Crazy Day on Wateree 10/24/16
Hit the lake yesterday. Dad had to get his license renewed so we went to the State Park and saw this on the way back around 4 PM. 8 point buck swimming across where the little bridge is. Didn't see anything behind him. First time I've seen one swim in person.
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Got to my aunts and bait was EVERYWHERE. I'm talking 1 cast 50-100 threadfin shad and a few 3-4" gizzards, and a couple 5-8" gizzards. All of the rough patches are hundreds of shad schooled on the top. They were as far as the eye can see, all the way to a couple feet of water.
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Got rods setup and...nothing. They were already gorged on shad is all I can figure. Had a few half hearted bites, not the usual slams.
This little guy saved the big rod skunk...about 2.5-3 lbs. Not a single catfish.
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Add a few bream on worms, a 7" crappie in the cast net in 3 feet of water, and hundreds of shad is the final tally.
Still a great trip. TONS of water birds...ducks, geese, herons, egrets, everything. Even a heron walking around my aunts yard at 9 PM doing who knows what. :dono