Captain Chris Bass Fishing Guide Service
Details
User:
Chris Heinning
Location:
Sumter, SC
United States
United StatesContact Name:
Captain Chris Heinning
Address:
Sumter, SC
Mobile:
Description:
Largemouth bass fishing guided trip
Striped Bass/Striper fishing guided trip (only Lake Murray primarily with artificial lures)
Wildlife viewing/photography (bird watching, alligators, and other critters)
Sight seeing tours (lake knowledge/realty viewing)
Parties of 1 or 2 Adults/mature young people
All tackle and lures included (just bring a snack, sunscreen, sunglasses, camera, rain suit, etc.)
Primarily morning/day trips, however evening and night fishing trips available
The Lakes:
Lake Marion and Moultrie (Santee Cooper), South Carolina, Lake Wateree, Lake Murray, Other Midland and Santee lakes, rivers, and ponds of your choosing. . .
* $50 Pre-Fishing/Tournament Information:
Need a head-start for your fishing trip or practice information prior to bass tournament? Don’t have time to get to lake or know where to start when weekend or vacation comes?
I offer over the phone or "kitchen table" advice, which includes recent patterns, map study, and validation of your trip plans. This advice is not just the weekly fishing report from web sites / newspapers, but a detailed and specific discussion on your plans and how we can help make your trip even better!
Amenities:
Accepts Credit Cards, Coolers and ice, Instruction, Rods, Safety Gear
Experience:
Retired from Air Force after 27 years
U.S. Coast Guard Licensed Fishing Guide
Over 25 years bass fishing experience
7 Largemouth Bass over 10lbs, including this 13lber featured in Bassmaster Magazine, May 08
Capt Chris Holding a 13 pound bass featured in Bassmaster
Fished over 100 major waterways from St. Lawrence River, NY to Lake Okeechobee, FL to Lake Amistad, TX
Member of Sumter Chamber of Commerce, Lake Murray Country, and Santee Cooper Country Guide Association
Rates:
$200.00 to $300.00 per trip
Boat & Equipment Info
Boat Name:
Xpress Boat
Boat Name:
Skeeter
Manufacturer:
Skeeter
Fishing Spots
Fishing Reports
about 1 month ago
(03/31/2013)
Santee Cooper Lakes Fishing Report 04.01.13
As many of you know we have had a cold Spring, but we've still been getting good quality bass, just not the numbers like you do in Spring time. If you get around the right ones, you'll look like a "hero", but you can also "zero" pretty easy. Bass have not spawned yet, so plenty of opportunity here in April/May to get a nice one for your wall and/or good numbers of bass. Too many patterns and lures to mention, just be versatile with bait selection. My rule of...
Santee Cooper Lakes Fishing Report 03.09.13
Largemouth bass fishing is improving with warming air and water temps (50ish in morning warming to 54 by pm). Bass are still in staging areas from deep to shallow water, but will cotintue to move shallower. Water clarity is fairly stained most of lake, so try to find clearer water near backwater areas protected from winds. Slow moving baits like jigs, creature baits, and worms are working best. If you get some wind, use more searching/reaction baits like rattling hard baits or chatter/blade...
Lake Wateree Fishing Report 02.10.13
Largemouth Bass: Fair. Captain Chris Heinning (803-236-1257) reports the largemouth bass bite remains somewhat slow, but the fish being caught have good weight to them. Soon the warming air and water temperatures will have bass more active and more moving up to shallows. Lake level is down a few feet and water is fairly muddy for Wateree after recent rains and discharge. Concentrate on rocky points and banks using bright color vibrating cranking hardbait. Also, you can go back through produ...
Santee Cooper Lakes Fishing Report 01.26.13
Well, off to good start on Santee Cooper so far in 2013. We have had a relatively mild winter and there was/is plenty of grass in the lake like hydrilla, eel grass, primrose, floating heart, and hyacintha. Here is a nice one here in Jan and plenty more to come. Lake is down about 3 feet now, so be careful #1 with running boat, but also look for shallow (2-8 feet) of water with structure (grass or wood or both) near deep water access like 10-15 feet. Best patterns right now are using hard cr...
