Fishing Photo Round-Up / F.M. broadcast

Just a brief note before the fishing photo captions..... The Georgetown Governor's Cup Tourney offers a glimpse of what the deep blue sea offers from its wild places 60 miles offshore, but driving to Georgetown from Charleston reminded me that there is a wild place much nearer. The Francis Marion Forest is a great resource for biodiversity in the Lowcountry and outdoorsmen looking to get in touch with "the land" have a great place to do so in the Francis Marion. Lowcountryoutdoors.com thinks that this is a unique timeframe to witness the F.M. forest which looks more like a pine plantation right now, due to the fact that all the trees had to start from scratch after 1989's Hurricane Hugo. As the thick vegetation is shaded out more by the now 20-year old pines, the forest is more accessible to man, but also offers much better in wildlife habitat. A roadkill deer beside highway 17 did not garner my attention, but a rattlesnake that came charging across my lane did and also a 3-foot alligator made traffic serpentine a bit until he decided to head back into the woods. From wildflowers to bears - the F.M. Nat'l. Forest is  a gem that offers a sizable place for nature to take its course.

Photos By Jeff Dennis: Wilson Fennell with his first ever mahi caught with Dad on Sunday, while doing some dock research on Amberjack this nice specimen turned up, Seventeen-year old Laura Stokes was fun fishing aboard Pain Killer when her 51.5-pound wahoo hit - thanks to her uncle for the support, Joe Bost was unofficially the youngest angler to weigh a dolphin at the G'town. Gov. Cup - at 10 years old he handled this 13.9-pound mahi like a veteran for Dem Boys