Spent some time in the Swamp for Easter!

Saturday morning we headed to the Santee Cooper River, I had quite a load to haul along with 3 people.

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We had a really hard time finding a camping spot this time out. As I have said in this past, this is not the typical camping most of you are used to. We covered close to 20 miles up river to find a suitable spot. I was having such a difficult time I even eventually hiked in off the river where I discovered this beautiful meadow.

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I finally settled on this spot that had a tarp covered greenhouse permanently left behind. This is public property and camping is not regulated.

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There was also either a dog pen or a hawg pen in the camp.

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Here is where the boat was docked for the remainder of the weekend.

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We were positioned on the confluence of the Wataree and Congaree Rivers, which merge to make up the Santee River. So... kind of on 3 rivers at once! Check out the view~!

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Here is camp headquarters!

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Some of the wildlife we encountered...

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Two I have never seen before...
An albino freshwater clam? Ours are usually brown?

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I have no idea but will be looking this guy up?

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I did a little fishing from the bank at camp....

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The bait.

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The Catch. The fiance was qick to net net him or I'd of probably lost him.

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A few more from around camp....

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Santee has great fishing, fer shur!

Very Nice, Thanks

Fiance?! Well, congratulations there big guy.

I don't know about your clam but the other guy is a Hellgramite. It turns into a Dobsonfly. It can bite the pee waddin's out of you too if it takes the notion. They aren't poisonous but they can hurt. They make a great fish bait, though.

Thanks for the pics!!! Looks like a nice time.

Great pics. Thanks.

Nice fish! Looks like you had a great time with your family. :)

Thanks all! Thanks Rick for enlightening me on the Hellgramite, never seen one but since you described it, I do recall an artificial bait that resembled this thing! For the record that fish is my largest Channel from the banks of Santee, I usually catch all blues.

Now, that all the gear is in and the fish is dressed out soaking in milk. The plan is to first write down what I needed and didn't have and if it wasn't useful consider putting it in the reserve box. I see a alot of trips like this summer!

Great pic's, thanks for bring us along.

Very cool. Looks like you had a good time. How long did it take to go 20 miles with 3 people and fully loaded boat?

Aurelius95,

It doesn't take long. The motor has been tuned to the boat and is 10hp over the rating for the boat. Loaded down I am still running 40mph. The boat is very lightweight.

Great pics CS! Looks like it was a great trip.

awesome good time!!!!!

Very Cool ! :)

Congrats and thanks for the great pix!

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