I’m new to the charlestonfishing.com community, and registered so I could pick the brains of all the expert kayakers out there about an excursion my friend and I are planning for this Saturday. We’re thinking about getting some shrimp and Electric Chickens, putting our kayaks in at the Daniel Island Children’s Park, and drifting the incoming tide all the way up the Wando back home to Rivertowne, floating some baits along the way. Before making a mistake that might require the Coast Guard, I thought I’d ask the following questions to anyone who might be an expert.
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Is the main river difficult to do in a kayak? We’d be right next to the grassline.
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The harbor tide is high at 5:28pm on Saturday. What’s the time difference in harbor high tide and the Wando high tide?
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How long would it take to drift from Daniel Island to Rivertowne on the final hours of an incoming tide?
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If we started at 2pm, and wanted to get out at Rivertowne around 6pm…where would we need to put in?
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Would we be better suited just to pick a creek close to Rivertowne, where the current and wind isn’t quite as bad?
Any help you could offer would be much appreciated!
-Wes
I fish mostly Bushy Park on the Cooper and while the current gets pretty lively sometimes I haven’t had a problem going against it. he wind doesn’t help but it’s not as bad as I thought. On the flats where the wind doesn’t break along the grass and such it is pretty bad sometimes as far as I have heard. There is a tide chart on the DNR site that is pretty detailed and very specific on where you are looking at. Pick your spot and the days and it’ll get ya squared away. Good luck and welcome to the best way to fish ever 
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That can be a good trip!! Just check the wind, if it is blowing at you, that could make for a long trip. The tide is about an hour later than the harbor at Paradise Island, so probably about 30-45 minutes later at Rivertown.
Troll the grass lines (Especially the left bank as you head up) and you should get lots of trout. There are some small feeder creeks and oyster bars on that side as well that have produced some good reds and flounder for me in the past.
Good luck and watch that wind!!
DD
GO NOLES!!! At least we are not Notre Dame!!!
Welcome to the Yakfishing community.
If you can, try to plan on joining us all in Beaufort, at Hunting Island State Park the weekend of the 9th - 11th of November… We will be fishing the Lagoon, and surrounding areas, and you will get to meet alot of the guys in the Carleston area to link up with and fish in the future.
Again, welcome. You will never want to fish any other way after you catch some fish in your yak!
YotF
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