This is my first year fishing inshore with a boat. I don’t have anything large, just a 14’ aluminum. But are there any reasonable possibilities of catching anything like spanish macks or spadefish in places like Folly River (provided the water isn’t rough for my boat)?
I do remember catching small spades off of Folly pier a number of years ago, do they ever come up into Folly River or perhaps the ICW?
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Spanish and blues are good seasonal fish, along with sharks. Catch em all on the stono inlet. I’ve never seen more that a 3" spadefish in the folly, in my net.
OK, sounds cool. I’ve never been able to put a spanish in the cooler so I just buy them from Sellsfish lol.
I have a small stash of Got-cha plugs. I’ll read up on targeting inshore spanish, I’m sure there’s some reading out there on it.
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Spanish should be no problem for you. My go-to lure is usually a small silver Clark spoon with a red bead. White bucktails work good too. Spanish like a fast moving bait, troll about 8mph or so, or cast into a school and reel like heck. Their primary food is glass minnows so that’s what you want to imitate.
When you catch one it will probably regurgitate a mouth full of minnows, look at them and match their size with your lure size.
We used to make our own lures out of plastic drinking straws. Cut a section of the straw about 2" long with an angle on the head end. Thread a hook thru the straw and tie on the leader. Rig 3 or 4 of them on dropper loops like a sabiki rig. Cheap and effective.
Last but not least, spanish will seldom pass up a free lined live shrimp.
Be careful of the teeth! They can bite your finger clean off!
Capt. Larry Teuton
Cracker Built Custom Boats
“Ships are the nearest things to dreams that hands have ever made.” -Robert N. Rose
Spanish should be no problem for you. My go-to lure is usually a small silver Clark spoon with a red bead. White bucktails work good too. Spanish like a fast moving bait, troll about 8mph or so, or cast into a school and reel like heck. Their primary food is glass minnows so that’s what you want to imitate.
When you catch one it will probably regurgitate a mouth full of minnows, look at them and match their size with your lure size.
We used to make our own lures out of plastic drinking straws. Cut a section of the straw about 2" long with an angle on the head end. Thread a hook thru the straw and tie on the leader. Rig 3 or 4 of them on dropper loops like a sabiki rig. Cheap and effective.
Last but not least, spanish will seldom pass up a free lined live shrimp.
Be careful of the teeth! They can bite your finger clean off!
Capt. Larry Teuton
Cracker Built Custom Boats
“Ships are the nearest things to dreams that hands have ever made.” -Robert N. Rose
The straw thing sounds like something to try. I’ve been in the broad getting Greenies and had Spanish demolish sabiki rigs.
They work as good as anything else and they don’t cost $5 each. You lose a lot of lures with spanish from cut-offs and you get a lot more bites on mono than with wire.
Forgot to say, crimp a split shot just below the eye of the hook. Look for white straws with a red stripe, or red with a white stripe. A box of straws will make a lot of lures.
Capt. Larry Teuton
Cracker Built Custom Boats
“Ships are the nearest things to dreams that hands have ever made.” -Robert N. Rose
For what it’s worth, considering I need to heed the water conditions in my boat, how far close to the opening of the inlet do I need to be? The water out there, even on a good day, can be a bit much for my soda can.
Moral judgment under girds the entire structure of laws and is necessary for the rational structure of any significant statute. The idea that our laws can stand independent of moral foundation is senseless.----- Albert Mohler.
Matt just watch the weather. I’ve been in the inlet in my yak before. There’s all kinds if stuff inshore of bird key to kiawah inlet side. I’ve never been past that, not had reason to. Just check it out on a real low or negative tide. It will seriously give you a good feel for the area. You can drift with a shark rod on the bottom, and throw plugs for Spanish, while having a light rod for whiting and blues. Just watch the wind, if it looks too rough, it is.CN
Well, I won’t be out there for sharks if I have my son (other than perhaps some crabs for bull reds and bonnets), but I’m definitely all about putting him on a mess of whiting.
I think I’ve found my next legit trip, thanks!. It will be a few weeks before I get out there, got a lot of family stuff do to and need to rebuild the water pump on my motor first.
Thanks for the help all!
Moral judgment under girds the entire structure of laws and is necessary for the rational structure of any significant statute. The idea that our laws can stand independent of moral foundation is senseless.----- Albert Mohler.
Last time I was out near stono inlet (Last week) I saw 2 red buoys and one green (or vice versa- cant remember).
How far past that does it get really shallow and dangerous? If headed out to the ocean, what is thr better side to get out- to the right or left of those buoys?
Are the Spanish out past those buoys or inside of them? Thanks!!
Only 1 green. Stay on that side as you head out SE if going to open ocean.
There’s always 4-6 ft even at low tide so lots of water for small boats- not sportys. Just seems weird to be that shallow > 1 mile off the beach.
Can’t answer where the Spanish are but I’m interested myself.