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.

It's quite possible to haul a boat out to the lakes and camp out at one of the more than 1,000 campsites along the lakeshores. Anglers coming to the SC Lakes during summer can choose to fish by day and/or night. Day-time fishing is always going to be more rewarding in terms of sheer numbers, but anglers who prefer to fish after dark tend to get the biggest catches. The down side is that it's hot and tiring by day while the night brings out the bugs in force.

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 booming at the SC Lakes around grass in shallow waters in the first half of the year. From June through October, they tend to hang out around deeper grass at depths of about 10 feet. An easier way to be in the right place at the right time is to get a guide with a boat for hire.

Hiring a guide is also helpful in many other ways, including for acquiring a fishing license and making sure anglers do not flout state law and local regulations. Along with the boat, the guide should be able to supply food, drinks, gear and will likely clean the catch afterwards. They're all residents of Santee or other communities nearby, and can navigate blindfolded through 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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