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Lake Moultrie: Cross Fish Hatchery

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Lake Moultrie: Cross Fish Hatchery

Skill Level: Easy
Flow Level No Information
Rapids: None
Length: 7.30 miles
Duration: 3 - 4 hours
Portaging: No
What to Expect

This area of Lake Moultrie is protected by a series of dikes and islands.  There are many places to fish and watch wildlife, such as alligators and wading birds.

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Highway 6 Fish Hatchery
Access Details

Large paved lot, no fees or restrooms.

Trip Details

The Hatchery, or Pinopolis Pool as it is sometimes known, provides an easily accessed and reasonably well protected area for paddlers. The 2,254 acres provides an area largely enclosed by dikes and containing numerous small islands as well as canals along much of the dike. The shallow stump fields of the central and eastern portion provide excellent largemouth bass fisheries and the north shore of the main canal is a very popular and productive fishery for bluegills and speckled perch (crappie). The unnamed island off of the entrance to the north/south canal where the launching ramp is located contains a large pond inhabited by bluegills. It can be accessed by canoe or kayak from the southern tip of the island. Alligators can be sighted over much of the area as well as a variety of wading birds, songbirds, and small game. Santee Cooper as well as DNR often place experimental plantings in this area to determine their suitability in the lakes environment. Please obey any signage in the area relative to the plantings.

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