I grew up in Charleston, but got into inshore kayak fishing while in school down in Florida. I learned the ropes down in Mosquito Lagoon and the Indian River about stalking tailing redfish and casting to huge schools of bulls. If yall have never been to this area yall should really check it out. The water is a war, crystal clear most of the year and the huge amount of shallow-water grass flats habitat makes this inshore fishing heaven.
Now that I’ve graduated and moved back to SC, I wasn’t sure what to expect. Yesterday I paddled the Stono River on the early AM high tide to see if the flood would hold any reds. Boy was I suprised by what I saw. Boated 4 overslot redfish in the 30-32" range and saw lots others crusing. The fish I caught were either tailing or had their backs out the water and were really eager to eat the gulp shrimp (rootbeer colored) I was tossing. A highlight of the day was when I saw a dolphin in about a foot and half of water corner a school of redfish about 30-40 deep in a sandy bend. The dolphin dipped out when he saw me and the school stuck around, but they wouldn’t eat anything. The water was suprisingly clear, and the amount of fish I saw per area was right up there with FL. Who woulda thought!
I wasn’t expecting to see a fish, much less have the kind of day I had. I can’t wait to get out on the water again and explore more of the area!
Check out http://www.rossfishingpics.shutterfly.com if yall wanna check out my photo resume from FL - the pics are from Jan 06 till now
Stoked - were you up in the grass or along the grass line ? Where’d you put in ? Sounds like a nice day on the water !
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Originally posted by livestoked
I grew up in Charleston, but got into inshore kayak fishing while in school down in Florida. I learned the ropes down in Mosquito Lagoon and the Indian River about stalking tailing redfish and casting to huge schools of bulls. If yall have never been to this area yall should really check it out. The water is a war, crystal clear most of the year and the huge amount of shallow-water grass flats habitat makes this inshore fishing heaven.
Now that I’ve graduated and moved back to SC, I wasn’t sure what to expect. Yesterday I paddled the Stono River on the early AM high tide to see if the flood would hold any reds. Boy was I suprised by what I saw. Boated 4 overslot redfish in the 30-32" range and saw lots others crusing. The fish I caught were either tailing or had their backs out the water and were really eager to eat the gulp shrimp (rootbeer colored) I was tossing. A highlight of the day was when I saw a dolphin in about a foot and half of water corner a school of redfish about 30-40 deep in a sandy bend. The dolphin dipped out when he saw me and the school stuck around, but they wouldn’t eat anything. The water was suprisingly clear, and the amount of fish I saw per area was right up there with FL. Who woulda thought!
I wasn’t expecting to see a fish, much less have the kind of day I had. I can’t wait to get out on the water again and explore more of the area!
Check out http://www.rossfishingpics.shutterfly.com if yall wanna check out my photo resume from FL - the pics are from Jan 06 till now
2001 BC Phantom
I did a little of both. Where the tide had flooded a wide area, I would be up in the spartina grass. When the water was barely meeting the grass and a little deeper I fished the slightly deeper banks. That is where I hooked up with the big boys. They were crusing that big drop off. One I caught had its back out the water while he was looking at the bottom. The other I snagged was tailing right on the bank.
Seems the big ones like the deeper water, makes sense I guess. I saw a bunch of smaller fish in the shallow water grass, but sight casting to those cruising fish is tough. I also fished a bunch of sand flats, thats where I saw the big schools.
I launched at the sol legare boat ramp and did some major paddling to my honey hole. Boy was it worth it though. Think I’m headed back out tues or weds looks like the winds gonna mellow.