The other day, Buck The Wonder Dog told me he wanted to do a little fishing. So we loaded up the boat and headed out to chase down a few stripers. I knew the general area where I wanted to start trolling, so I really didn’t pay a lot of attention to my chartplotter on…
MID-OCTOBER FRESHWATER FISHING REPORT: Southeast Stripers & Hybrids By Capt. Cefus McRae Fall fishing is in full swing! Hartwell, and other lakes like Lanier, Murray, Clarks Hill, are all delivering nice stringers of hybrids and stripers. The water temperature is in the mid-70’s, and slowly dropping toward that magical 68 to 70 degree range. October…
By Capt. Cefus McRae, Nuts & Bolts of Fishing Series It’s been a long time since I got a hook stuck in me. I try to be careful when tying on a lure, when landing fish, and when removing hooks from fish. But if you do enough fishing, at some point, you’re probably going to…
The summer heat is here! With daytime temps in the upper 90’s, the water surface temperature on our southeastern lakes and reservoirs has also risen dramatically. The stripers and hybrids have settled into their typical summer pattern, meaning they have gone deep. Although you might find them feeding throughout the water column during the heat…
I’m not sure if it’s a law, but living on the lake, you might think there’s an ordinance that requires lake people to own a pontoon boat. Virtually every dock you ride by has one sitting there. For the longest time, I pretty much considered a pontoon boat as an awkward looking contraption to entertain…
If you open a hatch on my boat, you’ll find a dozen or more tackle trays with an assortment of hooks, weights, swivels, and of course lots of lures. As a matter of fact, you might think you were looking down the aisle of a tackle store by the numbers of lures that I’ve stuffed…
It’s around this time of year that I take a hard look at the mound of tackle bags and boxes I have in my garage and have a serious heart-to-heart chat with myself. Do I really need all this gear? The answer is usually, “sure I do”. Now, in my own defense, I do…
It’s been a long time since I fished the Santee Cooper area lakes. Lake Marion and Lake Moultrie are world famous for mondo catfish and crappie. And they are vibrant striped and largemouth bass fisheries as well. Recently, I attended the South Carolina Outdoor Writer’s Conference, held at Black’s Fish Camp, and had the honor…
In the real estate world, it’s all about Location…Location…and Location. Folks want to put down their roots in an area that is convenient to shopping, grocery stores, good schools, social activities and their workplace. And, they want to live in a climate that suits their particular taste. When you think about it, the same is…
Selecting a rod is all about picking the right tool for the job. And just between you and me, it can be a little overwhelming. What makes one rods better suited for a style of fishing over another? Rod companies use all kinds of terminology to describe their rods…there’s light, medium light, medium, medium heavy…
