Will This Catfish Bait Work on Santee Cooper

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  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 ก.ค. 2022
  • Does using chicken for catfish bait work on Santee Cooper? The Santee Cooper lakes are known for giant catfish. Anyone that has ever been fishing for catfish has probably heard of Santee Cooper and the world record catfish that have come from the lakes. Lake Moultrie and Lake Marion are the two lakes that make up what people call Santee Cooper in South Carolina. On this trip I am trying out what I consider to be one of the best catfish baits around, chicken breast.
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  • @gregfloydfishing
    @gregfloydfishing 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    cross power station behind you. I live in Sumter SC and been fishing that lake my whole life. I am a bank fisher and fish off the pier on goat island, you have taught me a lot watching, thanks for all you do!!

  • @Jims_catfishing
    @Jims_catfishing ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Looks like those Santee Cooper cats love chicken 🐔 😋 . Who would have guessed 🤔 😏 😂

  • @shermantomlinson2839
    @shermantomlinson2839 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I always stay at Blacks camp...great place to stay.

    • @ericwall879
      @ericwall879 ปีที่แล้ว

      I stay at black s when I go also.ive done great on the banks there as well as in boat

  • @conrailfan6277
    @conrailfan6277 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Nice Blues Dieter, that chicken sure
    is slaying them!!!

  • @CW-of1so
    @CW-of1so ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Great video Dieter

  • @BudBanksOutdoors
    @BudBanksOutdoors ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Last time I was on that lake with flat water we caught 6 fish all day. Great job!

  • @StumpGreenwoodSC
    @StumpGreenwoodSC ปีที่แล้ว

    I've never seen Santee that calm ! Lake Greenwood is my local lake, and thanks to your videos, I'm catching more cats every trip I make. Thank you Sir.

  • @SurvivalHunterNM
    @SurvivalHunterNM ปีที่แล้ว

    I really enjoy the pace of this video. Well done on the editing.

  • @bobbynewton9247
    @bobbynewton9247 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Nice fishing trip Dieter you caught alot way to go enjoy your channel

  • @Mikeypaulslingshots
    @Mikeypaulslingshots ปีที่แล้ว +2

    great video big D!

  • @Frenchbroadcatman.
    @Frenchbroadcatman. ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What happened to the review on the kastking lol. Good to see this video cause I'm going to Santee this weekend

  • @catfishrobertoutdoors1180
    @catfishrobertoutdoors1180 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Love the fishing videos can't wait until this fall when they really start biting good and the weather's not as bad how are you liking them catfish Pro reels I have several that I love

  • @fishin-impossible2992
    @fishin-impossible2992 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Good video Dieter . I remember when you and Mac were back and forth about chicken not being a good bait lol, he made a believer out of all of us didn't he. About the rods I remember using my Shakespeare ugly stick catfish rods and it did seem I had a good hookup ratio with those things.

  • @GeorgeWaninger
    @GeorgeWaninger ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Ayyyyeee you're in my hometown! I prefer Marion to Moultrie but both lakes have awesome fishing.

  • @tilfishindouspart6579
    @tilfishindouspart6579 ปีที่แล้ว

    Kudos for editing with all those cameras👍🏼

  • @Rich8901
    @Rich8901 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Great video Dieter. Some of my best days ever would break other peoples minds. 90+ degrees in 10ft or less water....never count the shallows out! Love the vid. Great work.

  • @cas126
    @cas126 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    So I’ve had luck with chicken breast marinated in garlic paste, pepperoni, and shrimp and left in the sun. Even in stock ponds, 2 pieces of pepperoni folded into a pizza slice works really well.

  • @tboneactivities
    @tboneactivities ปีที่แล้ว +2

    👍🏽nice fishing 🎣

  • @mr.gadgetfishing2134
    @mr.gadgetfishing2134 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What was that I seen at 1:18 ? LOL, it happens to the best of us. Looked like a great time. Thanks for taking us along!

    • @austinluker4127
      @austinluker4127 ปีที่แล้ว

      Lol good catch.

    • @DieterMelhorn
      @DieterMelhorn  ปีที่แล้ว

      Dude, that happens daily!!! I am always dancing with the devil to get that extra foot of casting distance!

