Today was my my first trip down, and as expected, I got skunked. Bought a new boat and all new gear, now I just gotta figure out how to use them.
I fished the entire outgoing tide(about 7 hours) and didn’t even hook a fish. I tried a little bit of everything, trying to figure out what to use and how to fish them. I tried a carolina rig(1 oz egg with 2/0 hook) baited with MM, cut mullet, and frozen shrimp. I also had a float rig that had a popping float, 18" 15# mono and a 3/8 0z jig head. I think the jig was too large looking back. I baited it with all of the above plus a couple of gulp plastics. Never even got a good bite.
I have to drive down from Charlotte(3.5 hrs) so any help shortening the learning curve would be greatly appreciated. I fished the IOP ICW and surrounding area; creeks, oyster banks, docks…I tried fishing different depths but not really sure how deep I should be. Tried to use current too.
Sorry for the very long winded post. Hope everyone else brought some fish to the boat at least. Thanks for any and all advice