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Some of my fondest childhood memories are the Sunday afternoons spent standing in the surf at Morris Island. Us boys would hook the boat up after church while mom prepared some sandwiches and dad got together the surf rods and sand spikes. We would put in at the Folly landing and would run the winding Folly River down to Light House Inlet. Then we would tuck into a small creek that runs in behind Morris Island and dad would throw the cast net to catch some fresh bait.
We kept pretty much anything he caught in the net as bait including mullet, menhaden, shrimp, pinfish, croaker, or even a stray blue crab. We would then run back out to the inlet and head out to the sandbars that were located just in front of the old lighthouse. Dad would pull the boat into one of the gullies located on the backside of the sandbars and we would anchor.
After a quick bite of lunch and usually a short swim we would grab a rod, the bait, and a sand spike and head over to breakers for an afternoon of fishing. I have always enjoyed this type of fishing for several reasons: rigging and the entire tackle setup is extremely simple and easy, I find it to be quite relaxing just standing in the warm salt water barefooted in the sand, and finally I find it to be really exciting because you never know what you are going to catch.
Over the years we have caught Redfish, Trout, Spanish Mackerel, Whiting, Sharks, Tarpon, Bluefish, Stingrays, and of course everyone’s favorite the Sail Catfish. As soon as we would hook into a fish in the surf dad would ask us, “What you got?” We would start guessing and by the time we got it within sight we had gone through the entire list at least three times.
As far as good locations to fish Andy’s article last week “Reading Sandbars” detailed everything you need to know about good locations to fish on a sandbar. He went into great detail on fishing around entrances and channels to gullies and watching the breakers for signs of depth changes, so you can loc