Thread: Wateree Next Week

I plan to go next week, too. Not sure which day yet, I need to find bait first, my self. I didn't go this week and what bait I had from last week died! Can any one give us some places to catch bait, I'll be fishing the upper end. I would like to catch some gizzard shad, and some perch.

This time of year through summer I always can catch a handful of perch and gizzard shad on the edges of any grass or just general tosses from the dock. Not full nets by any means but it beats no bait.

Do striper like live white perch?

Might just go fish for cats in the next few days...any leads or tips?

Originally Posted by smoothlures

Hey guys, looking for some leads on where the cats and striper might be next week after this water cleans up a little. Will be in the Colonel Creek area. Can net some shad and perch for bait. Finals are over next week, can't wait to get done and go fishing.

right when you put in look across the bay for a dock with a white tin roof go to the dark red dock right next to it and get ibetween the concrete wall and that dock and throw out rods in all directions with cut gizzard shAD thats my dock and there are tit loads of catfish around it when i got there friday night it didnt take me 2 minutes to get hooked up the biggest one we caught was a 37 pounder......as for striper just look for calm coves with shad and use a shad colored jerk bait

Originally Posted by bassandkittys

right when you put in look across the bay for a dock with a white tin roof go to the dark red dock right next to it and get ibetween the concrete wall and that dock and throw out rods in all directions with cut gizzard shAD thats my dock and there are tit loads of catfish around it when i got there friday night it didnt take me 2 minutes to get hooked up the biggest one we caught was a 37 pounder......as for striper just look for calm coves with shad and use a shad colored jerk bait

Thanks a bunch we will try it!

Originally Posted by smoothlures

Thanks a bunch we will try it!

in front of the state park usauly has a couple cats around and right next to collonels creek landing has fish most of the time i just ask that you throw the really big ones back so everyone getsa go at them there is really no use for them because they tastre horrible and the are so tough

Originally Posted by bassandkittys

in front of the state park usauly has a couple cats around and right next to collonels creek landing has fish most of the time i just ask that you throw the really big ones back so everyone getsa go at them there is really no use for them because they tastre horrible and the are so tough

Yeah I don't ever keep them over 5 or 6 lbs. Catch and release is the way to go.
Thanks for the help.

and also there are always gizzard shad around the landing docks landing, rock banks around the landing and around the bridge