Been lurking here since I moved to Summerville from West GA about a year back. I grew up fishing inshore at my grandmother’s house in Brunswick, GA but she passed in 2010, so I’m rusty! Anyway…finally got my fishing kayak in the saltwater today, and had a decent first trip.
Put in at dead low at Elliott Cut on Wed. I paddled around exposed oyster shell throwing a z-man trout eye jighead with a trout trickworm. Caught a decent little red and a small trout. Fished about 3 hours or so. Managed to get a quick, crappy picture of one before letting it swim off.
Hope this report is helpful to someone. Your reports/discussions have been and continue to be an awesome resource for this new guy. Thanks!
Nice maiden voyage in the yak. A couple pointers, especially fishing in clearer(winter) water. I would use braid to fluoro for my leader and secondly, I would lose the snap swivel. You may have had less fish feed on your bait with the setup you were throwing. I typically tie my braid(12#) to my fluro(20#) then tie the fluoro to the jighead. I know the snap swivel makes it easier to swap out if you decide to change, but that’s why you bring another rod rigged with something different. Just my $.02 but nice catch!
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Thanks for the tip @Firefighterj80…I need all the help I can get. Yeah, I was cheating, lol. I rarely use them. I just didn’t have much confidence in my tackle choices with so many new variables here, so I was changing more than I’m used to. Will work on duplicating your setup for clear/cold water for next trip! Thanks again!
