There are several different camping opportunities in the Francis Marion National Forest. If you don’t really want rough it, the Buck Hall Landing site is for you. There is a bath house with hot showers and flush toilets. There are 14 camper hook-up sites with camp pads, fire rings, picnic tables and 5 tent sites. The camp [...]
The Spring 2008 turkey season in Game Zone 6 (includes Charleston and Berkeley Counties) runs from March 15-May 1 on private lands and in the Francis Marion Wildlife Management Area is open from April 1-May 1. Turkey tags are required and there is a bag limit of 2 in WMA and 5 on private lands. There [...]
An interesting landmark in the Refuge is the site of the Cape Romain lighthouses. They are located on Racoon Key about 5 miles by boat from McClellanville. The 65′ tall original lighthouse was built in 1820. It was replaced in 1858 by a new taller (150′) lighthouse. There were several residences on the island that are no longer [...]
For my money the most fun you can have on the water is fishing for Spot tails (Red Drum). There are many different approaches you can take, fishing the flats, casting a grub, fishing the edge of the marsh with live bait on a float, or surf fishing.
Fishing the flats is a little like [...]
A few miles up Hwy 17 from McClellanville, just off of the South Santee River on Wambaw Creek is the Hampton Plantation State Park. The original mansion built in 1735 remains. This 274 acre plantation was purchased from the Rutledge Family in 1971 and turned into a state park. There is a lot to see on site. There [...]
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It was a sunny day on Saturday, but a little too windy for the boat. I decided to take the kids to the walk the banks of the waterway and look for driftwood or what ever has washed up. We drove out to Mouzon’s Bluff and walked down the bank to the shell beach that follows [...]
I’m normally an inshore angler, but last fall, when Dr. Joe had an opening on his annual trip aboard the Aggressor II out of Shem Creek in Mt. Pleasant, I decided to test the limits of my stomach.
The Aggressor II is kind of like taking a limosine fishing, so even my weak stomach was able to [...]
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