Santee 3/12 (AWESOME)

What a day, what a day! Today I chose to do a little long lining. It was so foggy, to be safe I chose to put in near my fishing location. I cranked the outboard to get the boat of the trailer, shut it off and put the poles out. When reaching for pole #5, two of the ones I had out were doubled over. That's the first sign you know it's going to be a good day. I've had many of great day crappie fishing, but can't think of one as good as this one with big fish. I caught over 100 fish today, could of been more if I had chose to stay at my starting location. Of those 100, 40 were of 1.75 lb. or bigger. Once a few other boats infringed on my starting area, I decided to go look for more fish. I couldn't of stopped the boat in a better new location. I got the poles out, looked down at my phone, looked up and two of them were bent over. First fish in was a nice 2.20, second fish was a fat 2.60 lb. mama. I only weighed a few fish, but feel certain my top 7 would of pushed close to 17 lbs. I finished the day with a dozen fish two pounds plus, but no threes. I'm still jacked up, but ready to give the fish a rest until next weekend. It's been a fine couple of days!

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A 2.49 from this morning.

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The cooler shot

Too Cool!

Wow
That's all I can say

Great catch ink and thanks for sharing

Posts like that is what makes me want to ride to Santee. Congrats on a most memorable day!:)

Ink,
that's a nice cooler full of quality fish !!! congrats on a great day of fishing !!!

Nothing better than days like that one!!! Pigs in the boat puts a huge smile on your face, congrats Tim.

If BrushPile would post his tourney results, it would really make you want to visit Santee. On the other hand, you have mighty fine lake yourself in Clarkshill.

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Originally Posted by gabowman

Posts like that is what makes me want to ride to Santee. Congrats on a most memorable day!:)

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Congratulations Tim!!! You had a super great day! That is one day you will remember very well. I've got to come fish that lake at least once this year.
Don't worry that 3 pounder is just right around the corner.Thanks for the report and pics.

That day will not be forgotten I am sure. Congrats to you and WOW!

congrats on a fine catch Ink thanks for pics and story

You are making it hard not to call you a name or three. Congratulation on a fine day fishing. All I can say is you plus Stump Hunter make me jealous some times. To think, I use to live in Manning fished all around Santee and the swamps and I still can't get Wylie to give up some big fish. But I'm not moving back down there so you know I won't be in any boat close to you guys. LOL Thanks for the report and pictures. Good job!

Wylie has some big fish as well, back when I fished bunches of tournaments I finished 2nd in a Crappie USA event with 10 fish weighing nearly 18 pounds. That was a huge disappointment not winning with that weight

=BigDawgg;3170009]You are making it hard not to call you a name or three. Congratulation on a fine day fishing. All I can say is you plus Stump Hunter make me jealous some times. To think, I use to live in Manning fished all around Santee and the swamps and I still can't get Wylie to give up some big fish. But I'm not moving back down there so you know I won't be in any boat close to you guys. LOL Thanks for the report and pictures. Good job![/QUOTE]

There was a time when crappies were abundant and big. Then there were only big ones and no medium size. Then there was a turn around and all fish were small 6-8 inches just before the limit was changed and size. We are getting big fish again but just not as often as it use to be. Two years ago my sister and I both got 2 big gals both in the 3 pound range, eggs dripping so were released to finish spawning and hopefully give a smile to someone else. We only wished Wylie was like Santee or any of the other lakes that produce nice fish pretty much all the time. We'll get back there some day if we get a good spawn or 2 and Perch don't get to them first. But hey if I can't get them I'm not worried, I can watch the fishing on the board. :Rofl

Tim, I don't think awesome describes your trip today. That's indescribably good!! I'm sure you will remember that trip for some time to come. Congrats on your catch and thanks for sharing your report and pictures!

Congrats on a great trip! Those are fondly remembered for years. That's what makes us get up early and as often as possible. Congrats again...

After reading the results of an FLW bass event held this weekend on Santee, and the bass pros description of what took place for them, (huge bags of big fish) winner had 5 going over 30 pounds on Saturday. I feel the same way as them, I was in the right places, at the exact right time as the big fish made their first move towards the shallows. Long lining was the perfect technique to intercept the schools of big fish as they made their way into the spawning grounds. This is the third time I've been fortunate enough to have been in this situation. The first time was Santee 2005, the second was on Greenwood during the Crappie Masters event that we won, now again on Santee 2016. Great fishing experiences that do leave a lasting impression.