I went into to Hadrells today for 4 hours. Brought 5 of my poles. It was a great experience. I got my reels restrung as needed, put power pro 80 pound braid on top of my bottom fishing reels, fixed a busted clasp on my penn 80W, they went through all my crap and helped me rig up a great set of lures, showed me how to put the ballyhoo on properly, it was a great experience! I can’t say enough nice things about this place. Literally I dumped a plastic storage box of a mess on his desk and he patiently showed me everything. I feel much better about my tackle now. Thanks to the brothers in there that helped me today! Thursday is going to be a blast…now if any of you can put me on some good trolling for tuna, wahoo, dolphin this time of year, that’d be great. We plan on trolling in the morning, and then bottom fishing on the way back, Comanche always brings quantity. What are some good trolling spots out there within 60-70 miles? Thanks guys. As I understand the trolling fish are deeper when it’s cold, and shallower when it’s warm? Bottom fish are opposite?
Grab a maps unique an start working the ledge from gt hole down to the edisto banks. All spots are from 50-70 miles from the rocks. Also learn to read the weather and sst charts to figure out where to head.
LunaSea, any chance you could give me a call and walk me though it? I’ve got the map, found the edisto banks, not gt hole, unless you mean George town hole? Also, not sure how to use the weather, any help would be appreciated!
Joshua Cowling
I hope your ability to safely boat offshore is great compared to your fishing knowledge. Good Luck.
Please be careful out there J cowling! Have you considered posting in the match-up section and hooking up with someone who has some experience fishing out of CHS?
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I hope your ability to safely boat offshore is great compared to your fishing knowledge
I second that.
Friday especially don’t look good for a novice boater.
218WA Sailfish
The "Penn"sion Plan
I’ve been out there a few times, just haven’t fine tuned anything yet. I’ve owned boats all my life, and fished. But I"m from Colorado and don’t know the saltwater fishing great yet. When it comes to boating, I know how to operate one. As far as mechanically, I rebuild boats, so I can work on them. I’m just looking for good fishing spots and what to look for. I know some things, and it works. We landed 14 tuna, a wahoo, shark, black sea bass, vermillion, trigger fish and had a blast. Went out about 65-70 miles and back to Comanche. What I don’t know is closer places to get the same small tuna, when to start trolling, things like that. I think safety is pretty good. Thanks for the concern. I have the grouper snap me off all the time, never had gotten one into the boat. These are the things I’m looking to learn.
Joshua Cowling