Headed to the jetties Saturday around 10am using mud minnows. Bite was slow as tide was coming close to full high. Hooked in to several large black sea bass. Bluefish started running through. Then had a nice flounder, 18" take a minnow. Tide change moved to opposite side and MORE sea bass. Hooked into a decent red, 24". More trash fish. Decided to head up the Wando when tide dropped to catch bait and fish docks/oysters. Got a lot of good bait in the creeks, decent size shrimp and finger mullet. Hit a couple regular docks, hooked into quite a few fish. Reds and black drum. Caught another 7 or 8 reds before time to head in. Best day on the water this year. All in all, caught 11 different species: Reds, black drum, black sea bass, trout, flounder, bluefish, sea urchin, skate, stingray, sharpnose shark, and some weird cichlid fish(never seen one and regretfully didn’t take a pic).
Flounder at jetties
My buddy with a nice red
Urchin
Another of many reds to follow
Circle hook or J hook on that sea urchin?
Always use circles
2007 Pioneer 17’5 Baysport
“If people concentrated on the really important things in life, thered be a shortage of fishing poles”
Sounds like a great day. Congratulations!
Sea Pro 2100 CC Bay
150 Mercury Verado
We caught an urchin a few weeks ago too. Odd catch on a rod and reel.
19’ Sea-Pro CC
“Swagger Wagon”
Yamaha 115 - 2 stroke
14’ CMF Skiff
25 Johnson - 2 stroke
14’ Heritage Redfish
“There is no hunting like the hunting of man, and those who have hunted armed men long enough and liked it, never care for anything else thereafter.”
Ernest Hemingway
Yeah I agree, very odd catch. What were you using for bait?
2007 Pioneer 17’5 Baysport
“If people concentrated on the really important things in life, there would be a shortage of fishing poles”
Frozen shrimp as well.
19’ Sea-Pro CC
“Swagger Wagon”
Yamaha 115 - 2 stroke
14’ CMF Skiff
25 Johnson - 2 stroke
14’ Heritage Redfish
“There is no hunting like the hunting of man, and those who have hunted armed men long enough and liked it, never care for anything else thereafter.”
Ernest Hemingway
I caught an urchin my last trip to the jetties as well on shrimp. i thought i hooked it when bumping up on rocks… will they actually try to take the shrimp?