Been planning a canoe trip through Congaree swamp for a while now and recently decided to fish while I was paddling. Anyone here ever fished in the park? I would like to mainly target bream and bass this time and maybe make a return trip to target gar. Any advise on fishing in the swamp? Also, does anyone know where I could rent a canoe for the day here in Charleston? I have access to kayaks, but I would rather canoe. (Maybe if I ever finish school and start making some money I could just buy my own and quit having to figure out places to borrow/rent them from)
Yiman, I have fished a little in the lower section of the Congaree and I wish I had some specific info for you.
Big fish in there, Stripers Crappie, Bass, but like most places you only go once in blue-moon it's hard to catch fish on demand. It could be a fishing trip of a lifetime if you could find a guide or somebody local to put you on fish when they are biting. It's a beautiful place. Some of the Lake Marion guides will take you up to the lower section. There are gar and mudfish in all the little sloughs and oxbows you won't need a guide for that.
Striper run and Catfish will heat-up soon and run through May. You have to be careful about the new regs on the Stripers
If you want to try some swamp bass fishing with a guide, you can travel a little farther and fish sparkleberry swamp with Inky Davis. I think he has all the fish named.
Fishing in Congaree Nat. Park
Posted - 02/28/2010 : 5:30:43 PM
