I was up in SC visiting family this weekend and made plans to go chuck some fluff with a buddy of mine up there. We planned on meeting at the Copahee launch at 0730 and fishing the low and incoming tides. Copahee is one of those spots where you have to be careful about launching around low tide as the creek from the launch to the bay dries up and can leave ya to drag your yak about 300 yds through pluff to launch. I thought we may be cuting it close with an 0830 low but he insisted we would be fine. So I get up this morning and leave the house at about 0645 and I’m driving down the road when all of a sudden my rear Thule rack comes right off the truck and takes the yak with it. My yak and rack fell completely off of the truck while driving about 40mph down the road. Hazards on and I get out to find that the sun shines on a dog’s @$$ once in a while as only superficial scratches to the yak and there was no one behind me that may have caused an accident . Look at the truck and a few scratches and dents on my new truck but it could have been a lot worse. I put the yak in the back of the truck and strap it in and continue on. Get to the launch and guess whoose in for the 300yd hike? You guessed it, this guy. I didn’t see Mike there but I figured he had already started the hike and launched or was late. So there I was trudging thru knee deep pluff when I receive a lesson in marine biology up close and personal with an oyster burried in the mud and slice my foot pretty good and blow out my sandal. Well I’m already pretty close to the water at this point and its not really bleeding much so I figure I came this far, might as well go for it. Now I have fished this area numerous times but I typically get there when I still can paddle strait to the channel and get on some reds around the oyster bars, this time however, the tide is so low that I get to a point where the yak is dragging bottom and I’m paddling the mud. I finnaly get out to the channel and realize I left the line that I use to tie my yak to the stake out pole
Markbob where you in the red native?, I was in the green native and you were right the reds were staged up going into the grass, dont give up on the oysters at low tide in Copahee the fish are in there hungry and ready to get to the grass just paddle out the main channels about half way even with the bay and then turn in and you can ride the tide in with the fish
PS get a gallon milk jug cut the top off throw a big sponge in it and you can cover the big and small spills in the native
thanks man, yeah that was me, we’ll have to hit that together on a low some time but there’s no way I’m launching if I have to drag to the water again. Did ya get any?
Thats why they call it fishing, not catching