Fall Fishing

I need to have my backside cut for not keeping up with the fishing reports, but I will try to make up for it. The Tarpon season was cut short again by bad weather in September, just when the sound was full of Tarpon the wind and rain kept us off the fishing grounds. Tarpon season was decent this year with the largest fish landed around 126 pounds measured by taking the length and girth and applying the weight formula. The inshore Bull Redfish bite was another short season, 5 fish trips were common the first two weeks of October then the fish left the area. Now the Bull Reds are offshore around the near shore wrecks and the Port Royal Shipping Channel. Yesterday we caught and tagged 7 from 37" to 41". We also had the privilege a couple of weeks ago of landing the first Bull Red Drum re-capture. The fish was the 4th fish tagged last year by Glenn Ulrich next to the Broad River Bridge. We caught the Red about a mile and a half from the bridge towards the sound. The fish only grew a 1/4 inch. Good to have some evidence that our adult Red Drum seem to stay in our waters. The other good news to write about, the fall bite of inshore Redfish and Trout is wide open. Fishing the outgoing tide in all the prime areas Redfish can be taken on most artificial es and cut bait, though anything Gulp is my favorite. If trolling is your game, plenty of Trout to catch trolling the marsh edges with Electric Chicken grubs. Business is slow but the fishing is Hot, lets Go!

Cobia Season

Cobia season has not been the banner year we had last year, but we have managed to land some nice fish in the Broad River. Seems most of the big catches have happened offshore at the near shore artificial reefs. No whoppers as of now but we are still catching some nice Cobia near the mouth of the sound and as a bonus the last 3 trips we have hooked at least one Tarpon each trip. Most Tarpon bites have been on the top baits with the fish creating quite a hole in the water eating the bait. I have never landed a Tarpon this early in the summer so we may be in for a good year.

Long time No Post, but Cobia Time Now

Spring fishing for Redfish was the best I have had in a few years. Usually in April the water gets muddy and the Redfish are tough to find. This April was no exception, however I changed techniques and we had a good month. The ticket was Gulp baits on the edge of the grass on an in coming tide and Redfish Magic Spinner baits on the last half of the outgoing tide. Here are a couple of Pics.
The best news of late is the arrival of Cobia. The past few weeks a few Cobia have been caught, none by the Fishincoach's Crew. However, today we got the skunk off landing 3 nice Cobia. The bait of the day was a silver and black popper. A great site to see a cruising Cobia explode on a top water bait. Cobia time in the lowcounty, It does not get any better!

Redfish are in school but taking long lunch breaks

The Redfish bite for December has been great. Schools are easy to find when the winds have been low. The best news is the water temperature has not dropped too low and the Redfish are eating aggressively. Cut bait or Gulp baits fished around the grass on the incoming tide have produced catches of 15 to 40 fish per trip. The sad thing is not too many fishermen taking advantage of the good bite. The water is super clear now and the fish are eating, need more folks to catch some whoppers.
On the offshore grounds the bottom bite is raging. On good weather days the bite is non stop.

Redfish have started school

The Bull Reds have left the inshore waters. However, when the weather permits the big boys can be caught near shore on the edge of the Port Royal shipping channel. I plan to do some trolling for them in the next few weeks. I bet they can put a crunch on a slow trolled Drone Spoon. The juvenile Redfish have started school. Thanksgiving week we had some great weather and the Redfish were willing to eat. Most fish were in the slot and were glad to eat our Gulp baits, and cut Mullet. We also ventured out to the General Gordon wreck and hammered some Sheepshead until we ran out of fiddlers. Grey Trout also hit small pieces of cut bait. December might be the best month of the year to fish the low country and I am fired up and ready to go!

Let's Go Fishing

Except for the big tides and strong NE winds it is time to go fishing! Fall is the time to fish the low country, but the sad thing is not many folks here to go. The Tarpon have left the area but the Bull Reds are growing in numbers everyday. With the water temperature dropping the Trout and Redfish are on the prowl with the feedbag in wide open. This past week the Bull Reds were chomping and the best part was we were catching them less than a mile from the landing. The fish ranged in size from 34" to 45". A 25lb Redfish can put a real kink in your rod. The Redfish do not run fast like a Cobia but they put up a bulldog of a fight. We also caught the slot size fishing the marsh edges with Gulp Shrimp and a popping cork. Speckled Trout will also strike Screwtail Grubs trolled along the marsh edge on high water. Like I said the fall is the best time to fish the Low country!

Finally got the Tarpon Skunk Off

The move of my boat to the North End Charter Fleet was the best decision I have made with my fishing business in two years. Not only are all the Charter Captains great guys and a big help, being close to Port Royal Sound is a big bonus. There are tons of places to fish and much closer to the offshore grounds than the South End of the island. This past week we finally had the opportunity to fish for Tarpon. In two days of fishing we jumped 5 fish landing 2. While fishing for Tarpon we are also catching good size Spanish Mackeral and Blue Fish and monster Dusky Sharks. The Bull Red Drum are soon to follow and are not more than 15 minutes from the dock. The pictures don't do justice to the size of the Tarpon. Tarpon are true Demons of the deep.