I will be in the Charleston, SC area in early September. My wife and I have a baby and my wife is now staying at home as a full time mom, so money is a bit tight. It was a stretch for us to book the trip, but we were blessed with a free place to stay so we decided to do it.
I would love to try to catch a redfish for the first time (on a fly hopefully), but booking a guide is a little out of our price range. So, if anyone would be willing to let me tag along with them, I would be happy to provide the beer, gas money, and breakfast,lunch,and/or dinner. And if you are ever in Colorado, I would be more than happy to take you trout fishing in return.
I have a fair amount of experience fly fishing for bonefish, so, I wouldn’t be a beginner looking for lessons - just someone tagging along who can hopefully stay out of your way. I’ll also have all of my gear with me.
I’ll be staying on Seabrook Island but will have a rental car to get anywhere nearby. I’m looking to go out on September 10th or 11th.
Please let me know if this would work out for anyone. Thank you in advance!
look for higher, lighter colored ground with less vegetation close to low tide flats AND accessible by walking from a road. usually around islands.
find your high tides in the sciences section of this site.
put on your wading boots walk for a few hours. hope to see some tails or wakes.
Ive been scouting on my own this way for about year. only seen a few fish, but you can’t beat the views. get you an ice mule and bring some beers, that’s a great time for me. I wouldn’t want to catch these fish without having taught myself this way.
PS by accessible by road i mean you need high, lighter colored ground between the road and the high tide flat. generally not good to try to walk through dark ground or grass over knee height.
Thanks for the info. I have been looking at Google Eartg quite a bit to get a better picture. However, being from Colorado, the tide stuff is all new to me. How do I tell the difference between a low tide flat and a high tide flat?
Mike - wish I could take you fishing but with an almost three year old and a sixth month old I just don’t have the time like I used to. I looked at the tide charts and the tides will be high enough for the fish to come up on the flats. Shoot me a message on here and I’ll try to help you out a bit more…haven’t waded any flats around sea brook but in quickly scanning google earth there looks to be at least one good one that is wade able and accessible by road.
Lived in Jackson, WY for a bit and sure do miss those western streams and hatches. Sorry I can’t take you but hopefully ai can point you in the right direction.