It was brutal out there today. A couple of buddies and I hit the Stono today around 0700 and it was beyond tough from the get go. Brutal wind (small craft advisory) out of the west blowing right down the pipe, dirty water (53 degrees), and flipper beating us to the fish made for a long day today. We were around fish but we either couldn’t coax them into to eating or flipper was bum rushing the school. In one area we were fishing, we watched two dolphin absolutely waylay three separate schools we found…IN ONE AREA.
Don’t get me wrong, it was great to hit the water with good friends, but it made the long drag from Columbia with boat in tow seem even longer today. But hey, you can’t catch’em from the couch.
For anyone that went out today, hope y’all had better luck today than we did and if you did, care to share any secrets?
Earn it everyday…
If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace.
Earn it everyday…
If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace.
Its tough right now! I hit the Stono at sunset last night and fished a couple docks with no luck. Those wiser than me have been pointing to heavy structure 15 feet of water. I hit two spots that match that description with some nice moving water but nary a nibble.
I’m going tomorrow evening though, so hopefully some good advice will pop up in your thread!
Took two guys out Monday morning and you are right the wind was nasty. I hit a few spots and picked a few reds at every stop. The biggest problem I had was finding clean water, once I did the fish were nonstop. They were all caught on live shrimp free lining them and holding the rod. The fish would pick the bait up and hold it and drop it several times before I could set the hook. The name of the game now is sit and wait and let them do there thing.
Went out the past 2 weekends (not this one) for short trips on the Stono and ended up with skunks at places I usually catch a few this time of year. Last weekend went for short trip to set up on a “choke point” where reds shoot out as the tide leaves the flat… and we saw them… but they were more concerned about moving to their low tide locations rather than feeding on the run. At least it was nice to know they’re still there.
