Day 1 at Stumphole

Got to cabin around 11 and hit the woods. Henry had already found some hot spots so we joined him and Bob. Charlie had the first one in short order and we picked up fish scattered all around. I landed 2 really nice ones. 1# 4 oz and 1# 2 oz. Cleaned 64 between the two boats. Not bad for 4 hours on the 1st day.
Red worms and night crawlers on the bottom did the trick. Both baits equally effective. Attachment 343041Attachment 343042Attachment 343043Attachment 343044Attachment 343045Attachment 343046

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64!! Y'all had a good afternoon!! Did y'all cooked some up tonight? Good Luck! Hope y'all get the limit.

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Fine mess for sure!! Keep at em


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That is a very fine first 1/2 day. Nice looking fish Ray, congrats to you and the gang.

Nice cracker Ray. Congrats on a good half day of fishing.


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Nice catch Ray

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2nd day was a lot slower. We struggled to put 39 in cooler with 2 boats. Fishing same way, same places and just dead. We tried several other spots from past trips and no luck.
Anyone know what kind of fish this is. None of us had ever seen one and we've been fishing here over 50 years. I had to get my friend who is a DNR fisheries biologists to identify it.
Y'all guess and I'll tell you what it is.
Also been watching this Barred Owl eat fish that we threw back. According to my same DNR lady they eat fish and crawfish too. Attachment 343152Attachment 343153Attachment 343154

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Here's a different angle of the mystery fish. Attachment 343155

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A ruby shiner

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Carp/bass hybrid


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It's a Seminole Killifish. According to my friend it is an invasive species. Florida bass fishermen used them as bait and they got released in our waters. According to her they are in our rivers and waterways now.

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So Ray did or do they know how they got here?

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Apparently they were brought in as bait from. Florida.

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Hope they dont mulitply like white perch did !

Good friends good fishing spell good times.

Last day of fishing. Charlie went back this morning so I fished with Henry and we managed a few for the pot.
Forgot to mention that I saw Tim (Inkdabber) out fishing and we stopped and chatted for a while. Hadn't seen him in a while so it as neat to catch up on things with him.
Henry's neighbor Jeff always joins us if he is here so we had him and 2 of his college buddies as part of our crowd. They cat fished both days. Yesterday they had several nice cats from 4 to 8 lbs and 2 slot stripers which Charlie and I cleaned. Charlie keep them for a stew we will do later at his cabin.
We fried fish for dinner tonight and everyone was stuffed.
Another great trip to my favorite lake. Someone asked why I drive 60 miles to Santee when Murray is so close. "Do you always catch fish there" they asked ?
" No" I replied, "but if you don't catch fish I can't think of a better place to do it."Attachment 343382Attachment 343383

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It was pleasure seeing you too Ray. I ended up catching the limit on Friday afternoon, but as you expressed the bite was tough. The bite was much better on Saturday, though pleasure boat traffic was about as bad as I’ve ever seen it. Glad you and the guys had a enjoyable time, and I agree with your comments 100%! If I’m going to have a bad day, I want it to be on Santee Cooper. The lakes have so much to offer other than the great fishing.