What's happening everyone,

 

So I'm curious to compare some notes regarding lure colors / types, to set some dividing lines for clarity I'll be going by season and in this case keeping to fresh water. Now granted I also know being that I fish bank because I don't own a boat, I'll understand if some techniques and colors suggested don't work.

 

Target fish in this case is good ole' largemouth bass. (Never had the fortune to catch a striped bass)

Location wise I'm in Summerville, SC and I've been going around to what ponds I could find. (I will admit the hospitality regarding pond fishing here seems a tad bit colder than in Oklahoma where I'm from, however I imagine it's an abused right sadly hence the signs I see often, so while disappointed I understand) 

 

My normal favorites (Help me fine tune these to the fine state of South Carolina yeah?)

 

Spinnerbait 1/2 oz w/ double willow spoon and trailing hook - White

 

2/0 - 3/0 Offset hook set Texas rig with a 1/8th oz splitshot, fishing pumpkinseed or watermelon worms with a standard tail

 

1/4th oz or 1/2 oz crankbaits in shad and minnow (3' depth up to 5' depth since I'm stuck bankside) 

 

Acme Kastmaster 1/2oz spoon

 

I've been breaking into hollow-body frogs, additional worm types, crankbaits, all kinds of critter baits.

I'm having little luck in spring at the moment which is odd, unless I'm using live bait. Summertime got me a couple hits off the crank and spinner but nowhere near what I'm used to. Acme Kastmaster caught me a couple this last winter as did the crankbait in fall and winter. 

 

Hard issue of course is there's not as much bank to work. Most public Oklahoma ponds have kept banks, seems harder to do here with the kinda brush that's here ... annnnd I Imagine gators don't help that. 

 

So yeah that's the spread! Lay it on me help me up my game! Oh, and Thanks in advance!

 

 

Feel free to look through some of my posts regarding fishing the lagoons in the SC Lowcountry.

 

The pre-spawn feeding frenzy is about to get underway. Fishing should be picking up now, but once night time air temperatures are in the mid 50's the 60's it will really pick up. I've caught a lot of 5+ pounders on white beetle spins just before the pre-spawn frenzy starts.

 

Once the pre-spawn starts most of the bigger fish I catch are on white spinnerbaits with dual silver willow leaf blades and a Keitech Swing Impact trailer.

 

The other one that catches big bass for most of the year (except winter) is a 1/2 ounce Strike King Banshee Buzzbait in the Sexy Shad color. Don't put a trailer on it. By far this is my most productive bait post spawn until winter sets in.

 

Chatterbaits catch fish all year long and have been my most productive weapon throughout the winter. My favorite is a black/blue 3/8 oz with a blue Zoom Ultra Vibe Speed Craw. It's a small craw but they are inexpensive and work great. Strike King Rage Craws also work well.

 

I'll also throw 1/2 ounce chatterbaits in green pumplin or bluegill colors and with those I usually go with the larger Berkley Pit Boss trailers. The bluegill with the Perfection color. I've tried different colors with the Pit Boss but without as much luck.

 

I fish other baits including Senkos, Teckel Sprinker Frogs, poppers, crankbaits, jerk baits, jigs, and just about everything out there. But I catch a ton on just buzzbaits, chatterbaits, and spinnerbaits that I rarely have to throw anything else. 

 

The caveat is that topwater baits are dinner bells for alligators so you have to keep your head on a swivel out there.

 

I coached in some travel baseball tournaments in the Summerville area and there was a place we once stopped to fish on Alt-17 west of Summerville. There's a big lagoon in front of the ArborGen Corporate Office and it has a boardwalk along some of the banks. We didn't fish for more than an hour there and pulled out a bunch of 2-3 pounders and we only fished along that boardwalk, I have to imagine if we had fished there for hours and covered ground we would have found bigger bass. There are also a number of smaller lagoons immediately west of that big lagoon.

 

If you do fish at ArborGen let me know if you catch anything big out there. We never got a chance to fish there again, but I always imagined it would have been fantastic fishing for some big bass.

 

 

 

 

I recently moved to Charleston area from Columbia, and am looking for some good areas to fish as well. My son and I love kayak fishing, but haven't done any since we moved. Let me know if you find some good spots too.