Lake Wateree Fishing Report 12.05.12
Largemouth Bass: Good. Captain Chris Heinning (803-236-1257) reports bass continue to bite good with warm weather. Locate shad schools with your marine electronics, such as #Lowrance HDS units, in the creeks and short pockets/coves off the main lake. As water temps cool, follow the bass toward their deeper Winter locations on the main lake and major creek arms. Try structure near the shore that will hold bass waiting to ambush prey coming by such as rocky points, rip rap, deep docks, laydow...
Lake Wateree Fishing Report 11.13.12
Largemouth Bass: Excellent. Captain Chris Heinning (803-236-1257) reports bass are biting good with the cooling temperatures and fish feeding up for the winter. There remains an abundance of shad schools in middle of creeks, pockets, and coves, however not much schooling bass activity. Keep a topwater or rattling bait ready to cast just in case. Focus on structure near the shore that will hold bass waiting to ambush prey coming by such as rocky secondary points, docks, laydowns, stumps, boa...
Lake Wateree Fishing Report 10.12.12
Largemouth Bass: Excellent. Captain Chris Heinning (803-236-1257) reports bass fishing continues to improve with bigger and more bass biting well. Recent bass tournaments show the overall weights continue to climb. Fall bass will follow the baitfish to back of creeks and pockets, feeding up before Winter. They will use multiple pieces of structure and move alot, so be versatile by fishing a variety of cover and using multiple types of lures. Bass can be caught shallow around rocky points, g...
Santee Cooper Lakes Fishing Report 09.29.12
With cooling Fall temps, largemouth have started to respond and biting better and moving to the shallows. Both Marion and Moultrie lakes are still at about full pool with 75 feet sea level. Plenty of water and multiple types of vegetation growing well. Fish the grass with frogs, swimming worms, plastic texas rigged worms. Some fish also coming off wood cover like cypress trees, docks, and logs; use spinnerbaits and worms like a senko/creature bait or shakeyhead worm. Good Fall fishing! Capt...
Santee Cooper Lakes Fishing Report 09.14.12
SC had its first cool snap and largemouth have started to respond and biting better. Water temp now for the first time in the mid 70s. Both Marion and Moultrie lakes are still at about full pool with 75 feet sea level. Plenty of water and multiple types of vegetation growing well. Fish the grass with frogs, swimming worms, plastic texas rigged worms. Some fish also coming off wood cover like cypress trees, docks, and logs; use spinnerbaits and worms like a senko or shakeyhead worm. Good Fal...
Lake Wateree Fishing Report 09.05.12
Largemouth Bass: Good. Captain Chris Heinning (803-236-1257) reports that with cooling temps, this puts bass into a transition period where they can be caught shallow or deep. Early in the morning or on cloudy days, bass can be caught around shallow cover such as rocky points, grass, and laydowns using topwater, spinnerbaits, crankbaits, and worms. Once the sun gets up, docks and deeper points/underwater humps can yield nice largemouth using plastic worms on texas rig, shakeyhead, and Carol...
Lake Wateree Fishing Report 08.29.12
Largemouth Bass: Good. Captain Chris Heinning (803-236-1257) reports that with warm water temperatures bass remain in deep water; however, with cooling rains and air temperatures some fish are being caught shallow. Early in the morning fish around rocky points with shad topwater baits. Around the bank grass use buzzbaits, frogs, swimming worms/jigs, and spinnerbaits. Finally, docks are starting to produce again with plastic worms; plus crankbaits on the concrete launching ramps. For d...
Santee Cooper Lakes Fishing Report 08.14.12
Largemouth Bass: Fair. Captain Chris Heinning (803-236-1257) reports bass can be caught around bank grass, lily pads, or floating heart early in the morning or evening with buzzbaits, frog, spinnerbait, swimjig/worm or texas rigged plastic. Also, try around wood cover like cypress trees, stumps, and docks with a spinnerbait during lowlight conditions and then texas rigged plastics when sun gets up. Around eel grass fish rattletraps, fluke style plastics or plastic worms...
Lake Wateree Fishing Report 08.08.12
Largemouth Bass: Good. Captain Chris Heinning (803-236-1257) reports bass can still be caught, even with warm summer tempertaures (water temp 88 degrees). The Catabwa River has many smaller lakes below Lake Wylie, that can be a nice change of pace for summer fishing as their is some water flow and water levels remain high, thus bass can still be caught shallow.
