Thank you for reading this, any help and guidance would be most gratefully received. We are a group of three anglers (in our sixties) thinking of coming over to do some fishing. Now, the back story to this, is that we have for many years managed to escape the cold, miserable winters over here in the UK and go fishing, early in the year, in South and Central America (
www.johnpetchey.co.uk). However, one of the party suffers from MS and this is now having a material impact on his physical abilities, he can walk short distances, but is no longer able to stand in a boat and cast lures ( or scramble up riverbanks to jungle camps!) - so the option of coming over to the States to do some fishing, somewhere we can catch fish (that we have not caught before), and that is civilised and accessible, seems like a good plan to me at the moment.
So, looking for somewhere with fish, fishing primarily with bait, or trolling, and with accessibility!
My outline plan is this:
Mid March.
Fly to Charleston, hire a car.
Drive to the Santee Cooper system, find lakeside accommodations and a guide.
Fish for as many species as we can get for 3 days.
Drive to Lake Hartwell, find lakeside accommodations and a guide.
Fish for as many species as we can get for 3 days.
Drive for 3 days up the Blueridge Parkway (sightseeing!) to Smith Mountain Lake
Find lakeside accommodations and a guide.
Fish for Stripers
for 3 days
Drive to Roanoak, drop the car off, fly back to Charleston.
Now, you have a BIG country over there with LOTS of lakes, I don't know if I have picked the best options? I think mid-late March is a good time to visit? I don't know how busy the lakes are at that time of year and how booked the accommodations and guides are going to be? I don't know how much risk we will be taking with the weather in March?
All thoughts and suggestions most welcome.
Thanks . . . John