I went out in hopes to enjoy the beautiful forcasted Charleston weather yesterday morning and could not have asked for better conditions in February. The wind was light and the sun was shining. Don’t get me wrong, it was chilly running the boat, but the destination was worth it. The redfish did not want to play with the fly, but I did get to see many many schools in gin clear water. That’s always worth the trip alone. Water visability was easily 6 feet. I threw at a couple of schools that were in the thirty fish strong range and followed several around with the trolling motor. They weren’t all that spooky, but they certainly had lockjaw for me. It sounds weird but I felt like the water was too clear.
It was nice to be out in February relaxing on the boat, even took a little catnap in the sun. You have got to love living in Charleston.
DISCLAIMER: No breeder reds were harmed during this post.
Same down here in Savannah. Saw hundereds of fish even some trout, big and small. Zero fish caught. Two boats I talked to caught some but man were they locked up.
I don’t feel so bad for only catching two reds on Sunday. Both were 30"+. Sound like it was a tough catching day for most. It was a good day to scout bottom structure…we saw some amazing remnants of live oak trees long since flooded and lots of soft coral in yellow and red.
DNR was stopping boats one right after the other near Goat yesterday. There were about four boats fishing those oh so secret docks and he was talking with them checking licenses I assume as I drove by. I was lucky and didn’t get bothered, just a friendly wave.
Surprisingly I did see some minnows and some mullet, even saw flipper punish what looked like a slot redfish. Couple of tail slaps and a toss, then he was breakfast.
Just looked at the images from Sunday. Caught one of a good school of young trout while I was out and about. All appeared to be in the 12-14" range and doing well in the shallows far away from flipper. Very active for the water temperature. Hope they can hang on a little longer!
You know, I assume these are all trout, but at first glance I thought they were juvenile reds. Do reds and trout ever school up together? Or mullet maybe? I’ve had horse mullet fool me into thinking they were a redfish before. You can really only see the spots on that one fish, and I couldn’t really identify the rest 100%, but the body shape seems right for trout.
