Years ago, Yellow House creek was a great location for redfish and trout. I continue to hit it just hoping it will be productive again. Anyone else noticed this. I still catch trout near the river mouth and sometimes the one dock but it is not nearly as productive as before.
2 Likes
Definitely have noticed the same thing
But then again
We killed a lot of greenheads back in the flats at the end of that creek
Years ago
I think we have an outlaw problem around that area
DNR needs to tighten up
2 Likes
It’s definitely a shadow of what it once was, especially the lower portion. That stretch used to be money! I also keep going back and usually am disappointed. That area used to have a lot more hard bottom/oyster clusters and they have slowly disappeared. I’m sure that is why. Maybe we can get SCDNR to spray some oyster substrate back in there.
2 Likes
I’ve never fished there, but know that these things happen. I lived most of my life in MD and fished all around the Chesapeake Bay. Things change! There was places I had fished, that seemed year after year, the fishing was always good, and we could count on that, but eventually it wasn’t. There are places there, where islands used to exist, and folks lived on them, and now the islands are completely gone, from weather and erosion. Just like us, getting older, we don’t pay a lot of attention to changes because they happen over a long time span, but then one day you look in the mirror and an old guy is looking back. I’ve read and heard many comments like “it’s not what it used to be”, and there’s likely many reasons for that. Human activity certainly contributes, but natural changes happen too. I recall a creek/ditch that we could go up, and fish, and then one year it was so shallow, and filled with sand bars, we couldn’t even get into the mouth. I remember when I was a kid, we would go to NC to where my father grew up, and visit my grandparents. He grew up on a farm and hunted & fished all around that area, and sometimes we would ride around and see the area, and my father would talk about what it used to be like. That’s not confined to a creek and the fishing we do. Nothing really stays the same.
2 Likes
Taxes and death
They remain in spite of, well,everything
On the flip side, things do change, and sometimes we get new spots, that are also money 
1 Like
I remember trolling yellow house in the 90’s for trout with my neighbor, electric chicken was all we’d run on those terrible painted red jig heads with white eyes haha… rust and all. RIP Mr Forrest
1 Like
Word on the creek is you know a guy… 
Hope all is well with you, haven’t seen you in a while.
1 Like
Stumpnocker you are correct. We used to use that same combination especially in the cooler months. If i still had my myspace up I could show some pictures. In fact we also used to use the wind and drift. We would kill flounder with mud minnows. I remember one day we caught over 30 long long ago.
going tomorrow further north in the cooper. I will let yall know how I do
1 Like
Yellow house is where I landed my 1st red, in my 1st little boat around 1999-2000. I continue to fish it & it has changed so much. I used to go sit on a flat by the dock with mud minnow or finger mullet and have a blast hooking lady fish & trout. I haven’t caught a lady fish in yellow house in over 15 years & only a occasional Redfish in the area I usually sit. It’s always been a great place to catch 5-15lb catfish & I used to love taking my 2 boys for a guaranteed catch when they where growing up. The catfish are still there and this past fall & winter I was able to catch a lot more trout on topwater. I just assumed it didn’t have the salt content it once had but, I was just guessing. I hope to spend some more time in the cooper this year & learn some new patterns & go to areas. I pretty much fish on my own due to shift schedule but, I’ve always appreciated & continue learn from this forum. I definitely think like someone said, the water, currents, & fish highway’s change. It can definitely put a dent in my confidence in catching. I guess I’ll have to change with it.
1 Like