Looking to catch some Mackerel

To the South Beaufort / Hilton Head
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I’ve heard to use a spoon and troll around 5 mph. Anyone catching them in the Calibogue Sound?

Thanks

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Should be plenty around. 5 mph is too slow, macks like a fast bait, try 7 or 8 mph. Put a couple of Clarke spoons of flat lines, couple on a #1 planer, couple on a #2 planer.

Capt. Larry Teuton
Cracker Built Custom Boats

“Ships are the nearest things to dreams that hands have ever made.” -Robert N. Rose

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If you don’t know how to use/deploy planers, try using trolling weights so you can get a couple of lines down slightly. Larry’s dead on…5 mph too slow. Right now, look for the birds and fish busting bait pods…troll the edges…plenty of blues and jacks out there along with the Spanish. Run out to last sea buoy and you may find a school of little tunny (false albacore). A 5 to 10 pounder can spool a small reel!

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Last sea bouy?

I’m in a 16 ft. Skiff.

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Pick a real calm day!

This time of year they may be anywhere in the sound or off the beaches. In Calibogue I would start trolling about even with the Harbor Town light and work out. Look for birds diving, rips, weedlines, slicks, surface activity, fish anything that’s “different” from the rest. Some days they are feeding all over the surface and it’s pretty obvious, some days they feed deep and you never see them, which is where planers and trolling weights come in.

Capt. Larry Teuton
Cracker Built Custom Boats

“Ships are the nearest things to dreams that hands have ever made.” -Robert N. Rose

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I hooked one off port royal sound trolling ballyhoo

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