Anyone spot any menhaden around Charleston yet?
23 Baja TE
Mercury Opti’s
Ron Greene
Ron, some small ones are down here around Port Royal sound. They are about 3 inches or so.
oldschool
352 wellcraft
trip E-Tecs
Same around Charleston, except a little larger at ft. sumpter I heard.
“The big one’s still swimming, let’s go.”
the little ones have started to show!!! that means one thing the bigger menhaden are on the way and the kings are right behind them.
Right now they are great cobia bait.
oldschool
352 wellcraft
trip E-Tecs
Great News!!! I will soon be a happy man throwing a net and smelling the fragrant aroma of menhaden. (it’s been too long since I have been fishing)
23 Baja TE
Mercury Opti’s
Ron Greene
Menhaden where popping in the harbour all day Saturday saw them on the way out and on the way in.
Been seeing A LOT in a couple places but they are up in the rivers. All about 5 to 7 inches at the mouths of creeks. Have seen reds flash at them but they act like at the last second the menhaden are too big.
Keep casting.
Smokey makes sense, the big hadens are in the rivers after the spawn, the small ones are being taken by the current to the sea on low tides. Also those big ones may be gizzard shad, instead of menhaden, but probably menhaden, the big ones are somewhere. I would try starting pretty far up the rivers and creek mouths, then last stop BEHIND ft. sumpter in the shallower side of the harbor.
“The big one’s still swimming, let’s go.”
They were out around Dawho/Edisto yesterday afternoon.
2008 Sea Hunt Escape 186 LE
It is what it is…
Saw them around the rocks on my way in Sunday
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reelescape: Which side of ft sumpter, ocean or back?
“The big one’s still swimming, let’s go.”
Took a closer look yesterday while fishing around 526 to see if I had mistaken like mac said could happen. Did net some gizzards but most all were haden. Still all between 4-6".
Keep casting.