Saturday 7/27, I fished the rising in the Stono River from about 8am-1pm without any luck (except blue crabs…) I tried several different spots in the main river, docks, & a creek mouth using live mud minnows on the bottom in deep or shallow water & under a popping cork near the grass lines
Determined not to get skunked, I went back out to fish low tide staying out from about 6pm until around 9:30pm, this time in the Ashley River, heading out about low tide, came back about 1/2 risen.
@ dead low, i was tossing my carolina rigged mud minnow in deep water & hooked a stingray, fun battle, but not what i was after. I wanted fish tacos dammit! the tide started to turn & we weren’t having any luck in deep water or the mud flat, so i moved into a creek & out of the main Ashley River, we found lots of bait in a mouth a couple bends up the creek so decided that would be as good a spot as any. no luck under a popping cork, so i swapped to carolina rig, & finally small success! I landed the 1st fish on my jon boat, an undersided trout, released to grow into a keeper. I kept tossing to the same grass line, & after a few minutes, I landed a keeper trout. kept at it for another 20 min or so with no more luck so headed home
7/28 fished the stono again, this time on the falling tide, different spots than 7/27, but still no luck. this time i was using live shrimp then doa shrimp, fished some creek mouths, a flat, & some docks. I’m fairly new to the inshore fishing thing, so i have been trying to do something different each time i go out, taking mental note of what works & what doesn’t. hopefully one day I’ll get out there & catch something worth a photo lol