When does the marsh fishing start?

[Ronald Fowler]

I may be moving to the Seabrook area from SC and want to get in on the fishing! What to use, where to go, etc.
My boat is a 20' bassboat - will it do for the areas fishing?

[Skunch the Skunk]

Where did you get your
boat is a 20' bassboat - will it do for the areas fishing?Hi there!

[Ronald Fowler]

Originally Posted by Skunch the Skunk

Where did you get your
boat is a 20' bassboat - will it do for the areas fishing?Hi there!

Bought the boat in Paducah, KY. It's rigged with gps, front and driver color depth & fish finders, and I've fished all over the southern US. Currently fishing Santee Cooper and Lake Murray lakes.

[cold waters]

dont pay attention to skunch he is some sort of automated bot...


the marsh wont start fishing until June... some might tell you earlier... and in reality some places will start earlier...

20' bass boat will work to get yourself around... are you talking fresh water bass boat???

anyways welcome

[47onthewall]

My earliest marsh striper came in late April on a fly. Figure mid-May before you haul a boat to fish it. They will run earlier chasing alewives on the Lamprey, Cocheco and Salmon Falls Rivers, which are tributaries of the Great Bay Estuary.

[oddfish]

Welcome to MM.

Santee Cooper? Doesn't that hold the record for largest Bass or some other fish? The salt water will start in May. The Bass boat may not be ideal for ocean fishing but will do for bays and estuaries provided you pick your days. Also, there are lots of fresh water venues near by. Many will start in April.

Oddfish

[Ronald Fowler]

It's a freshwater boat. I'm looking at a center console (26 footer I saw at last weekend's boat show), would that be a better boat for the area?

Does anyone troll with deep dive cranks for stripe in the area? At Santee and Lake Murray that is a good method and I have the equipoment for that type of fishing already.

[cold waters]

26 is a nice boat... a little big for most of the inshore/near shore bass fishing but it will open lots of possiblities for you... some do some deep trolling for bass around here... Lobster pots make it a pretty sporty gig however

[racinjason48]

dont really have to go deep for stripers around here and they start coming in around may and i do my best of long A jerkbaits and topwater i wouldnt use my bass boat in saltwater i would get something else you dont want to get all that salt in your pumps and what not but dont forget the sweet water we have some awsome largemouth and smallmouth bass fishing in new hampshire and some great clear water lakes where you could get bass trout or salmon all in one day welcome to the site and i hope you get all the info you need from here

[Skunch the Skunk]

Ok I'll try not to do

have to go deep for stripers around here and they start coming in around may and he or she do his or her best of long A jerkbaits and topwater he or she would not use his or her bass boat in saltwater he or she would get something else you do not want to get all that salt in your pumps and what not but do not forget the sweet water we have some awsome largemouth and smallmouth bass fishing in new hampshire and some great clear water lakes where you could get bass trout or salmon all in one day welcome to the site and he or she hope you get all the info you need from here

too much.