Have fished Santee Cooper all my life-Best advice I could give you would be go now while water is still 7 ft below full pool. You can find places to fish when water comes back up. I've logged about 50 hrs on lakes Marion and Moultrie this winter. Have 60-70 new GPS waypoints-humps w/cover, depressions, points, etc. I've seen things that have not not been exposed to air in 40+ yrs. Good Luck!