snagged in outlet 3

yep. Most are just having a wake for family and close friends

My mother in law died the end of last year. She was 85 I think. The kids did not want the body prepared or an open casket. But the funeral home insisted on it saying some folks changed their minds and it couldn’t be done later. They charged an outrageous amount of money for it. And of course nobody even looked in the casket to see what they did.

I decided to try a new area today. Since it’s Monday and there’s not a lot of people down here I decided to cross over the main lake. Which I haven’t done since I only have a flat bottom Jon boat. Water temperature was 68 and still that weird brown color. On the water at daybreak. I fished for four hours and caught 15 and missed at least another 15 either long distance or right at the boat. I didn’t catch any for the first two hours while I hopped around looking for “fishy” banks. generally I head straight to the back of big coves and fish my way out. Nothing in the far back and I still haven’t seen a bed or any fish that looks like it is or was spawning. Or a smallie. I can’t believe I haven’t caught one yet. Some nice keeper largemouth and spots though.

I was on the water before sunrise and wet at noon. Water temperature was 65 or 66 everywhere. Caught them all shallow, but never saw a bed or any fish that looked like it was trying to spawn or tail damage. Caught em like crazy until 11 or so. Water is a weird color. Like ice tea. Biggest was 5.31 pounds and 21”s. I caught a lot of keeper plus largemouth and 7-8 spots. No smallies. Tried top water and never got a sniff. you know you got the right baits when they absolutely choke it. I tink I was in a shad spawn.

MDC took it over. They know what you been sayin😁

I don’t know about that but Im heading to the Rock tomorrow and looking forward to some April full moon fishing!!!

NICE! That's on our list...

First heron I've ever seen with his own theme music. NICE!

Check this out!

Thx, @FishnDave! I caught my second bowfin last week and I would target them exclusively if I could. The bite is vicious and the fight is great! The guide told me the best time to catch them here in SC is the heat of the summer. He said they get really shallow and attract everything.

I like to pair the finesse jigs with a Ned. I think the ned helps it not hang up so much. Since it floats.

If you don’t mind. What is the 3/16 jig?

I think the most impactful thing I learned from watching the pros was going back to places where you already caught fish. Amazing how even if you think you’ve pounded them to death many times you can go back and catch more.

Yep. I finally hung up the cleats April 3rd.

I’ve been here a week. Cherry Grove SC area. About a half mile down the beach is an inlet that runs through the resort area. I hit it at high tide every day. I’ve caught 2-3 flounder each day. They are 15-18”s. It’s ok fishing especially since it’s nearby. I caught them all on @Mitch f Tackle Max Fugitive swim baits. Friday I did a guide trip bass fishing on the Waccamaw River. I’ve done this trip before and it’s a lot of fun. Tidal river so we started at 2 pm on a falling tide. The fish bite really good when the water pulls food out of the creeks and marsh. I caught 17 and the guide added 5 more. All about 14”-15”s. It’s all pitching and flipping Texas right worms or whacky rigs. I had one hit a whacky that I pitched over a shrub that was hanging just on the water. We were cracking up laughing. I caught another nice bowfin but he didn’t have a net and after thrashing around at the boat it finally chewed through the 20 lb test. I really wanted a picture of it so I dogged the captain relentlessly the rest of the evening. He gave it back just as hard on every bite I failed to hook. Which were many. I probably missed 15 bites on that whacky rig. including some huge boils from what looked like big fish. Overall I rate him 5/5 stars. Just a great guy and knows the area well. That a shrimp boat that was blown upriver into a creek during one of the hurricanes. IMG_2953.mov

That would be interesting

On the Day 2 highlight reel he was cranking. Looked like a square bill.

Like what? I guess I don’t follow what they do to know what’s going on. My biggest complaint is the poor regulations on river smallie limits, gigging, the lack of any real punishment for violations and the number of tournaments they allow. Including allowing tournaments to cull. And the reintroduction of otters.

Those things are nasty buggers! I got bit up a couple years ago. They prefer to bite around eyes. My eyes were about swollen shut. I keep a head net in my boat now.

Tinfoil hat time... Pfiser coming out with a lime desease vaccine next year. Gotta pump before the dump.

I’ve heard that before. “I’m fishing in a tournament”. What does that have to do with anything? I should give up my spot on my day off because of that?!

I saw a news article about it. But they didn’t say what was carved on the fish. They just said it was disturbing. And I agree! What is wrong with people?!

Tell me they're women's tits.... Please😆

Cliff from Cheers has entered the chat 😀

Tacos are the new steak.😆. Stinkin steak prices are ridiculous!