Wednesday, 3 July 2013

Angling For Santee Cooper Fishing Guides

By Jeanette Riggs


Santee Cooper fishing guides are kept busy all year round, and with good reason. It's not just about being able to fish in the Marion and Moultrie lakes. The whole area is an angler's paradise with 756 billion gallons of water pooled into a navigable interconnecting system of waterways that includes two lakes, a couple of rivers and canals, a vast swamp and an endless coastline.

The SC Lakes are well stocked with everything from striped bass and largemouths to bream and crappies that attract anglers from all over South Carolina and North America. The huge blue catfish are justifiably famous. Many state and world records belong to the SC Lakes, including the title of the world's largest channel catfish.

The intrepid angler may haul a boat and trailer out to the lakes and set up camp on the lakeshore. There are more than 1,000 campsites to choose from, so there's more than enough room for everyone in the outdoors to fish day and night. The fish are always going to be more plentiful during the day, but the night usually provides the record-breakers. The disadvantage is that the bugs can make life difficult at night, while the summer heat during the daytime takes a toll.

Thankfully, the catfish abound in these lakes throughout the year, hanging around near the shallow flats at r below ten feet. The stripers come back in March, while crappies can be hooked in the spring in blackwater ponds before they go for deeper waters. Bream spawns from May through July.

Bass fishing is among the most popular recreational activities on the SC Lakes. They hide out from Feb-June in shallow water grass, and then head out for the depths until October. Anglers who need help with any of this can hire professional guides with boats to take visitors to angle to the right place at exactly the right time.

The guide will be able to help new anglers acquire the fishing license, and will take them through all the rules and state laws to be followed on the SC Lakes while fishing. They can also take care of the food and drinks, gear, and even clean the fish afterwards. Most guides are local residents who have lived in Santee or thereabouts their entire life and are intimately familiar with the waterways.

They can take visitors to all the great fishing spots, and safely navigate through the waterways to provide a diverse experience that includes everything from the two lakes to the Diversion and Re-Diversion Canal, the Santee River and on to salt water catches in the ocean. However, each guide typically focuses on only one or two specific kinds of fish, so it's important to get hold of the right guide based on the visitor's own preference for angling.

Recreational visitors can always take a break from angling to enjoy some of the other pleasures of the region. Santee Cooper fishing guides are just as good at guiding visitors to the best seafood restaurants offering a large helping of Southern hospitality. Enjoy the magnificent golf courses and do some sightseeing. History buffs can visit the battlefields and museums, while nature lovers may find bird-watching and walking trails at the National Wildlife Refuge extremely refreshing.




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