  • @Fishermensbiblestudy
    @Fishermensbiblestudy ปีที่แล้ว

    Good job!

  • @pedrocruz4710
    @pedrocruz4710 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Good video Dieter! Doin it again with chicken 🐔

  • @airgunningcolorado78
    @airgunningcolorado78 ปีที่แล้ว

    I have switched to straight chicken bc of you. It has been very effective for lil eaters to the bigger older gals. Put my 12 yr old on our biggest Colorado channel last weekend. 17lb 10oz. Chicken is easy, plentiful, and the kitties love it

    • @SCDeerAddict
      @SCDeerAddict ปีที่แล้ว

      To expensive these days

  • @jeffhockingberry2497
    @jeffhockingberry2497 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Less than 100 days til my annual trip to Lake Marion. My fishing buddy and I will be there from October 20th thru the 28th. We base out of the state park and plan on making a few trips down past the 95 bridge. In the past 2 years we have caught 95 % of our fish on chicken, plain and strawberry. I think this year we are gonna try taking the boat down to Moultrie and putting in there for at least one day. Typically we run into the wind and go wherever we get pushed. Majority of the fish we catch are in 6 to 15 feet of water. I caught my pb there 2 years ago ...36 1/2 pound blue, last year got one at 31 pounds. Hoping to eventually pass the 50 pound mark. I see where you're at, may need to go down around the islands and the power plant area too.

  • @travisp3725
    @travisp3725 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Dieter you need to come to lake Murray....catch 10-15lb channel cats all day long and 30lb blues are plentiful also along with a straggler or 2 really big flathead

  • @williamcornelison4721
    @williamcornelison4721 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Has anyone fished with chicken on the shore...{bank fishling}? Plan to use a Santee Cooper Rig to keep bait just off the bottom.

  • @fishinwiththegriffins7304
    @fishinwiththegriffins7304 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    In the video at 14:40 is that water on the camera lens or did that catfish ask to not be filmed?🤣

    • @DieterMelhorn
      @DieterMelhorn  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      LOL!!!! It does look like a blurred out crime story video or something!!!!

  • @jeffporter8056
    @jeffporter8056 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    My favorite place in the world

  • @koreywilliams4570
    @koreywilliams4570 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hopefully you have some luck. I've been out yesterday and today fishing the river down by underpasses and as far out as I can walk down the bank near downed trees and what not. And I've got a few nibbles but no big bites. Also what are those signs for?

  • @dougfloyd7342
    @dougfloyd7342 ปีที่แล้ว

    what size/oz drift weights are you using. Great video!

  • @MikeCostelloOutdoors
    @MikeCostelloOutdoors ปีที่แล้ว

    Dieter you should come to the Waccamaw River and try chicken. I don’t really have good luck on it. Maybe your luck would be different. I fish from the bank though.

  • @aaronwood3540
    @aaronwood3540 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Them ol bellies are full lol

  • @bretoneil5539
    @bretoneil5539 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Have you seen the new Uglystick Catfish Special rods?

  • @waynevaughan2781
    @waynevaughan2781 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Bet your bootie chicken will work on the entire Santee River system.

  • @kellyproctor4138
    @kellyproctor4138 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I’m going to fish lake Marion the first week of November. Got any tips on water depth to kinda get started fishing. I’ve never fished either lake before?

    • @DieterMelhorn
      @DieterMelhorn  ปีที่แล้ว

      They’ll still be all over the place. So many variables come into play during that time period. I would not focus deep or super shallow to start……

  • @davidbrandt3263
    @davidbrandt3263 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I try chicken breast plain and kool-Aid I got nothing about turtle 🐢 so far idk what else I can do. I am fishing on cedar river

  • @MrDamon70
    @MrDamon70 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What are the plates with the floats for? Do you prefer your chicken with or with out kool aid mixed with it?
    Great videos!

  • @elylesable
    @elylesable ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What is that behind Dieter at 7:30 ? I assume they are big catfish getting the mussels on top of the water.

    • @DieterMelhorn
      @DieterMelhorn  ปีที่แล้ว

      I had blues and stripers eating those mussels on top of the water......

