Originally Posted by
Bud in Fla
I thought about it and went there today! I'm trying to learn the lake a little so I spent more time looking around than fishing. I found a couple of drop offs & holes I'd heard about that are supposed to be good for crappie fishing - about 25 ft deep. Got the waypoints marked.
I don't know that you'd hit any more stumps in the dark than you will in daylight. Today is the first time I haven't hit one there - but I go slow in there just because. My boat will run around 50 mph but not in that lake! Outside of the channel it's trolling motor or idle speed only but I saw half a dozen boats on plane in the channel.
I tried throwing a spinner bait some but I was spending more time cleaning the spirogyra/snot grass on my spinner bait than fishing. Had to stop and clear my trolling motor a few times. The lake appears to be about 10 feet deep on average.
I grew up fishing in the SC Lowcountry rivers & lived on a beach near Southport, NC for a while. First thing I learned when I moved here is that most of what I learned up there doesn't work here - especially salt water fishing!
Thanks for the info.
Hope you find something worth your efforts on your next outing.
We used to stay at Holden beach every year. Love that place. Very laid back.
Used to fish out of Southport for many years with a Capt. Named Jake. He ran the boat Idle On and then Moving On.
Great memories of those days.
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