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One of my buds has been catching a cooler full of nice fish every day this week. Stumphole area fishing worms on the bottom.
He never keeps females that are full of roe, so many of the larger fish he caught were released.
One day their cooler was so full they had to use a stringer.
Your kidding! I've never fished for them but may have to try this week coming while i'm on vacation. That's a lot of fish. Ray are they good table fare? How long of a trip is it to Stump Hole? Thanks for sharing.
they are real good eating for sure !!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Eatmorecrappie
You can always tell when the shell cracker are biting, not a parking place can be found at any of the landings on the upper end of the lake. Nice haul, congrats to all who did the catching.
Mark, it is about 60 miles from my house to Stumphole. Ink is correct about the parking lots being full.They are very similar in taste to Bluegill but run larger. Henry released several females that would push 2# or more. Males averaged about a pound. He fishes with a 10 ft. bream buster, no rod and reel for him.
10 ft. bream buster with cork or on bottom? Bait? Thanks
I see now, worms. Nightcrawlers?
He did not use a cork, but kept slack out of the line by holding the rod. He and Inkdabber are two of the most intense fisherman I've ever seen, like every cast is going to be a hit. Guess that is why they are successful. He was sitting in the middle of his Jon boat with a guy on either side and he was catching 3 to their 1.
Baby nightcrawlers torn in half are good, but he was using red woms we got from raking leaves around on his lot at Stumphole.
Thanks Ray. I wonder if Mr. Cromer has gone yet?
No I haven't, I was out of town for 4 days and when I returned, I've been battling a back problem from an operation I had 55 years ago.
Sorry to hear that Mr. Cromer. I hope you feel better soon.
Great job! I really enjoy using a cork and crickets for bream at the pond, but what technique do you guys use on a lake? Also do you fish laydowns like when crappie are spawning?
Yea, I'm with turkeyfootnc....want to eliminate some trial and error if you guys can enlighten us a little.:) Ive watched enough U-tube already but the waters they seem to be fishing is more like swamp water....which isnt around here.
I can't add anything for the Santee bream or crackers as I've never fished for them, but on Murray the crackers are on points. I'd imagine it'd be similar at Clarks Hill. My dad fishes for them a lot and he doesn't really hunt beds. He actually prefers scattered fish the week after the full moon. He fishes one rod with a red worm and fishes it very similar to bass fishing with a t-rigged worm. They are a pulling fish for sure. A great big crappie can't hold a candle to the fight a decent size cracker can put up!
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Two of my friends and I hired a guide last year to learn how he fished a big clear reservoir like Murray. Santee is a totally different environment and I was not sure how to find them on a clear reservoir.
The guide would pick points that dropped off to deep water and would anchor in 15 FOW and cast out several rods with redwooms or night crawlers. We fished all around the boat in depths of 5 to 20 feet.
Lake Murray has a healthy population of catfish of all types and the channel cats especially like to get in the act so you get a few of those in the mix.
So that is how he targeted the shelcrackers. Look for clam shells along the bottom and anchor and put out the rods.
Ray, how do you go about finding the clams on bottom? Confused?
Use use a rake and a lot of people get out of there boat and walk around bare footed to find them. You can use a piece of metal electrical pipe also to stab the bottom. Remember to look on points
On Murray you can see them on the bottom in shallow water.
We ease up the point till we can see bottom and then anchor back out in deeper water. Also most every time we pull anchor there are shells in the mud on the anchor. That is after the fact, but confirms that they are present.
None of this works at Santee by the way. The swamp is a totally different animal.