 Claire Coker of Powell, OH with her first Crappie. Photo provided by Jerry's Bait Shop. |
Lake Hartwell |
 Gobblers expertly mounted by Finley's Taxidermy in Belton, SC! |
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Claire Coker of Powell, OH with her first Crappie. Photo provided by Jerry's Bait Shop. |
Lake Hartwell |
Gobblers expertly mounted by Finley's Taxidermy in Belton, SC! |
May 08
Foothills
Taxidermy is a
member of the South Carolina Association of Taxidermist and The
National Association of Taxidermists. Foothills Taxidermy has
been serving the public for 13 years. He graduated from The Carolina
Safari School of Taxidermy in 1995. Foothills Taxidermy prides
itself with customer service excellence and quality work that
is completed in a timely manner. They aim to capture the most
life-like mount without sacrificing craftsmanship. Stop by their
shop and check out their mounts or see them on his website www.foothillstaxidermy.net
. Be sure and bring that big tom turkey in for a very realistic,
professional mount.
They have had some mighty big spring turkeys brought in by some
good and first time hunters reports Karen at FINLEY’S
TAXIDERMY located on Belhaven Road Extension in Belton. May
is the time to pull that big trophy bass, bream, catfish or striper
out of the lake, and be sure and bring it by here to be mounted
by the best in the state. Check out the pictures of their great
mounts in this section of the magazine.
Fishing has been good in this area of Lake Hartwell for hybrid
and striper. More fish will be caught around mid-May near T-14
and in this area of the lake, reports Wanda at WALDROP’S
BAIT SHOP, MOTEL AND RESTAURANT, located on Weldon Island,
off Hwy 24. Some good bass, crappie, and bream should be caught
in this area now that the water has warmed. This will keep the
kids entertained. They have a number of bass and striper tournaments
out of here this month. They request that you let them know when
you are having one so that they can have the personnel available
to feed you a good hot breakfast.
JERRY’S BAIT SHOP reports that the middle of April
and the middle of May should be the best time for bass to be bedding.
Stop by the shop and pick up some Zoom Finesse worms and lizards
and be ready for them. Jerry is located at 647 North Main Street
here in Belton. Stripers and hybrids will be moving back down
the rivers in Hartwell toward the main lake. For some great striper
action this month try using live bait off points. Crappie will
be from the bank to 10 feet of water around brush and can be caught
on minnows or mini-jigs. As the water warms most of the crappie
fishing will be done under bridges at night using lanterns. The
first of May should be a great time to catch bream on crickets
in the shallows in the local ponds, rivers and lakes in the area
especially around the full moon on May 20.
The weather is great and the fish are biting on the area lakes
reports Jerry at WHITE JONES HARDWARE AND SPORTING GOODS,
located in Pruitt Shopping Center, Watson Village and on Hwy.
24 west near the double bridges. They stock bait tanks by Berry
Insulated and Rex Air for the live bait fishermen. They do have
a 6 or 12 month same as cash lay-away plan, for such items as
guns, tree stands and more. Come check out the quality gun safes.
Bass are in eight to twelve feet of water and move up to even
shallower water by the afternoon hours and can be caught on spinner
baits, crankbaits and jerk baits. Carolina Rigs are still catching
a lot of Bass on the rocks and wood in the coves and secondary
points. The striper and hybrids should be caught in the middle
part of the lake using live bait. May is a great time to get some
cricket and worms and catch some bream shallow at the lake or
in local ponds. Be sure to take a kid fishing.
THE BAIT SHOP is located on Hwy. 24 at 105 Jenkins Circle
about one mile south of I-85. Tim carries live bait including
gizzard shad and blue back herring. He caters to all fishermen
and has completely enlarged his building with more holding tanks
and a huge assortment of fishing tackle. Drive up or drive in
for live bait. On Lake Hartwell, May is a great time to catch
stripers, hybrids and crappie. The stripers are coming down the
rivers from their false spawning run and are real hungry. They
can be caught free lining herring near the balls of bait mainly
off points.
Bucks & Bass is located on 28 By-pass across from the
school district 5 office. We have Fishing Guide Trips available
through Rick's Striper/Hybrid Guide Service for $350.00 this cost
covers a group of 1-3 people and is good for 12 months from date
of purchase. So if you are planning a fishing trip let Rick's
Guide Service put you in the hot spots, all you need to do is
show up, the cost covers everything else. They have fishing supplies
like Sebile lures, Lucky Craft lures, Zoom worms, Umbrella Rigs,
Jigs, Bait everything else. Fishing supplies like Tanks, and much
more available. Hunting supplies, camo clothing, scopes, binoculars,
ammo, reloading powders & primers, deer calls, deer scents,
and archery equipment like Mathews & PSE available. Stop by
and try out the new Mathews DXT. Gift cards are also available
for those that are hard to buy for. We are now holding the CWP
classes for $65.00 per person so come on by and ask when the next
session is scheduled to be held, we do require a $25.00 deposit
which goes towards the cost of the class. We have an indoor archery
range with the virtual screen and bag targets. The virtual screen
is like playing a arcade game on a big screen and you can shoot
small & big game on it. Cost is $20.00 per hour for the screen
and $7.00 per person per hour for the bag targets. When you have
a chance stop by and browse around. We look forward to seeing
you soon!
The CENTERVILLE SPECIALTY FLY SHOP is located on Whitehall
Road. Chuck carries a good selection of fly tying supplies, custom
lures, fly rods and reels (even in youth sizes) and also teaches
fly rod classes on Saturday. Big or small they teach them all.
Stop in anytime because Spring is here and the fish are biting.
You can have a great time catching bream using a fly rod.
Good Times Hunting & Fishing is located on Hwy. 178,
south of Liberty at 113 Renaud Drive. Clyde, Chris & Kevin
are busy with their "Triple-R-Custom Baits", hand tied
crappie jigs, alibi jigs, bucktails, poney heads, & minnow
heads. We carry striper & crappie umbrella rigs and have a
good selection of blade runners & shad spins. We have found
crappie fishing to be good in coves & around stick-ups using
the alibi jig. Large mouth bass fishing is good using the blade
runner & shad spin. May is a great time to bream and catfish
in the shallows using crickets and worms. We also carry live herring,
jumbo minnows, crappie minnows, crickets, nite crawlers, red worms,
frozen herring & chicken livers. We have an excellent selection
of rod & reel combos, bait cast reels & open face reels.
We offer rod & reel repair. You can book your striper trip
here with Rick Owens Guide Service. Remember to make a Kid's day
by taking them fishing and do not forget Grandpa either.
If the boat you used last year needs some repairs then you need
to go to see Rocky at ROCKY'S ELECTRO-PRO MARINE located
at 1200 Piedmont Hwy. about half way between Piedmont and Pelzer.
He is a certified technician with many years of experience in
marine electronics installation and service. He knows how to repair
and get your trolling motors and depth finders working properly
so you can go catch some bass, crappie, hybrids or stripers in
local lakes. He offers in & out fast quality service. Good
Luck!
Tommy Pelfrey of CAROLINA REELS in Anderson has been cleaning
and repairing all types of fresh and salt fishing reels for many
years. Tommy can get the grit out of your reels and make them
work like they were brand new. Tommy states that you need to get
your reels to him quickly because he does get backed up in late
April and May.
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