blacks camp - fishing the santee cooper lakes
see hunting page for fishing / hunting combo trips
Striper season starts on October 1.
There are an amazing number of large catfish in the Santee Cooper Lakes.
Crappie are shallow in spring, on brushpiles the rest of the year.
world record shellcracker 5 1/2 lbs.
Big catches of bream (bluegill) like this are possible during the fall; fishing offshore on brush piles.
The Santee Cooper Lakes are once again a world class bass fishery.
The Santee Cooper Lakes currently hold several state and world record catches.
See www.lowcountryoutdoorservices.com for fishing guide service.
From Blacks Camp you have access to the Diversion Canal, Lake Marion and Lake Moultrie - just under 200,000 surface acres of water. Hire a guide or bring your own boat. Either way we will have everything you need during your stay.
102 pounds - caught on Captain C.P. Owens’ charter boat in the early winter - There are always many giant catfish caught in the late fall and early winter.
Let Capt. Carl fillet and dress your catch >
Big shellcracker are caught in the Spring and Fall.
Catfish are caught year around on cut and live bait . Come in the fall and do a catfish deer hunt combo.
Fish shallow in the spring and on offshore brushpiles the rest of the year for big slab crappie like these. >
fishing information is free (sometimes it’s even accurate)
24’ Ranger Bay for saltwater inshore trips - Spottail Bass, Speckled Trout, Flounder, Sheepshead and Sharks. We fish the Cooper River, Wando River, Charleston Harbor and the unspoiled Cape Romaine Wildlife Refuge. Let our captains put you in freshwater one day and saltwater the next.
See the home page for lake to harbor boat day trips.
The guides that operate out of Blacks Camp will take trips for any species of fish you want to fish for. We will be glad to recommend a good , experienced, personable captain who is from this area. Only the most reputable charter captains fish out of Blacks Camp. Your guided fishing trip will be a private party (your group and the captain only). Catfishing trips are done from large Tritoon boats up to 30’ long, Bass trips are done from bass boats, panfishing is done from smaller pontoons (24 to 26’) or fiberglass boats. The charter captains use boats suitable for the species of fish you are after. The only rule is that you have FUN! They supply everything except for your food on the boat (which you can order the night before at Blacks if you like), fishing license, and fish dressing. Prices are as follows: $300.00 for the first two people, $50.00 for each additional person, maximum of six people per boat. Trips usually last eight hours or a limit of fish, whichever comes first. The captains that fish out of Blacks Camp are conservation minded and limit parties to one cooler of catfish per trip. ( A BIG cooler full ! ) See SCDNR for other limits. Catch and release is recommended for fish over 40 lbs.
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Call Kevin at Blacks Camp or Steve english for Crappie, Bream and Shellcracker guide service
843 753 2231 for reservations
for more fishing info
