Thread: A week at Santee

Great day today. Shellcrackers not bedding but getting ready. We are at Stumphole Fishing "Ray's Hole". Been a hotspot for 25 years.

We wrapped up our fishing Wednesday evening with a fish fry and I came home today(Thursday). Here are some random pictures which will give you an idea of the topography and probably prompt the question, "How did you ever find that place?" We have been prowling the Stumphole area for over 50 years and this is one of may "holes" we have had success with and named so we could relay to each other where we were fishing. The cabin belongs to Henry and almost anyone at Stumphole knows Henry. He, William, Robert, Rick and I worked together at Ma Bell and have known each other since 1970 and we have been coming to Santee every May since then.
(Micorps...we are not fishing this weekend. We came home today)


Robert and William fishing in the log jam


One of many nice Shellcrackers we caught.


First time any of us have seen a Canada Goose take over an Osprey nest and lay their eggs. She let us know we were too close every time we went by too.




This is Henry(in bow) and his cousin Ken(stern). This was Ken's first trip to the swamp.
This gives you and idea of the mess we had to deal with. All these torrential rains we've had in the past few years have washed a bunch of logs into the swamp. They are constantly changing too. We had to find new paths each day as the moved around and blocked our path.

Teaser alert: I am waiting on a picture from my friend Henry so I can share with you one of those "Just when you think you've seen it all" moments.

Thanks for reading and the kind comments.
Ray