edisto 6/8

Saltwater Surf / Pier Fishing
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Made it out to Edisto for a couple hours this afternoon with the family before the rain came. Got out there just after noon and the tide was about dead low. Caught a small whiting right off the bat, but he jumped out of my hand and back into the water. About 10 minutes later I caught a small bluefish so he was the shark bait this time. Set my bigger rod out with about a 2-3" chunk of bluefish and set in the rod holder. Took about 20 minutes before the pole started bending. The wife grabbed the pole and handed to our son.
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Kid handled the fight like a pro. Ended up being a 3’ sharpnose, which we kept for the grill.
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Didn’t take long after re-baiting for the rod to start bending again. This time the wife got to battle one in.
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This fish put up a good fight and made a few good runs. Could tell it was a bigger fish. Not exactly sure what species this guy is but thinking blacktip or spinner. Funny thing is, somehow she got two fish on one hook. The smaller shark went up the line like on a stringer. Not sure if the bigger shark was trying to eat him or how there would have been bait still on the hook if the small guy went up the line like that. Both were released.
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Pretty sure that’s a blacktip, nice day you had there. I fished folly today and caught a handful of whiting and baby sharpnose. Then caught a spec trout but he was only about 13".

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Nice job all three of you. Thanx for the pic’s!

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Thanks. Been having a ball playing with the sharks. Gonna try to hit Botany Bay Sunday if it ain’t too stormy.

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i dont care if they get regarded as junk, sharpnose are a blast and can be a trip saver when nothing else wants to bite. should have been especially fun for the little ones…nice work dad! ill be heading home on leave soon so no shark pics from me for a bit, but to do everyone a favor, ill be sure to set up a tourist boot camp on the lake erie beaches to TRY to make swimmers aware of fishing lines lol. keep up the good fishin!