In morning or late evenings, try topwater walking baits/poppers and buzzbaits. Then, chartreuse and white spinnerbaits around s...
Lake Wateree Fishing Report 08.03.12
Largemouth Bass: Good. Captain Chris Heinning (803-236-1257) reports bass can still be caught, even with warm summer tempertaures (water temp 88 degrees). The Catabwa River has many smaller lakes below Lake Wylie, that can be a nice change of pace for summer fishing as their is some water flow and water levels remain high, thus bass can still be caught shallow.
In morning or late evenings, try topwater walking baits/poppers and buzzbaits. Then, chartreuse and white spi...
Santee Cooper Lakes Fishing Report 07.24.12
Largemouth Bass: Fair. Captain Chris Heinning (803-236-1257) reports bass can be caught around bank grass, lily pads, or floating heart early in the morning or evening with buzzbaits, frog, spinnerbait, swimjig/worm or texas rigged plastic. Also, try trees and docks with a texas rigged worm. Around eel grass fish rattletraps, fluke style plastics or plastic worms rigged texas rig. Most better fish coming from deep grass (hydrilla or eel grass) and stumps in 10-15 feet of water by...
Lake Wateree Fishing Report 07.18.12
Largemouth Bass: Good. Captain Chris Heinning (803-236-1257) reports with hot summer temperatures, bass remain in deep water. Some smaller bass can still be caught shallow early around grass and rocky points with shad style topwater, spinnerbaits, and crankbaits. Better quality bass are coming from deep points, ledges, and underwater humps with deep diving crankbaits in chartreuse color, big worms in junebug, and carolina rigged plastics in watermelon/brown colors. Concentrate on depths of...
Lake Wateree Fishing Report 07.12.12
Largemouth Bass: Good. Captain Chris Heinning (803-236-1257) reports with hot summer temperatures, bass remain in deep water. Some smaller bass can still be caught shallow early around grass and rocky points with shad style topwater, spinnerbaits, and crankbaits. Better quality bass are coming from deep points, ledges, and underwater humps with deep diving crankbaits in chartreuse color, big worms in junebug, and carolina rigged plastics in watermelon/brown colors. Concentrate on depths of...
Santee Cooper Lakes Fishing Report 07.09.12
Largemouth Bass: Fair. Captain Chris Heinning (803-236-1257) reports bass can be caught around bank grass, lily pads, or floating heart early in the morning or evening with buzzbaits, frog, spinnerbait, swimjig/worm or texas rigged plastic. Also, try trees and docks with a texas rigged worm. Around eel grass fish rattletraps, fluke style plastics or plastic worms rigged texas rig. Some fish can be caught up river in Marion flipping soft plastics to willow trees. www.captchrisfishing.com...
Santee Cooper Lakes Fishing Report 07.03.12
Largemouth Bass: Fair. Captain Chris Heinning (803-236-1257) reports that bass bite is decent. Any bank grass, lily pads, or floating heart is good with buzzbaits, frog, spinnerbait, swimjig/worm or texas rigged plastic. Also, try trees and docks with a texas rigged worm. Around eel grass fish rattletraps, fluke style plastics or plastic worms rigged texas rig. Water temp in mid 80s and rising.
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Lake Murray Fishing Report 06.26.12
Striped Bass and Largemouth bass fishing remains very good. Most fish being caught on main lake and entrances to large creek arms. Fish long, tapering points with a shallow flat near deep water. Best fishing is early in the morning using fast moving surface lures such as topwater hard and soft baits like a walking dog or fluke style bait. During mid-day, fish deeper on points and use shakeyhead worms and carolina rigs. However, keep an e...
Lake Murray Fishing Report 06.19.12
Largemouth bass and Striped Bass are in there traditional Summer locations in main lake and major creek arms. As usual on Lake Murray, underwater humps and points with bait (blue back herring) are the key to a good fishing day. Early in the morning, use fast moving surface lures such as topwater hard and soft baits like a walking dog or fluke style bait. Also, swimbaits are starting to catch more bass on the lake. As the day goes on, if cloudy and windy you can run this pattern al...
