Thanks for sharing! It's been a while since I read your book, but I didn't remember SC having a native redeye population. Which states have them?
I carried my grandson redeye fishing a few weeks ago and we caught 3. He was much more interested in floating through the shoals. He had never seen water like that before and had a ball until he bumped his lip on a rock. That was the end of the trip.

That's awesome. Given the heat we've had lately I'd prefer floating through the shoals too!
Redeye Bass from the Savannah River drainage (colloquially called Bartram's Bass) are native to both GA and SC due to that river's proximity to both. This particular one is only found in those two states. Overall, only Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, and South Carolina can lay claim to native redeye bass populations.