Enroute to sc with boat

Well just checked into a hotel in illinois, first order of business will be house hunting, plan on renting the first year. Once I get settled in I will let everyone know and let those that sent me pm's to go fishing know also. I am looking forward to it. Here are some fishing reports while I was home in mn

Minnesota Fishing Reports Swan lake pengilly, mn 6/1/2016 [Outdoor Forums - Grand Rapids Area]

Minnesota Fishing Reports Island and moose lake, northome report [Outdoor Forums - Grand Rapids Area]

Minnesota Fishing Reports A great day yesterday at a small lake, big fork, mn [Outdoor Forums - Grand Rapids Area]

Renting for a year is the best way to go. That will give you time to figure out where you want to live. Looking forward to seeing you at some of the events. Be sure to ear your BS ear filters when you fish with this group.

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Renting for a year is the best way to go. That will give you time to figure out where you want to live. Looking forward to seeing you at some of the events. Be sure to ear your BS ear filters when you fish with this group.

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I like bs, not really a crappie fisherman but am all ears but will call bs if someone has me put a Muskie lure on to fish for them lol

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I like bs, not really a crappie fisherman but am all ears but will call bs if someone has me put a Muskie lure on to fish for them lol

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Believe it or not we do have Muskie here, just not many. Had I not seen the picture with DNR verification I would not have believed it. I think it was caught in the Broad River, which also has a healthy population of Smallmouth Bass.

Good to hear you are on your way to SC and Welcome Home! I know you will enjoy SC and the fishing we have here and I look forward to reading your report.

Welcome home and thanks for your service. Once you are down here you will get to know our fishing techniques and find that it is really good.

We're having a dialect comprehension class soon
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Glad your finally heading our way. Be glad to meet you once your settled in. Keep us posted when your ready to fish and we'll see if we can set something up.:highfive

Safe travels, we welcome you to our little part of paradise of this great country.

welcome home and thanks for your service

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i will be stationed at shaw afb, hoping for a rental around camden, i will see what is available soon

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Glad your finally heading our way. Be glad to meet you once your settled in. Keep us posted when your ready to fish and we'll see if we can set something up.:highfive

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cant wait to get out, hoping to get the boat all legit asap and will definitely take you up on the offer. Tim

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Safe travels, we welcome you to our little part of paradise of this great country.

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thank you ink, hope there will be a seat available one of these days

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i will be stationed at shaw afb, hoping for a rental around camden, i will see what is available soon

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If you rent in Sumter you are about 30 minutes from the Sparkleberry Swamp in the upper Santee Cooper lakes. Not a prettier place on earth or a better one to fish. Plus, it's pushing 100 degrees here most days and that part of the lake is flooded cypress swamp which equates to SHADE.
Camden is close to Lake Wateree but I'm partial to Santee.

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If you rent in Sumter you are about 30 minutes from the Sparkleberry Swamp in the upper Santee Cooper lakes. Not a prettier place on earth or a better one to fish. Plus, it's pushing 100 degrees here most days and that part of the lake is flooded cypress swamp which equates to SHADE.
Camden is close to Lake Wateree but I'm partial to Santee.

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Thank you for the advice sea ray. Im finding nice places near sumter which means short drive to work and located between santee and wateree. I plan on renting a year and should know by then if i want to stay in sc and buy a place when i retire in 4 years

Wow! I LOVE seeing those pictures you posted of your Mn fishing. It's nice seeing all you folks in sweaters and coats especially with the 100* heat we're having here. Whew!

And Ray...I believe the heat has gotten to you brother!!:yikes:Rofl:Rofl:Rofl

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Believe it or not we do have Muskie here, just not many. Had I not seen the picture with DNR verification I would not have believed it. I think it was caught in the Broad River, which also has a healthy population of Smallmouth Bass.

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Ive fished here all my life and have yet to even SEE a muskie or smallie around here....much less actually catch one! More likely a gar and carp. Ha!:Rofl:Rofl:Rofl he he he :biggrin

Welcome back to the states and thanks for your service brother. Wow! Retiring in only 4 more years........at 38 years old!:yikes You certainly used your head right. Congrats. I hope you enjoy the southern hospitality here. We're all pretty much layed back and enjoy our hobbies here. I think you'll find that down south we only work to live (unlike alot of the Northerners that live to work). :)

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Wow! I LOVE seeing those pictures you posted of your Mn fishing. It's nice seeing all you folks in sweaters and coats especially with the 100* heat we're having here. Whew!

And Ray...I believe the heat has gotten to you brother!!:yikes:Rofl:Rofl:Rofl




Ive fished here all my life and have yet to even SEE a muskie or smallie around here....much less actually catch one! More likely a gar and carp. Ha!:Rofl:Rofl:Rofl he he he :biggrin

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Oh yee of little faith:

Huge muskie surprises Broad River bass fisherman on kayak float - South Carolina Sportsman News Breaker, SC

Greer man lands trophy smallmouth bass on chilly Broad River

"Ive fished here all my life and have yet to even SEE a muskie or smallie around here....much less actually catch one!"

I too, can attest to the Musky catch in the Broad river. I also have heard, and have actually seen small mouth caught in the Broad, and Congaree rivers. A couple of brownies were caught just below my house on the Congaree earlier this year.

Well, well, well...........Ive been wrong before and it apparently appears that I am wrong again.:bash Thanks for those posts...first Ive ever seen of them before. I was thinking "my" Broad when I first read the post but regardless I never thought a muskie would ever been in our warm waters. Those smallies have always looked like GREAT table fare and I'd LOVE catching a couple to try out one of these days. But like I said....never seen either caught around where I fish. They say we have had a few walleye in Lake Hartwell and Ive talked with a few folks that have said that years ago they used to catch them but I havent heard of any caught lately either.

Welcome to the SC board. Full of nice people, nuts, crazies, and then their is Brettw. I will let you figure it out. Looking forward to a Perch jerk with ya.

There was a 5 lb smallmouth caught on Murray a couple week ago down by the damn. It was caught on lakeworld's guide boat and they were fishing down rods using live herring and fishing for striper right next to the damn. Go figure how a smallmouth got in Murry and lived

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There was a 5 lb smallmouth caught on Murray a couple week ago down by the damn. It was caught on lakeworld's guide boat and they were fishing down rods using live herring and fishing for striper right next to the damn. Go figure how a smallmouth got in Murry and lived

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No idea how that smallie got there but my suspicions is that of the same (IMO) as how the spotted bass got started around here....bass fishermen.

Thank you for the posts, I was fortunate to book a resort an hour from my parents house that, for the most part, only had smallies and walleyes, no largemouth and few northern pike. Was catching 20 smallies a day on walleye rigs. Was a great time and the hardest fighting fish out there pound for pound in freshwater. An hour drive from my there are hundreds of major lakes to fish, joy of living in mn.

Have you ever caught a Shellcracker (redear sunfish)? They are right in there pound for pound with a Smallmouth. I've caught both and they are neck and neck except the Smallmouth likes to go airborne.

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No idea how that smallie got there but my suspicions is that of the same (IMO) as how the spotted bass got started around here....bass fishermen.

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In the Broad River they were stocked by DNR to see if they would thrive in the cooler waters. Seems they did as several of my green carp buddies target them successfully. As for Lake Murray, I agree it was probably a bass fisherman.

I think that they also stocked Walleye or Souger in Murray about 20-30 years ago. A friend caught 2 in one day in early spring about 10 years ago.