I am a new member & have a son in H.H. Thinking of bringing my boat down to Palmetto Bay Marina in Aug. Can you get Mahi or Cobia at the Ross in Aug?
“Less Golf”
225 Edgewater/200 HPDI Yamaha
Not on purpose.
2004 Scout 187 Sportfish
115 Yamaha
If not the good meat fish, what else is there?
“Less Golf”
225 Edgewater/200 HPDI Yamaha
King, Cuda’s and AmberJack’s, sharks…
21 scout w/150 yam 4str
16’ Alum. w/40 yam
I don’t know if you like to fish in close. If so, there used to be huge schools of Spanish Mackerel close in on the Full Moon in August. Seems like they were thickest at midday, for some reason. We would troll for Kings on the ledge out past the Betsy early, bottom fish the Betsy late morning (Cobia love blackfish, just reel them in slow), and then catch Spanish on the way in. I am inshore (river/sound) only these days, so I don’t know if the Spanish are still thick in August. If targeting just Spanish, we would run upwind a few miles from the Port Royal Sound “elbow”, and work downwind through the edges of huge schools of Spanish so as not to make them sound. You could see many, many schools, each a acre or so in size. They would be just off the beaches, in maybe about 30 ft. of water or less, and would come in close around the range markers, especially on the incoming tide. The birds would give them away, and sometimes a handfull of boats would circle a school catching fish until some dummy ran through the middle of them! Lots of fun!
spec
1980 Skandia 21 w/ '93 JohnRude 150 gas drinker
Thx for all the info. Real HOT here in M.I. Hope we get a break in Jul & Aug.
“Less Golf”
225 Edgewater/200 HPDI Yamaha
Lots of good info above but I would push out farther… Plan to fish the snapper or grand banks… Lots of good fish will hold there in august… Including cobia, snapper, grouper, triggers, beeliners and who knows what else.
If you want to have some fun and take it easy head out in the morning early and look for the jacks bring some top water lures and at least a 5000 series spinner or larger and you will get hooked up on some big jacks… Or better yet fish inshore for tarpon
Be careful. No snapper for SC this year.
Kevin
1720 Sea Hunt w/ 90hp Yam
M’Ocean Sickness
Good luck on the wind!
Caught a sailfish there that time of year live baiting for kings. anything is possible.
266 Sailfish 150f Yams./ 20’Bullet 225 Pro XS/14’ Indigo 25 yamaha