HK wrote:
Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:

I was using a drop shot technique to get the herring down - I normally
don't drop shot a lot preferring more natural techniques with
artificial lures - this live bait thing has been an experience.



I use the drop shot to get a chunk of bait or even a live minnow if I
have one...down to the bottom, but not actually on the bottom...maybe a
foot or less off the bottom. It's a killer for flounder.

They don't have many flounder in Lake Murray.

"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Wed, 23 Jul 2008 08:32:18 -0400, DownTime
wrote:

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
24 pound striper w/live herring this morning off the new SCE&G beach
on Lake Murray this morning.

Nice fish - 80 feet of water and not hanging on structure.
Interesting.

Very different is fresh water striper fishing. Stripers still like
structure, but it seems they like to hang further off by 20/30 feet
unlike salt water stripers. I don't do much live bait fishing, so
this has been quite an experience.

Need to explore the lake more - maybe tomorrow just do a scouting trip
and travel the shore line.

Having a blast.

Very nice and enjoy the vacation!

Our plan as of today is to get our boat back together(resolving fuel
issues), gear packed, and head out on either Sunday or Monday to Key
West for lobster season...

WHOO HOO!!

Not a much further drive from where you are.

On Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:29:44 -0400, RPS wrote:

HK wrote:
Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:

I was using a drop shot technique to get the herring down - I normally
don't drop shot a lot preferring more natural techniques with
artificial lures - this live bait thing has been an experience.



I use the drop shot to get a chunk of bait or even a live minnow if I
have one...down to the bottom, but not actually on the bottom...maybe a
foot or less off the bottom. It's a killer for flounder.

They don't have many flounder in Lake Murray.

Where they do or don't have flounder means nothing. If you have the right
boat you can catch them anywhere.

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote in
:

24 pound striper w/live herring this morning off the new SCE&G beach
on Lake Murray this morning.

Nice fish - 80 feet of water and not hanging on structure.
Interesting.

Very different is fresh water striper fishing. Stripers still like
structure, but it seems they like to hang further off by 20/30 feet
unlike salt water stripers. I don't do much live bait fishing, so
this has been quite an experience.

Need to explore the lake more - maybe tomorrow just do a scouting trip
and travel the shore line.

Having a blast.


Pshaw....little minnow! Use bigger hooks so the l'il ones will leave the
bait alone. G'won back out there with the boatwinch. There's lots bigger
ones than this l'il fellow waitin' to eat him!

Silly boy.....Usta fishin' in Yankee waters....tsk tsk....

I saw a shark fin swimmin' up the Ashley out front, 8 miles from the harbor
this morning. At first, I thought it was kinda far upriver for those
nuclear sub boys to be joy ridin' in the fast attacks, but then I noticed
there wasn't a hole in the top of the conning tower for the captain to
stand in and no antennas, just fin. You want 'im? Even the big alligators
were climbin' up into the swamp grass to stay out of his way!

wrote:
On Wed, 23 Jul 2008 18:53:43 GMT, John H.
wrote:

On Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:29:44 -0400, RPS wrote:

HK wrote:
Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:

I was using a drop shot technique to get the herring down - I normally
don't drop shot a lot preferring more natural techniques with
artificial lures - this live bait thing has been an experience.


I use the drop shot to get a chunk of bait or even a live minnow if I
have one...down to the bottom, but not actually on the bottom...maybe a
foot or less off the bottom. It's a killer for flounder.
They don't have many flounder in Lake Murray.
Where they do or don't have flounder means nothing. If you have the right
boat you can catch them anywhere.

I hear that with a Zimmerman-like flounder boat, you can't miss!



That was 5 yrs ago, today the fish (especially the flounder) bite best
if you use a Parker with an open Flow-Thru Transom.

On Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:55:03 -0400, wrote:

On Wed, 23 Jul 2008 18:53:43 GMT, John H.
wrote:

On Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:29:44 -0400, RPS wrote:

HK wrote:
Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:

I was using a drop shot technique to get the herring down - I normally
don't drop shot a lot preferring more natural techniques with
artificial lures - this live bait thing has been an experience.



I use the drop shot to get a chunk of bait or even a live minnow if I
have one...down to the bottom, but not actually on the bottom...maybe a
foot or less off the bottom. It's a killer for flounder.