  • @laceywilson9065
    @laceywilson9065 ปีที่แล้ว

    Is something on fire in the background there? One point you can see it pretty well is 10:31

  • @mitchmargaret6901
    @mitchmargaret6901 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Do you store the chicken you don’t use or use fresh each time you go out?Just curious what the shelf life is for fishing?

    • @DieterMelhorn
      @DieterMelhorn  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I use a fresh breast on each trip

  • @jamescrotts6500
    @jamescrotts6500 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Do u do fishing tours on Santee cooper

    • @DieterMelhorn
      @DieterMelhorn  ปีที่แล้ว

      Only when I am down there for several days.....while I guide there, I don't consider myself a regular Santee guide

  • @BigMex777
    @BigMex777 ปีที่แล้ว

    Is it just raw chicken or do you add anything to it?

  • @thomascebula8199
    @thomascebula8199 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Why do mussels float on top of the water ?

    • @Rich8901
      @Rich8901 ปีที่แล้ว

      Water gets too hot and they die off.

    • @chrisj2713
      @chrisj2713 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Because they are dead

    • @DieterMelhorn
      @DieterMelhorn  ปีที่แล้ว

      There is a time in the summer as water temps climb that they die, leave the shell, and float to the surface

  • @cas126
    @cas126 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    So ive been using a rod that i kinda inherited from my girlfriend's deceased grandfather who bought it in like the 30s. Its been doing well against catfish, but im buying my own and fishing it in pike, musky, walleye, pickeral, and bass infested water to name a few. Ill be doing shore fishing in and around docks.
    My question is, do you think ill need wire leaders if im using myofilament for only bass fishing, or should i be fine? With my luck, my first cast will be a record pike that'll break a few feet from shore.

    • @DieterMelhorn
      @DieterMelhorn  ปีที่แล้ว

      Tough call, but I with heavier mono....

  • @wayneward977
    @wayneward977 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I have started using chicken and it out fishes all other baits. Here in Arkansas the fish just absolutely demolish the chicken.

    • @bradmartin3289
      @bradmartin3289 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Are you using just any cut? Thighs over breasts? Notice any difference if so?

    • @wayneward977
      @wayneward977 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@bradmartin3289 I have found no difference between white and dark meat, except the white meat gets hit first. Both catch fish.

    • @merrypranksters7117
      @merrypranksters7117 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Same here over in nebraska. Chicken is quickly becoming a confidence bait for me.

  • @paperairplanepilotsunion9988
    @paperairplanepilotsunion9988 ปีที่แล้ว

    Do you ever fish lake Murray?

  • @SCDeerAddict
    @SCDeerAddict ปีที่แล้ว +1

    When you going to swap out those garcias for the Daiwa reels

    • @DieterMelhorn
      @DieterMelhorn  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I’m sticking with the best….😜

    • @ericwall879
      @ericwall879 ปีที่แล้ว

      Garcias are the best reel for the price plus repairs can be made without a tech s degree .deiter thanks for ur reply ur a great sportsman I pray u have a great life

  • @Mogleyo069
    @Mogleyo069 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You should really clarify which lake rather than lump them. One is full of monster blues...the other is full of broken lower unit parts lol.

  • @ckkendrick7861
    @ckkendrick7861 ปีที่แล้ว

    Seem like chicken will have no smell like cut shad or blue gill

  • @JavierLopez-mu5hc
    @JavierLopez-mu5hc ปีที่แล้ว

    Can you tell me how to sex a fish I mean how can you tell a male from the female in catfish ?

  • @user-wy1fo9hb7j
    @user-wy1fo9hb7j 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Wow I look fat

  • @supabeast123
    @supabeast123 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You sure do bird nest your reels alot 🤨

    • @DieterMelhorn
      @DieterMelhorn  ปีที่แล้ว

      Ya, I back the tension all the way off to make letting line out easier.......

    • @supabeast123
      @supabeast123 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@DieterMelhorn Just a little weird way to use a baitcaster.

    • @DieterMelhorn
      @DieterMelhorn  ปีที่แล้ว

      @@supabeast123 when you see how I put line out when trolling it all makes sense. If I was just casting and knocking it into gear it would be different.