South Carolina BS thread under new MANAGEMENT and lives in SC

Years ago, pic popped up in my feed. St johns river near jax fla. great trip

 

Loved fishing the intracoastal waterways and St Johns, especially Lake George.

 

I’ll always miss the world of Great Lakes fishing in Michigan/Canadian!! Walleye for food and Pike for sport!

 

I caught my one and only pike in a place called Steuben in the UP. Take a right in Manistique and go north, hang a left on 437, then hang a right on a dirt road to Byers Lake. Friend of the in-laws have/had cabins there. Awesome place. Saw my one and only Aurora Borealis there, too. Unforgettable.

 

Yeah they get big down there in FL. I've only ever caught a few bass and they were all babies compared to those.

 

The stripers are fun, but IMO the drums are much more fun/stronger fight.

 

Wife and I went to a place like that this past winter, on vacation. We had a blast!

 

Never caught a freshwater drum. You need to go out to the coast and troll for stripers hook into a big 30+" and fight that sucker especially when they are coming inshore and up the rivers to spawn.

 

We need to get the kayaks out and hit some fish!!!!

 

I love striper fishing.. never caught Drum but would love to try!

 

Come on I personally target tasty and easy fish to catch because I like to eat them. Catfish and crappie are always on my menu.

 

Got some good places up there I’m still stuck by the river and been running dry on catching anything in SC I’m sporting about 1 fish a year!! Unless I cross over into Georgia water! Maybe plan something for early August?

 

I've got some places up here. We could do a weekend in Aug possibly.

 

I’m booked August 22nd thru to head up to Charlie’s Creek and Bell Mountain. Any other time is perfect! Given I figure out these spins!

 

I don't know that drums get far enough inland to get to freshwater. Pretty much all I have caught have been in Turnbull Bay, Rose Bay, and the Halifax between New Smyrna Beach and Port Orange.

 

Got a dr's appt on the 18th to try and figure out WTF is going on with mine.

 

I thought you were talking about freshwater drum, not related to any of the saltwater variety. I've only ever caught the different saltwater varieties.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freshwater_drum

 

I've got ATR the last weekend of the month as well. So it would either have to be sometime this month or early Aug. Any of which I am good with. Hell all my fishing gear is still wrapped up from moving 2 yrs ago. I'd have to get it out and monkey around with it. Just getting out and paddling would be fun. Kerr Lake has some cool islands we can paddle to and camp on.

 

Oh, yeah, that is a sunfish looks like. Red and black drums are a good bit bigger. Not so great for eating, but a ton of fun to catch.

 

I’ll text ya tomorrow. Let’s figure something out.