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Santee Shellcrakers
Hey guys. I get to come down to Santee about 3 or 4 times a year. Me and dad normally catfish 2 weeks in June and crappie fish late Nov. Dec. and early Feb. I'm looking for a guide or local who would be willing to take us out and put us on some big Shellcrackers. We just dont have enough time when we are down to find them and figure them out. If you know a guide or someone who is willing to take us out please let me know. Thanks. We are planning a 2 to 3 day trip the first full moon of April if we can line something up then that would be great
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This what you looking for? Honestly if I didn't have a friend with a cabin at Stumphole I'd never find them.
Best I can tell you is redworms on the bottom in the woods. 3-6 FOW and keep moving until you find them.
If you are in the upper lake stop in at the Stumphole store and ask the locals. They won't give you their honey hole but they will put you in the area to start looking.
Mid March through Mid May is our best time.
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Slabmaster
That's exactly what I'm looking for. We catch a lot on lake Greenwood but nothing the size in Santee. When you say on the bottom how do you rig it?
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Just a hook, split shot and cork. We set the cork so worm is just at or above bottom. We used 10' bream poles .No reels just 10 feet of 6# mono.
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Slabmaster
That makes more sense to me. I have rods to do both. Is stump hole a good area to start fishing. I've never been up that far
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I'm just familiar with that area .Jacks Creek is good also I've never fished below the I95 bridge but a world record Shellcracker came from the canal .Not sure it still stands. Point being there are good spots everywhere.
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Slabmaster
Thanks for the info. Hopefully we can put some in the boat. Its different than catching them on our lakes in the upstate
Trophy King
Interesting thread. How do you target them on Greenwood? I occasionally luck into a nice one on Greenwood or Murray while jigging for perch out deeper but never targeted them on the beds. Just curious how you locate them. I have heard of people riding the shorlines with structure scan and seeing their beds off to the side. Every winter I tell myself I'm going to do it, then the hybrid spawning run heats up in the rivers and I forget all about it.
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Yes completely different. 3 of us hired a guide on Lake Murray to target Shellcrackers . We had read several articles stating that Murray is one of the best Shellcracker lakes in the state and we had never fished for them here. It was a brutal day to fish with a sudden cold snap and high winds but the technique he taught us has served well.Originally Posted by kerriedale88
He looked for points that had freshwater shells visible on the bank, then anchored both ends of boat(important to hold boat still) in about 6-10 FOW and fan cast several rods baited with crawlers or red worms. One trick we learned was to use a slip cork with no peg in it.
This helped you detect that a fish had picked up the bait and was moving and the cork helped reduce hangups by lifting the hook vertically during retrieve. We used a larger cork than you might normally use if you were pegging it to the line. Also if we didn't catch fish in 30 minutes we moved to a different point.
This method is effective most of the year as it targets fish moving in and out to feed.
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