Fightin Da Blues Guide Service

I GOT HOOKED ON CATFISHING AT A VERY EARLY AGE.MY
GRANDPA STARTED ME CATFISHING IN PONDS AS SOON
AS I WAS OLD ENOUGH TO WALK.AS I GOT OLDER WE
WOULD TAKE NUMEROUS ANNUAL TRIPS TO
SANTEE.UNFORTUNATELY HE PASSED AWAY WHEN I WAS
12.HE LEFT ME WITH LOTS OF KNOWLEDGE BUT IT
CHANGED THINGS GREATLY.

NOT BEING OLD ENOUGH TO DRIVE AND TAKE THE BOAT
TO SANTEE MYSELF MADE IT MORE DIFFICULT TO CATCH
BIG CATFISH.AS A RESULT I STARTED TAKING GUIDE
TRIPS TO SANTEE.WHILE "NORMAL" KIDS WOULD ASK FOR
NORMAL KID THINGS, I WOULD ASK FOR GUIDED TRIPS
TO SANTEE FOR BIRTHDAY AND CHRISTMAS GIFTS.

I TOOK LOTS OF GUIDE TRIPS WITH LOTS OF DIFFERENT
GUIDES AND LEARNED ALOT ABOUT CATFISHING AND
SANTEE OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS.FORTUNATELY FOR
ME, ME AND MY MOTHER FINNALLY MOVED TO A HOUSE
ON LAKE GREENWOOD.

I GOT TO THINKING THAT A CATFISH IS A CATFISH NO
MATTER THE BODY OF WATER.SO I WOULD TAKE THE
FAMILY BOAT THAT WAS DOCKED AT OUR DOCK AND
STARTED APPLYING THE TECHNIQUES THAT I LEARNED
ABOUT SANTEE TO LAKE GREENWOOD.IT ENDED UP
WORKING VERY GOOD.ONCE I GOT OLD ENOUGH TO
DRIVE AND GET MY OWN BOAT I STARTED FISHING
OTHER UPSTATE LAKES.

WHILE THE SANTEE COOPER SYSTEM IS STILL THE
BIGGEST AND MOST CONSISTENT PRODUCER OF THE BIG
THREE CATFISH SPECIES AND THE ULTIMATE CATFISHING
GETAWAY VACATION....MANY OF THE OTHER LAKES IN SC
PROVIDE EXCELLENT OPPURTUNITIES FOR BIG AND
PLENTIFUL CATFISH CATCHES.

I DO WHAT I CAN TO PROVIDE A GOOD TIME AND TEACH
PEOPLE HOW TO CATCH CATFISH ON THESE UPSTATE
LAKES.ALTHOUGH I STILL TAKE MY ANNUAL TRIPS TO
SANTEE.....ITS VERY NICE TO HAVE LAKES WITH-IN
DECENT DRIVING DISTANCE TO BE ABLE TO CATCH BIG
CATFISH IN, ESPECIALLY WITH THESE GAS PRICES.THE
TECHNIQUES JUST HAVE TO BE SLIGHTLY MODIFIED
SOMETIMES AND THATS WHAT I TRY TO TEACH.