About Captain Garry

A few pics… some comments… so when you go on a tour with me, Captain Garry, you’ll know a bit more about me. Pond Fishing – got fish to clean! I grew up pond fishing. This is a local culture thing… you catch fish, you eat them. Been doing it for years. Any time I […]

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Catchin vs Fishin

Fishing… it’s not rocket science. It’s a “little bit” what bait you use and “a lot” where the hungry fish are. Some days you’re the windshield, some days you’re the bug. If people could predict where and when the hungry fish were, we’d call it “Catchin” instead of “Fishin.” Fishing ponds is like shooting fish

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Finding Fish on Lake Murray

Ever wonder where the fish are? Consider this picture from my Humminbird Fish Finder: THIS IS FISH or at least what WAS fish! The Arch thingies with yellow/orange? THOSE are BIG FISH! What your are seeing is the sonar bounce off of the Fish’s air bladder. The much smaller bait fish are underneath. So they

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The Intracoastal Waterway – A Lesson in Humility

Of course, THE BEST way to find out about the Intracoastal Waterway (aka ICW, aka “the ditch”) IS TO GO CRUISE IT!  But… alas, most of us will have to settle on this: The Wikipedia description of the Intracoastal Waterway.  Briefly, it’s a big salt-water “ditch” that runs from the Northeast down to Florida and

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