Wylie Fishing Spots question?

How do you know where to fish? we put in over at Fort Mill. Looking for a beginner spot to learn on or how to find places. My boat has two fish finders, the one on the stern has a GPS.

If what I'm asking is confidential then inbox me.

More than just a hotspot, I'm wanting to learn how to find these places myself. One or two good spots is just so I can have at least some fun.

Thanks in advance.
Jer

PS: my fish finders : stern - Lowrance LMS 332c, the sensor is on the stern at keel level; I'll to go look at the bow unit model, the sensor is mounted on the trolling motor.

I was curious about possibly adapting the mount on the bow unit to allow adjusting the lateral angle to allow for side views.

thinking out loud.
Jer

Just turn those depth finders on, put your boat in gear and watch the depth finders and the banks for something different. Any kind of changes in the bottom can attract fish. Even if your fishing boat docks or bridge pilings, there will be a spot that is different that will attract the fish. You will easily find drop offs and brush piles and with some experience you will learn things like bottom hardness changes. Just find something different and fish it. If you see something different and you see fish on your units, that's about all there is to it. You'll learn, with time on the water, which of those "something different" places usually hold fish and which ones rarely do. There are no real short cuts other than fishing with more experienced anglers, you just have to go fishing and pay attention to what is going on.

To learn what brush piles look like, check out the front of docks. Many dock owners put brush out and even if there are no fish on them it will show you what to look for.
I never fish a dock if there are people on the dock, especially if there are kids fishing there. Just good manners and some owners think they own the water at their dock. Not worth the hassle to confront them. Plenty more out there.

Alot depends on what style of fishing you want to do. If youre just casting a jig or fishing a minner under a float then this time of the year I'd suggest that you go middle ways out of a creek towards the mouht and search out brush piles by idling around watching your graph. I would probably spider rig those same type of areas but if I didnt know where any brushpiles were then I'd see if the graph told me there were any fish around before deploying all those rods. I'd be looking in 15'-20' of water. If longlining ALWAYS look for something on the graph before putting out lines. Just pulling alot of jigs aint going to produce fish if they arent there. This time of the year I'm catching in @ 15' of water give or take 5'. Lots of little fish before getting keepers though. If night fishing I'd suggest trying alot of different spots on different nites just to "learn" the lake. Some spots will be better than others and when you finally hit the "Motherload" then you'll know it. Personally I always avoided bridges because of the traffic (other fishermen....and all theyre noises)..

Bottom line.....you gonna have to spend time on the water doing some "scouting" looking for fish and bait. After finding likely spots then youre gonna have to try different methods of fishing to see what they want and how deep they want it. And....just because you found some fish doesnt mean theyre gonna bite so you'll need more tyhan just a spot or two to fish. Every time out on the water, make it fun and make it a learning experience. Remenber....fishing isnt defined as "catching". Just do your best, have fun, and come back with questions (and pictures of your screen shots) and maybe the guys here can help. :)

BTW, you can do some searches and find threads showing lots of graph shots and definitions of what the owners are seeing. You can also do some searching for the different methods of fishing to learn even more. Enjoy!

Sounds like a plan. My styles of fishing change depending on what I'm doing. On of my favorite methods is fishing a live minnow with a float and drifting it with the current if there is one. If not then I throw it out past where I think fish are and slowly pull it through. When I get bored I'll get another line going and toss out a lure of some kind. I prefer a spoon or trying a plastic worm. I've never caught anything on a plastic worm so that's mostly what I use so I can learn it. I watched a you tube over the weekend on common beginner mistakes and found that I'm reeling too much for a worm. I have some crappie type heads/jigs but don't know yet how to use them. I'm getting back on the water after a long break due to personal reasons.

Thanks in advance.
Jer

You talking about Fort mill at Nivens creek landing or tega cay? Nivens creek holds some nice fish in the spring. The creek above tega cay is Torrence crk and holds fish year round. The wall where the trick ski ramp is productive. I had water temps around mid 80's today combined with all the traffic, I would start looking from 18 to 30+FOW

Nivens creek landing. I'll check it out.. ty
Jer

You need to join in with us when we have a perch jerk and learn a few tricks for crappie fishing. Most of the guys tight line and bump along for crappies and you will find numerous places to fish. Watch the board for posting, plus also come out and nightstalk with us when we do one of those. Either way you'll learn something and can use it to perfect your style of fishing. Longlining may suit you also. :highfive

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Originally Posted by BigDawgg

You need to join in with us when we have a perch jerk and learn a few tricks for crappie fishing. Most of the guys tight line and bump along for crappies and you will find numerous places to fish. Watch the board for posting, plus also come out and nightstalk with us when we do one of those. Either way you'll learn something and can use it to perfect your style of fishing. Longlining may suit you also. :highfive

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I definitely want to do a perch jerk sometime. I have never been to one before. That sounds like fun.

If your single pole jigging look for deep shady areas in the day time


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do I ride along in someone's boat or bring mine?

Day time yes bring your boat. Night time you can bum a ride most likely on someone's or bring yours. I got a light you can borrow. You will need anchors and a charged battery for the light..
Let's get you set for a day trip first. Then we can work with you to get you where you need to be. We have something soon on the board.:highfive

I have no issue showing the spots I catch white Perch. When the fellows get together it is a real hoot. I have seen 5,6 and 7 boats all together for night stalking or a day tripper perch jerk load up on perch. We need to get rid of those fun good eating pesky varmints. Now Crappie I can show you all of Brettws spots he does not catch crappie. :Rofl He has a book on that one.

LOL, sounds good, The only daytimes I can fish are Sat/Sun except after 4PM. Night times Fri-Saturday. I have a starting battery and a trolling motor battery. I'm thinking about going and buying a replacement battery because the TM battery came off of the Camper and had one cell with low water. I topped it off with distilled and it charges /holds up under load but I really don't expect it will last.
I have two wire rode holders. My brother gave me the holder parts of a bunch of Atwoods without bases. I'm debating if to trade them off for wire holders or buy bases and so some sort of spider rig. Considering a spider rig pole with mounts is $100 that is probably better than the former idea, just need to wait on getting up the cash.
I take direction pretty well so I'm good to go on whatever.
Jer

Hey Dawgg , Sounds like we got another one for The Wylie Gang. Hope we get something going real soon. This vacation with the kid and Granny will be over next week. Let's get some thing going.

I'm ready long as I am not working

Ray, working on what? You got more time off than Carter has little liver pills. :yikes

We will have to get a plan in action soon for a get together on Wylie. Get the vacation over and call me and I'll call you know who and they will call them and so on! :highfive

Actually I have been working part time at our church fitness center and gym almost 8 years. I only work in the afternoon from 4-9 pm, 3 days a week and also Saturday morning.
I can take off about anytime, just have to get someone to fill in for me.

PS
You showing your age Dawg. They made Carter quit calling them little "liver" pills about 50 years ago when the FDA discovered they don't have any liver in them and they don't help your liver either. So now they are just Carter's Little Pills.
I knew what you were talking about but no one under 50 probably does. :biggrin