
2009-02-18 7:34 PM
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Shallow water fun is here!!!! - Well, All of you want the time of your life catfishing?? It's here. Now before you get to happy you probably going to have to spend some money. BOOO HOOO! You will need heavy action rods, at least a Shakespeare Tidewater size 20 reel, and a Shakespea more...
Capt. Darryl Smith - Santee |

2009-01-26 4:59 PM
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Chilly Water Catfish - We are finally getting our cold water for the winter. Water temps have made it into the lower 40's. This has put the Catfish near the riverbeds, or deep hole underneath the baitfish. We are still using cut shad for bait. We have been catching a lot o more...
Capt. Darryl Smith - Santee |

2009-01-14 9:00 AM
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Winter Cats - The catfish at Santee Cooper really go to feeding heavy this time of year. We have been averaging 400+ lbs a day on Catfish. We have been under a extreme draught for 2 years until now. We are finally back to normal pool for this time of year. If the more...
Capt. Darryl Smith - Santee |

2008-12-31 3:52 PM
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Santee warm up - Here at Santee Cooper we have received a bunch of new water. We have suffered from a serious drought all year and now we have 4 feet of new water. This caused the water temps to rise from in the high 40's to over 60 degrees. With changing PH levels, more...
Capt. Darryl Smith - Santee |

2008-12-18 8:15 PM
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Rising lake levels - We are getting water now here into the Santee Cooper Lakes to help us out of our draught. The lakes have come up 24 inches in the last 20 days, 12 inches of the water in the last 36 hours. We are still about 24 inches low. Water temps have come up fr more...
Capt. Darryl Smith - Santee |

2008-12-17 3:37 PM
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Winter Catfish on Fire - The catfish have finally gotten into there winter feeding frenzy here on the Santee Cooper Lakes. We are catching a lot of 20-40+ lb fish with smaller ones call Crack Fillers as well. Crack Fillers fill in the holes between the bigger catfish in the more...
Capt. Darryl Smith - Santee |