Is it legal to gig during flood tides during the day? DNR says no flounder during the day and no reds/trout in the winter, but nothing about tailing sheepshead/black drum during the summer.
if you can get close enough to gig a flood tide bass, You have my deepest respect
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Originally posted by wino86Is it legal to gig during flood tides during the day? DNR says no flounder during the day and no reds/trout in the winter, but nothing about tailing sheepshead/black drum during the summer.
First, I’m going to agree with PeaPod – if you can get close enough to gig on the flat, I guess you deserve it.
Second, and perhaps more importantly, giggers already get a bad rap, so please consider just passing on these fish, especially the reds. Obviously you’re entitled to do whatever is legal, but if you insist, please at least be discreet. Plenty of communities are already to get rid of gigging. That said, I don’t see much difference in gigging sheeps and black drum during the day or at night, since they aren’t all that susceptible to pursuit by fly.
But to finally stop my rambling and answer your question – wait, disclaimer: this isn’t legal advice. So if you get ticketed or arrested, not my fault. I do not have a SC law license and do not purport to know anything about the fish and game laws. But as a layperson, I don’t think the regs say anything about gigging those fish on the flood tides generally. But the regs do prohibit gigging for flounder during daylight hours and: “It is unlawful in Georgetown County to gig for fish in saltwaters from the northern tip of North Island to the northern tip of Magnolia Beach during daylight hours.”
So to me, the negative inference is that if you aren’t gigging in Georgetown County between North Island and Magnolia Beach, and you don’t stick a flounder, you’re good to go.
Well this is half report and half discussion. Managed to gig a 16’’ tailing sheepshead on during last week’s flood tide. 2 days later I managed to hook this 12" tailing sheepshead using a fiddler crab and some bullet weights, and then heard some wake on the walk back down the dock, got back in the water, and threw to what I assumed was another sheepshead but turned out to be a 16" red. Anytime I get any tailing fish I am stoked, but to catch a tailing sheepshead and red in the same day is pretty special. I have spoken to a few friends, and everyone gives me the same look about a tailing sheepshead. I’ll work on getting a better photo of me fishing for tailing sheepshead because they did it every flood tide around my dock on James Island. Stalking a tailing fish with a gig on a flood tide is frickin tricky, but I can now say I have done it. Also in my limited experience with tailing sheepshead-they spook WAY less than reds do. Can’t wait for the next flood tide! (Sorry for the huge pics but obviously I don’t post much on here.
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try to gig in the head or gills! You are wasting a lot of meat
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We have tons of tailing sheeps at our place. Sometimes they seem to outnumber the reds 2:1. If they are too far away it can take some time to determine if it’s a red or sheeps. It can be frustrating to think you are right next to a red only to sit anxiously for 15 minutes to see some stripes finally show themselves.
I almost got some video of one last week but only managed to catch a Red in frame.
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Sellsfish-Trust me I would love to have the ability to hit them in the head, but as of now I’m just happy to hit them. Honestly I don’t think I’m going to gig anymore b/c it’s also hard to tell the size of the fish, and you spook a lot of fish off trying to gig them, but it is definitely a rush to stalk a fish like that!
There is one flat I walk that can get covered up with tailing black drum and sheeps. They are always small when they are there though and they rarely move or spook.
I’ve poked many of them with my rod tip.
http://vid245.photobucket.com/albums/gg51/Shevlin77/Sheepshead%20Sneak%20Attack_zpsbwh2jgco.mp4
Not sure why gigging one would be much fun, but to each their own!
awesome vid shevy
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I want to catch them all