Looked for menhaden most of the morning and finally found them spread out in the South Edisto just below the Edisto River. Headed out to the Edisto 60 in some nasty chop around 10:30.
Slow, slow, slow. Picked up a cuda and two sharks on a downrigger. Only fished for a couple of hours and headed back.
It’s always a good day on the ocean!
Grady White 252 Advance, Twin Yamaha 150 4 strokes
No kings at the edisto biting, thats surprising at least you got to fight something. Downriggers are great.
I’m a striper fisherman and this will be my first time using my downriggers in the ocean. How deep do you normally run your bait on the downriggers when fishing for kings? Do you try to stay near the bottom or do you look for fish on the sonar and then decide on depth? Just curious.
Kevin
1720 Sea Hunt w/ 90hp Yam
M’Ocean Sickness
look for fish on the sonar… find where most of the baitfish are swimming. thats where the kings will be. I personnaly drop it down and if im not getting any hits then i change depths.
From reds to marlin you got it.
2001 210 Sea Fox
2009 Yamaha F150
2008 Skeeter 24V
2008 Yamaha F250
(Team Boat)
I usually start with my downriggers half way to the bottom then adjust accordingly. It seems like 45 ft seems to be a good number lately.
If you are in 60 foot of water have one at 45 and one at 30, and so on and so on.
28.5sportcraft twin evinrude 150 ocean pros