They don't have many flounder in Lake Murray.

Where they do or don't have flounder means nothing. If you have the right
boat you can catch them anywhere.

I hear that with a Zimmerman-like flounder boat, you can't miss!


You're gonna get binned if you keep that up!

Good catch. No feeeeeshing for me for a while.
JR


Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:

24 pound striper w/live herring this morning off the new SCE&G beach
on Lake Murray this morning.

Nice fish - 80 feet of water and not hanging on structure.
Interesting.

Very different is fresh water striper fishing. Stripers still like
structure, but it seems they like to hang further off by 20/30 feet
unlike salt water stripers. I don't do much live bait fishing, so
this has been quite an experience.

Need to explore the lake more - maybe tomorrow just do a scouting trip
and travel the shore line.

Having a blast.

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On Jul 23, 3:02*pm, RPS wrote:
wrote:
On Wed, 23 Jul 2008 18:53:43 GMT, John H.
wrote:

On Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:29:44 -0400, RPS wrote:

HK wrote:
Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:

I was using a drop shot technique to get the herring down - I normally
don't drop shot a lot preferring more natural techniques with
artificial lures - this live bait thing has been an experience.

I use the drop shot to get a chunk of bait or even a live minnow if I
have one...down to the bottom, but not actually on the bottom...maybe a
foot or less off the bottom. It's a killer for flounder.
They don't have many flounder in Lake Murray.
Where they do or don't have flounder means nothing. If you have the right
boat you can catch them anywhere.

I hear that with a Zimmerman-like flounder boat, you can't miss!

That was 5 yrs ago, today the fish (especially the flounder) bite best
if you use a Parker with an open Flow-Thru Transom.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Hey, don't knock the Parker, Harry has put it's pink slip up for a bet
that he and I have. I have this funny feeling he'll chicken **** his
way out though....

On Wed, 23 Jul 2008 18:53:43 GMT, John H.
wrote:

On Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:29:44 -0400, RPS wrote:

HK wrote:
Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:

I was using a drop shot technique to get the herring down - I normally
don't drop shot a lot preferring more natural techniques with
artificial lures - this live bait thing has been an experience.

I use the drop shot to get a chunk of bait or even a live minnow if I
have one...down to the bottom, but not actually on the bottom...maybe a
foot or less off the bottom. It's a killer for flounder.

They don't have many flounder in Lake Murray.

Where they do or don't have flounder means nothing. If you have the right
boat you can catch them anywhere.

And even if you don't, you can always throw the fish under the rear
wheels of the truck and make it a flounder. :)

I have heard that low transom boats are 'da bomb for flounder fishing
- something about the free flow of water or something like that. :)

Just for giggles, tomorrow I'm going to try a variation of the old
First American technique of thumping on the hull of the boat - we'll
see how that works out.

For some reason I can't figure out, I have a couple of bubbler teasers
(tuna teasers) onboard along with a heavy boat rod I forgot to remove
from the boat for the trip. I might play around with that for a while
- see if I can raise some stripers that way.

On Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:15:18 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

On Jul 23, 3:02*pm, RPS wrote:
wrote:
On Wed, 23 Jul 2008 18:53:43 GMT, John H.
wrote:

On Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:29:44 -0400, RPS wrote:

HK wrote:
Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:

I was using a drop shot technique to get the herring down - I normally
don't drop shot a lot preferring more natural techniques with
artificial lures - this live bait thing has been an experience.

I use the drop shot to get a chunk of bait or even a live minnow if I
have one...down to the bottom, but not actually on the bottom...maybe a
foot or less off the bottom. It's a killer for flounder.
They don't have many flounder in Lake Murray.
Where they do or don't have flounder means nothing. If you have the right
boat you can catch them anywhere.

I hear that with a Zimmerman-like flounder boat, you can't miss!

That was 5 yrs ago, today the fish (especially the flounder) bite best
if you use a Parker with an open Flow-Thru Transom.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Hey, don't knock the Parker, Harry has put it's pink slip up for a bet
that he and I have. I have this funny feeling he'll chicken **** his
way out though....

Hey - if it's a race, I'm in. :)