Pulled up to one of my Redfish holes and Luke spotted a 7-8 foot gator. In 25 years, I have never seen a gator that far up in salt water.
We fished for a little while, and decided to go for sharks and Whiting.
Ten year old Luke, caught and released the nice 4 foot Sand Shark.
Kept 2 Sharpnose Sharks and some Whiting for supper.
Capt. Steve Fralin
Ugly Ducklin Charters
The Longest Established Inshore Fishing Guide at Edisto
Edisto Island, SC 29438
843-869-1580
843-908-2071 http://www.edistofishingcharters.com
FWIW, I saw a 4-5 footer at Breech Inlet, which is as salty as it gets. He was sitting on the sand near the bridge at the IOP side. When I approached, he hopped in the water.
… The Cross of Christ is the anvil upon which the hammer of evil wore itself out.
They are all over in the creeks in mcclellanville. Have to be careful when crabbing. Capt hook may have looked cool…but I don’t want to donate a hand to one;)
Pulled up to one of my Redfish holes and Luke spotted a 7-8 foot gator. In 25 years, I have never seen a gator that far up in salt water.
We fished for a little while, and decided to go for sharks and Whiting.
Ten year old Luke, caught and released the nice 4 foot Sand Shark.
Kept 2 Sharpnose Sharks and some Whiting for supper.
Capt. Steve Fralin
Ugly Ducklin Charters
The Longest Established Inshore Fishing Guide at Edisto
Edisto Island, SC 29438
843-869-1580
843-908-2071 http://www.edistofishingcharters.com
I have been going to Capers Island for years and I have seen 3 gators go down and get in the surf. Can’t get much saltier than that. I’m not sure why they do it, but they do.
They usually take to the Salt if they get kicked out of their lagoon by a bigger gator. Once another gator moves into “their” lagoon, they either have to move or be killed pretty much, so they move to the closest water around, sometimes it is salt.
They do move into salt to get rid of parasites, but usually go back by daylight to their usual spot. This one was probably run off by a bigger gator even though he was about 8 feet.
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Capt. Steve Fralin
Ugly Ducklin Charters
The Longest Established Inshore Fishing Guide at Edisto
Edisto Island, SC 29438
843-869-1580
843-908-2071 http://www.edistofishingcharters.com
I was kayaking in the upper Wando in early June, and had spotted a ~9’ gator just drifting up with the tide. I pointed it out to a few guys fishing near me, and then he disappeared. About an hour later after not seeing him I had some dead lines out when I felt a bump. Looking up, my rods weren’t moving. Looked down, and he was under the kayak, he had bumped the kayak… quite the pucker feeling and shock for a little bit. That could’ve gotten ugly.
</font id=“quote”></blockquote id=“quote”>For some reason I’m thinking it works the other way too? Salt creatures doing a freshwater rinse. Yes? No? I’m too tired to look it up right now.
