Late start I bc had to turn around at Morris island for sunscreen then had a sandbar run in while catching bait. Lines not in at N Edisto banks area till 930 or so. marked good bait but only surface signs were marsh weeds. Nailed a nice bull on a maurader on the short line and got one more cow later. Getting late so we rolled in after a few drops on the ledge that really only yielded one graysby or strawberry. Hit some #s in 80ft on way back in and did 5 quick drifts that were perfect along the structure. Turned out we were on little gag play ground. We got 7 or so in 20min but all were just a bit short released happy to grow up. Couple bsb and grunts and we headed in. Beautiful ocean.
Late start probably didnt hurt you that much. Sea was a tad confused early on for smaller boats like mine. We actually stopped and bottom fished on the way very briefly because i was tired of getting knocked around while running. It laid down a little and then we continued on to the trolling grounds and the ocean continued to flatten throughout the day.