took my old crew out for a quick trip. The fish have moved in shallow for sure, had our 3 man gag limit in 45 minutes only using one rod because liveys were scarce in my normal hangouts fish between 12-15 #s anything thats live will do.
Sweet!
Get 'em while ya can.
Awesome!!
Nice fish! I’ve also been having trouble finding the live bait as of recent. If you don’t mind sharing where did you end up jigging them up? I’m heading off in a couple of hours for a afternoon grouper trip. Thanks again for the report.
BigFish80
2007 Hydra-Sports 2500 CC Vector w/ Twin 250’s
bait is on the nearshore reefs and live bottom
balls of it easily found on sonar
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Hello everyone new to the site this is my first post. Can anyone point me in the right direction to catch some fish like this? I’m new to salt water fishing, my boat is a sea pro 190wa. Never fished out of Charleston so any tips would be appreciated.
Tons of bait on the nearshore. artificial reefs lately
Is one of those a black grouper? Great Fish!
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Awesome Patrick and Hannah. Glad you get it done one more time while we still can.
Hannah thanks for hooking Greg up on boat insurance. I will get back to you about my house after the holidays. I’m heading to Austin to burn some SkyMiles.
14’ Pamlico 140 Angler w/ rudder
Kayak, SCUBA, or both.
Hello everyone new to the site this is my first post. Can anyone point me in the right direction to catch some fish like this? I’m new to salt water fishing, my boat is a sea pro 190wa. Never fished out of Charleston so any tips would be appreciated.
Leave your boat and join the crew of some other boats. Don’t try and steal GPS numbers or anything but you will get the general theory that way. After a handful of trips you will catch on. Grouper like that only hit live bait on clean rigs or a decent jig.
14’ Pamlico 140 Angler w/ rudder
Kayak, SCUBA, or both.
Thanks, how does one go about finding a boat with an open spot? You can email me so we don’t go of topic this thread address is on my profile.
Grouper like that only hit live bait on clean rigs or a decent jig.
not so- i’ve caught just as many on squid on a chicken rig as anything else.
drives the grouper experts crazy
OUR GOVERNMENT HAS BECOME THE ENEMY OF FREEDOM.
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Originally posted by Bad HabitGrouper like that only hit live bait on clean rigs or a decent jig.
not so- i’ve caught just as many on squid on a chicken rig as anything else.
drives the grouper experts crazyOUR GOVERNMENT HAS BECOME THE ENEMY OF FREEDOM.
but you will catch 63,547 sea bass for each grouper.
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NMFS = No More Fishing Season
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quote:
Originally posted by Bad HabitGrouper like that only hit live bait on clean rigs or a decent jig.
not so- i’ve caught just as many on squid on a chicken rig as anything else.
drives the grouper experts crazyOUR GOVERNMENT HAS BECOME THE ENEMY OF FREEDOM.
Best advice I ever got was to always be ready to try many dif baits and presentations. Doing the same thing every time won’t let you be consistent. Time for chicken rigs, and a time for live bait…
I agree, both will get them.
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Got owned today man!!! Thats awesome! Ended with triggers and broken hearts
We called for you on the radio, we crushed them two days in a row, merry christmass to you and your lovely wife,Ed.
If it got any better I couldn’t stand it.
Harly, invest in the UniqueMaps charts, fish any of the live bottom numbers with any live bait (or fresh bait) you can get. The trick is being able to read your bottomfinder and see the “hard” bottom with relief on it. You should see fish on it too and then fish DIRECTLY on that spot. I don’t think I’ve talked to anybody on this site that ever got skunked fishing this plan. Any such hard live bottom between 40 and 180 ft will have a lot of fish, most of the good spots are about 100+ ft. Also, the artificial wrecks published on DNR site.