I have a private spot of the Ashley River by Leeds Ave. I’ve seen reds tailing in high tide and have thrown everything in my arsenal at them to no avail. Anyone have any luck with trout or reds out that way? I have caught some dinner sized blue cats, but usually hook more than enough stingray. A) What do you guys do with the stingray when you catch em? Someone told me to kill em and throw them back. ( I have never done this…yet ) B) How do I get the tailing reds attention and what’s tried and true? I typically use cut mullet, headed shrimp and whole shrimp…anything I can catch to use as bait. Just curious if anyone ever fishes around this area. I RARELY see any boats out here.
I throw the stingrays back. Don’t know why anyone would kill them. As for the reds, it’s all in the presentation. If you chuck a slab of mullet at them you will spook them. Try fishing the creek mouth on the incoming tide.
If two wrongs don’t make a right, try three.
I can ASSURE you…your spot is not private
Yeah, I meant a private dock…
When all else fails I use
- finger mullet (3-4 inch)
- mud minnow
- blue crab
Pretty much in that order. Fingers and Muds either free lined or split shot.
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If you know they are there or coming,use the crab or shrimp if its fresh under a float and wait for them. Do not pop the cork, just wait, they’ll find it. If you can get some mud minnows try them the same way.
You can’t catch fish on a dry line
Good advice from the rest. Mud minnows on a split shot just leaving them there for the Reds to find would be my try.
Don’t know why people kill the stingrays. I don’t kill anything that I don’t intend to eat.
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Originally posted by pawayneGood advice from the rest. Mud minnows on a split shot just leaving them there for the Reds to find would be my try.
Don’t know why people kill the stingrays. I don’t kill anything that I don’t intend to eat.
I too practice this.
As to the order, I would go to the quartered blue crab first as the redfish dine on those in the flats.
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could be they are sunning and not feeding…catch them on the way in or out(preferably out.
Took a guy out fishing and he hooked a gar.He turned and stuck the gar in the mud next to the boat.I asked him why he did that and he said gar were a pain in the ass.i pulled the gar out turned it loose and took him back to the landing.i said bye u are a pain in the ass.
Stonoman
Haha! Well, I haven’t killed a stingray for fun. Anytime I’m on the docks, I have my little boy with me. I don’t want him killing things for fun…but that’s what I was told. They are a pain in the ass. I do catch a lot of the with their tails cut passed the barb?..
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Originally posted by stonomanTook a guy out fishing and he hooked a gar.He turned and stuck the gar in the mud next to the boat.I asked him why he did that and he said gar were a pain in the ass.i pulled the gar out turned it loose and took him back to the landing.i said bye u are a pain in the ass.
Stonoman
Joe hopefully u turned the boat back around and finished your day of fishing!
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Originally posted by Dustin ColeI have a private spot of the Ashley River by Leeds Ave. I’ve seen reds tailing in high tide and have thrown everything in my arsenal at them to no avail. Anyone have any luck with trout or reds out that way? I have caught some dinner sized blue cats, but usually hook more than enough stingray. A) What do you guys do with the stingray when you catch em? Someone told me to kill em and throw them back. ( I have never done this…yet ) B) How do I get the tailing reds attention and what’s tried and true? I typically use cut mullet, headed shrimp and whole shrimp…anything I can catch to use as bait. Just curious if anyone ever fishes around this area. I RARELY see any boats out here.
I am far from an expert on reds or the Ashley. But I live on/fish the river and am starting to figure things out. Reds can’t see all that well, the Ashley is stained swamp water - you need stinky/oily bait. Not rotten bait - but bait that has some kick.
We loaded up on pogies in the harbor in the early fall- kept enough for the winter. Freshly frozen cut pogies seem to catch everything on that river - from 30#++ cats & reds up to 28"-30".
Excellent advice jughed. I never noticed the water being so murky, but the current does run super fast all day, stirring up the sediment.