I apologize that I am late getting this together this month. I think this area will be a place that will offer some very beautiful scenery as well as some good fishing. Robert will be unable to join us again this month due to scheduling conflicts so our meet time will have be a little later than I would like. We will meet at the landing at 9:15am and hopefully launch by 9:30. If everyone is up to it hopefully we can meet up afterwards to grab a bite to eat and discuss our day. We will determine this before we launch based on the general feeling of the group. I am excited to see everyone again this month and hope to see some new faces.
Description:
Starting from Hatchery Landing you will paddle around a well protected 2000 plus acre section of Lake Moultrie enclosed by dikes and small islands. You may see alligators and an abundance of wading and song birds. Fishing is popular within this area and largemouth bass, bluegills, and speckled perch (crappie) can be found.
Fees:
No fee.
Access Points:
Hatchery Landing From Moncks Corner, drive west on SC 6 for approximately 8.0 miles and turn right onto County Road 802, off of SC Hwy 6… Continue to the landing.
(GPS N 33.2679 W 80.1056) Mileage and GPS coordinates are approximate and for reference only.
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not too crowded now- in the spring when the bass are bedding it’s crazy.
also note for the future- that area is closed to boaters and fishermen during scheduled duck hunts.
I went out there today to check things out since I have never been there. It was not that hard to find at all. I followed gps to highway 6 in Monks Corner and the road for the landing was several miles on the right across from a bait shop/bar. There are two canals that come out at opposite ends of the hatchery leading away from the landing, However, there is a small landing on the right hand side in the grass before you get to the main boat landing. Since we are meeting and there are probably going to be a few boats running, lets meet at this one. This way we can all unload and launch together. There are a lot of weeds covering the canals that may become a problem later in the day for those of you who are use pedal drives. It was not the weeds that caused the problems but the boats the cut them up as they traveled up and down canals. The bits of grass and weeds that floated on the surface caused a build up problem. This only became a problem later in the day after boats hads used the canals several times.
The water is very clear. if you are wearing polarized glasses and you will be amazed at what you will be able to see. Here is a list of species that I was able to see for the day…
Bass, bluegill, white perch, yellow perch, other bream, pickerel, catfish, carp, gar, bowfin, several species that I could not identify, and you could actually watch gators swim in some areas. VERY COOL. There were also two and possibly three species of saltwater fish that I was shocked to see. The first I noticed were needle fish and then mullet! I did not see a ton of mullet but most of the ones I saw were a pound ore more. (And yes I am positive on my identification of these two species.) The third species though I am not sure about. Out in the main lake on the southern end of the Hatchery I saw a species of fish that if I had of been in saltwater I never would have questioned its identity. Since I am pretty sure that this isn’t possible I need some help with this one. They were in loose but large schools in
