Book Your Fishing Charter in Cope, SC

Orangeburg County is enticing due to its abundance of natural beauty and more than thirty listings on the National Registry of Historic Places in the United States. Orangeburg County offers a distinctive lifestyle with all the comforts of home, including moss-draped oak trees, an abundance of golf courses, gorgeous lakes and rivers, and unique festivals and events like the Festival of Roses and the Grand American Coon Hunt. Companies in Orangeburg County have a significant logistical advantage because of their location between the state's capital, Columbia, and its main port city, Charleston.

While the close-by, highly-rated Port of Charleston connects Orangeburg to the rest of the globe, access to the interstates via I-95 and I-26 keeps goods flowing. It is in Orangeburg County, South Carolina, where the small yet inviting community of Cope can be found. It is named after farmer Jacob Martin Cope of Barnwell County, who sold a section of his land for the town and a train depot in the 1890s. Following the sale, Cope had two churches, several stores, a grist mill, a cotton gin, and a planing mill within a year or two.

Cope Fishing: A Rustic Getaway

Although Cope is a small inland region, it is close to numerous bodies of water teeming with different fish species. At the top of the list is the Edisto River, which is best accessed with guidance from freshwater charters like Blue Light Charters.

Over 5,000 stream miles, 11,000 acres of lakes and ponds, and 20,000 acres of the estuary are included in the Edisto River Basin’s 3,100 square mile drainage area. The Edisto rises just above South Carolina's "fall line," where the sand dunes of the Coastal Plain replace the undulating red clay hills of Piedmont and the Midlands and travels through the Low Country for 250 sinuous "river miles'' before reaching the Atlantic Ocean. Freshwater fishing trips around this area are more exciting because famous fish species like the anadromous striped bass, American shad, shortnose sturgeon, Atlantic sturgeon, and American eel have habitats in the freely flowing Edisto River.

Lake Marion, Wateree River, and Congaree Rivers are other interesting and well-known fishing spots near Cope. Create the best of memories in these destinations by joining fishing tours led by Catfishing With Capt. Mark Lawson.

Be Charmed by the Pleasantness of Cope

With its rustic charm, the tiny hamlet of Cope demonstrates that a community's size and expansion do not affect how nice it is. Anglers will have the time of their lives in this community after spending the day on the water.

1. Indulge Your Curiosity at the ​​UFO Welcome Center

The UFO Welcome Center, built by South Carolina resident Jody Pendarvis is the perfect spot for extraterrestrials to stay if they ever come to our planet in search of a place to lay their heads. The welcome center was thrown together from scrap wood, metal, and odd stuff to resemble two silver UFOs piled behind a scrap metal fence.

2. Visit the God's Acre Healing Springs

Behind the Healing Springs Baptist Church in neighboring Blackville, on a property with the uncommon distinction of being deeded to God, is God's Acre Healing Springs. The springs' mineral waters come from adjacent artesian wells, and legend has been based on them for generations.