Hello all,
I’m new to Charleston and am looking to do some serious inshore fishing. My buddies and I have a little t-top scout and we’re using live shrimp, live minnows and cut bait with the proper rigs… problem is we don’t know where the fish are. We’ve taken the boat out a couple times in wappoo creek and off main road but haven’t caught anything but a couple of whiting, a crap load of stingrays and more blue crabs than we know what to do with.
We want to go out tomorrow and were thinking of fishing either Dill Creek or James Island Creek. Is that a good spot? What should we be looking for in choosing a spot if we’re going after Reds, Trout, Flounder or anything else fun and edible?
(**() right you’re scared.
anyone have any advice for us?
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James island creek back to the 2nd bridge out going tide start at bridge work artificial swimbaits all the way to the first bridge… enjoy
Go out at low tide and scout around looking for oyster rakes near creek mouths that would be submerged at high tide. Mark em on gps, I use the Navionics iPhone or Android app. $10 app but well worth the money, prob the best app I’ve ever bought. Return at high tide and go down the list till you locate em. Spending time scouting is well worth the time, it was hard for me to do cause I would rather be fishing but it pays off. I even go as far as taking a picture at low tide because things can look so much different at high, let’s me know exactly what I’m fishing over. Trout are everywhere right now. When you do find em, log it, time, date, tide. Go back with similar conditions and they are likely to be there again.
Hot dollar bill I got one! Thanks fellers
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Dear Fear…You need to transition to artificial baits this time of the year. Soaking shrimp or cut bait on the bottom will draw the bottom feeders…ie rays, crabs, etc. You’ll see a lot of threads discussing soft plastic baits for this time of year. They are fished with motion during times of moving water. There are quite a few scent impregnated varieties that are now popular, but back in the day the simple gray plastic grub with a red jig head caught the majority of winter fish, and still will. Trolling and casting is the way to impart movement to the artificial baits, and technique is a “hands on” time consuming learning curve. But like riding a bike, once you’ve got the hang of it it becomes 2nd nature. Going often and learning an area is priceless. You need to develop your fishing spots, and learn from them so as to duplicate their uniqueness when fishing in new territory. Tide and wind impart their special influence to each area, and to know them is to succeed with predictability over time. This is the fishing part of the learning curve, and by far the most important. “You’ll never know until you go” and you will never catch a fish with out your bait in the water. I sometimes think that the times that I was learning were more exciting than now when I can catch them with predictability. I appreciated the preparation and anticipation far more, and didn’t dread the clean up work when I got back. Enjoy the process, celebrate the success, and be prepared to give something back when you get to the other side of the learning curve.
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Enjoy the process…that’s good stuff right there ^^
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Thanks for the info Bossdog, you’re a wise man. The journey is always sweeter than the destination. I’m not so sure you didn’t respond just so you could say “Dear Fear”, but still you’re a lot better than the shills on my other forum. I appreciate it. There’s some great info on this thread. I can’t wait to give back from the other side of the curve. I like helping people.
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oh… and the explains all the (**() stingrays I’ve been catching
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