish limit per angler with no size limit on the fish. On May 14th a group of 3 anglers went out on a 4-hour morning trip with Tail Finders Charter out of Cherry Grove. Captain Cody had us on Red Drum within 5 minutes of leaving the dock. We caught 3 red drum, 2 slot fish and 1 over within the first hour. We then finished up the day drift flounder fishing. Final total 9 flounder caught, four keepers with the largest measuring out at 23 in. I will go with Captain Cody again.