fwblue, what are you doin??

[fishingwithblue]

Sorry, been down in Tunica, Mississippi duck hunting. My wife took pitty on me since both of the Wassaw trips fell through. I'm sick of eating ducks and my culinary training was put to the test. Needless to say it was a damn good hunt!

I made gadwall gumbo, Fried wood ducks buffalo wing style, greenhead gravy over organic heirloom grits with bacon marmalade, and the one that won me a box of steel shot was the shoveler spring rolls with soy peanut sauce. They bet I couldn't make a shoveler taste good........I don't think those boys shoot and cook many marsh hens!

They told me to come back next year......i'll be there with bells on. It was the best duck hunting I have ever done. Flooded timber rules!

Pics are coming!

[fishingwithblue]

Pics could have been better

[tsubaki]

Dang blue, that's just what I want to hear about!
I've bout gave up foolin with ducks around here, most I'm accomplished at is Hoodies and Woodies.
Glad you had a good time!
Post some ideas in the recipes section on dim dere ducks!

[willy]

FWB very nice man. Whose Lab doing the fetching?
Is it swamp bordering crop land or flooded crops like rice fields?

[fishingwithblue]

Originally Posted by tsubaki

Dang blue, that's just what I want to hear about!
I've bout gave up foolin with ducks around here, most I'm accomplished at is Hoodies and Woodies.
Glad you had a good time!
Post some ideas in the recipes section on dim dere ducks!

I was gonna start picking your brain about Sav Wildlife Ref! There has got to be some teal and other ducks coming in there somewhere.

The lab belongs to a friend. It was his first hunt in conditions like that, he did well.

Those farms are flooded rice and beans, the duck eat there and come to the flooded timber where we hunted blinds.

[tsubaki]

You will note on the map for SNWR the locations for ducks allowed.
http://www.fws.gov/southeast/pubs/savhnt.pdf
My interpretation of the best places would be as close to the wildlife drive as possible to take advantage of them going and coming from the colonial period rice fields, say in or near Steamboat Cut or so. There is a canal at about 32' 10.8800 x 81' 8.8956 that has held some interest and directly to the west of it is some mud flat marsh to hide in and set up decoys.
Be VERY careful there with the tide fluctuations and mud flats. You'd be better to start the first time at sunup from the Houlihan ramp and look the area over for obstacles and good boat blind locations.
Be sure to print out and SIGN the permit/map.
Now, up near Big Collins Creek there is a couple of submerged river boats that I thought might be good for some duck setting too.

[fishingwithblue]

Originally Posted by tsubaki

You will note on the map for SNWR the locations for ducks allowed.
http://www.fws.gov/southeast/pubs/savhnt.pdf
My interpretation of the best places would be as close to the wildlife drive as possible to take advantage of them going and coming from the colonial period rice fields, say in or near Steamboat Cut or so. There is a canal at about 32' 10.8800 x 81' 8.8956 that has held some interest and directly to the west of it is some mud flat marsh to hide in and set up decoys.
Be VERY careful there with the tide fluctuations and mud flats. You'd be better to start the first time at sunup from the Houlihan ramp and look the area over for obstacles and good boat blind locations.
Be sure to print out and SIGN the permit/map.
Now, up near Big Collins Creek there is a couple of submerged river boats that I thought might be good for some duck setting too.

Shot some teal in the south altamaha this morning, Sav Ref reminds me alot of the Altamaha,,,very prehistoric looking and beautiful. Me and the wife and kids rode out to the road that goes around the ponds there and saw at least 100 teal and others landing at dark.

Thanks for the heads up and info. I plan on doing alot of scouting of this area and trolling for stripers and catfish. I don't understand the rule about the area directly north of the GA 25 bridge/Houlihans ramp.

Hunting will not be permitted within 100 yards of Georgia
Highway 25 and South Carolina Highway 170; in or on
Middle and Steamboat Rivers and Houstown Cut, nor

closer than 50 yards of the shoreline of these waterways.

Does this mean you can't hunt south of 95? On the map Isla Island is colored for waterfowl hunting? Per the regs you can only hunt the banks of Front river?

Hell why don't you just ride with me,,,,,I gotta comfy dry riding duck boat! How is the catfish fishing around there? Looks like champney river in Darien. Saw a brotha catch 3 nice channel cats at the ramp while we were taking out.

[tsubaki]

Hunting will not be permitted within 100 yards of Georgia
Highway 25 and South Carolina Highway 170; in or on
Middle and Steamboat Rivers and Houstown Cut, nor

closer than 50 yards of the shoreline of these waterways.



Safety zones, being the other rivers are so narrow and to prevent road access hunting.
Yes you can hunt Isla (Ursla) Island, just get 151 feet from the bank of the Steamboat or Middle River.

Thanks for the invite! With my unsure schedule these last few weeks, I can't plan to absolutely do anything for myself. Scheduled to go to Tuckahoe WMA this week and I'm not sure this won't fall apart.

I've not fished that (those) rivers in years. Back when the tide gates were operational we'd catch trout, bass and flounder on one side of them and stripers on the other. Also used to fish off the bridge in the Middle River (now prohibited) for stripers, normally pitching 1/2oz screwtails. Wifes brother in-law and his neighbor regularly pull Bream and Catfish out of Union Creek.
I've just started looking at Altamaha, stopped by during the first days dove shoot last year and this year. That's about as far as I got.