Santee Cooper Lakes Fishing Report 06.11.12
Bass fishing has improved on Santee Cooper lakes after a slow-down to post-spawn. Bass can be caught shallow in morning, but near deep water access places like ditches, drains, dropoffs, points, etc. Buzzbaits, swimming worms/jigs, spinnerbaits are working along grass in morning. After sun gets up, fish shad of trees, docks, or deeper places using soft plastic worms. Water temp is trying to get into 80s, but each rain cools lake into high 70s. Good Fishing!&nbs...
Lake Wateree Fishing Report 06.05.12
Largemouth Bass: Excellent. Captain Chris Heinning (803-236-1257) Bass have set up in traditional Summer patterns and areas. Bass are being caught around grass, docks, rocky points and off-shore structure such as underwater humps and ledges. Early in morning shad are shallow and bass can be caught on fast moving shad imitation lures like topwater, buzzbaits, spinnerbaits, crankbaits, and soft plastic swim or twitch baits. When the sun gets up and/or winds are calm, then soft plastic waterme...
Lake Wateree Fishing Report 05.21.12
Largemouth Bass: Good. Captain Chris Heinning (803-236-1257) reports bass have set up in traditional Summer patterns and areas. Bass are being caught around grass, docks, rocky points and off-shore structure such as underwater humps and ledges. Early in morning shad are shallow and bass can be caught on fast moving shad imitation lures like topwater, buzzbaits, spinnerbaits, crankbaits, and soft plastic swim or twitch baits. When the sun gets up and/or winds are calm, then soft p...
about 1 year ago
(05/16/2012)
Santee Cooper Lakes Fishing Report 05.16.12
Bass fishing has slowed since the great Spring bite on Santee Cooper lakes (marion and moultrie). Fish are now scattering out from post-spawn areas to summer spots. Recommend finding cover near deep water. Also, try deep water rock or brush piles with carolina rigged worms. Good fishing! Capt Chris Fishing (803) 905-1991 www.captchrisfishing.com
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Lake Wateree Fishing Report 05.09.12
Largemouth Bass: Excellent. Captain Chris Heinning (803-236-1257) reports great bass fishing with fish being caught in all depths and presentations from shallow to deep (12-15 feet). Water temps in high 70s. Bass are being caught around grass, rocks on points and underwater humps, and wood cover using fast moving shad lures like topwater, spinnerbaits, crankbaits, and rattling baits. When sun gets up and/or winds are calm, then the soft plastic watermelon or green pumpk...
Lake Wateree Fishing Report 05.01.12
Largemouth Bass: Excellent. Captain Chris Heinning (803-236-1257) reports great bass fishing even with bass continuing to transition from post-spawn to early summer deeper depths. Water temps are now holding in 70s. Bass are being caught around grass, rocks on points and underwater humps, and wood cover using fast moving shad lures like topwater, spinnerbaits, crankbaits, and rattling baits. When sun gets up and/or winds are calm, then the soft plastic watermelon or green pumpkin worms and...
Lake Murray Fishing Report 04.23.12
Largemouth bass and Striped Bass have already spawned and working toward their Summer locations in main lake and creek arms. As usual on Lake Murray, underwater humps and points with bait (blue back herring) are the key to a good fishing day. Early in the morning, use fast moving surface lures such as topwater hard and soft baits like a walking dog or fluke style bait. Also, swimbaits are starting to catch more bass on the lake. As the day goes on, if cloudy and wind...
about 1 year ago
(04/20/2012)
Santee Cooper Lakes Fishing Report 04.20.12
Largemouth Bass: Fair/Poor. Captain Chris Heinning (803-236-1257) reports that bass bite has slowed due to post-spawn conditions. Some fish remain biting in shallow water, near deep water channels. You may go a long time between bites, so keep focused! Bass can be caught around cypress trees and grass. Some eel grass is starting to push up and visible. Bass are mainly being caught on brown or white stick or trick worms in 5 feet or less, and an occasional fish on a chartreuse/white spinnerb...
Lake Wateree Fishing Report 04.06.12
Largemouth Bass: Excellent. Captain Chris Heinning (803-236-1257) reports that bass fishing is great with bass in the shallows and spawning. Water level is at full pool, so penty of bass in the bank grass. The shad spawn is on-going along the bank. Water temp is 75 degrees with clear to slight stain to water color. Bass are being caught around grass, rocks and wood cover using fast moving lures like topwater, spinnerbaits, jig and trailer, and plastics. Concentr...
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Bass, Striped (Morone saxatilis)
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