Headed out at 8 AM. Low tide. Bait everywhere. Stono inlet was a little tricky at low. Got through with lowest depth 4 feet. Very little current. Saw one cobia but spooked it. Saw a huge school of spades but couldn’t stay on them. Landed a few sharks, ring tail, tinny porgy and tinny bsb. Fun day with a lot of learning opportunities. Going to figure out the spades eventually.
Oh yea. Fell out the boat catching bait on the beach at Kiawah. A first for me…
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are you running a jelly ball behind your boat when you see the spades
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No. We chummed with shrimp and squid. Honestly I think patience is all we needed. My buddies wife called us in shortly after we found the spades. A little more time and patience probably would have changed the day. I will keep the jelly ball behind the boat idea. Thanks
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Where did you fish? Nearshore reef?
Tuff e Nuff
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String 8 or 10 jellyballs on a fish stringer. Slash them up some and hang them under the boat for chum. Cut very small pieces of jellyball or small squid strips for bait. Use a small but strong hook. When I used to charter fish we always used small treble hooks. No weight other than maybe a split shot. Hook the little bait on one hook and a small strip of cellophane from a cigarette package on another. This works.
Once you entice one to bite, you’ve got it made. It will stir up the entire school to feed. Leave the first hooked fish in the water near the boat and the school will come to it and stay there feeding. Don’t be greedy, please !! They don’t freeze well. Keep enough for dinner.
That’s all you need to know about catching spades 
Capt. Larry Teuton
Swamp Worshiper
SF123 we were 4 miles off Kiawah at a top secret location 
CL that’s great advice. Thank you! Planning another trip soon.
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