I went to a local saltwater pond this week for some early morning fishing to get used to my 5wt rod and was surprised by the catch. Six fish on the fly - I normally get only one, 4 spot (1 to 9"), 1 flounder (10" on a clouser) and a big surprise! Here are a couple of shots of the fish - the largest spot (forceps are 5 1/4" long)
and the surprise!
WTH is that? I doubt it is what I think it is…
“Paddle faster boys… I hear banjo music!”
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Nikon,
What do you think it is ??
don’t keep us in suspense!
Chris
Looks like a baby fish. Like a cobia or aj even. Although I’m I wanna know what Nikon says!
There is no greater fan of fly fishing than the mud minnow.
the big scales and pattern lead to believe it is a baby tarpon… but we can’t have baby tarpon in SC right???
“Paddle faster boys… I hear banjo music!”
SC Chapter Coordinator- Heroes on the Water
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Charleston Director- SCKayakfishing.com
Tarpon 160os
Bay anchovy…
… but juvenile tarpon are found in SC (for those who didn’t already know: www.dnr.sc.gov/cwcs/pdf/Tarpon.pdf).
Have a good day.
Looks like its either baby tarpon or lady fish. Probably lady fish. I have caught alot of this salt pond in mt pleasant I fish on occasion
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Originally posted by nikonjedithe big scales and pattern lead to believe it is a baby tarpon… but we can’t have baby tarpon in SC right???
</font id=“quote”></blockquote id=“quote”>I have caught cast nets full of baby tarpon from Pawleys Island down to Little Saint Simon Island. Pretty common in these waters.Looks like juvenile anchovy, like grasshopper said.
Great work, Snook. Our local ponds hold the most diverse fish mix that you can imagine. Fresh and salt fish in the same ponds.
Pond fishin is fun. I have a 9" tarpon pond fishin with a mm.
There is no greater fan of fly fishing than the mud minnow.
Wow, you take the cake snook for the smallest most obscure catch otf! Def looks like a 'chovie to me. Your going to have a 5 page species list before long!
haha snook dude i can understand targeting mullet but you’re gonna need a 00wt for those glass minners haha.
I have heard that Tarpon will spawn well south of us here in SC. The gulf stream brings the Tarpon larvae up to SC and they are capable of living as juveniles in our flats and saltwater marshes. I have caught many juvenile Tarpon in my cast net in one particular hole on the S Santee River.
The problem is that Tarpon must live in the shallow salt water marshes until they get larger, here in SC our winter is too cold for them to survive and most of them do not live long enough to make it to adulthood.
Paul Sasser
Founder, GoFishSC.com
President, Long Bay Fly Fishers
Concerning Tarpon. We routinely catch them up here in VA along the DelMarVa Penninsula (Eastern Shore). The locals have the fishery pretty well zeroed in using live bait. Fly fishing for them is a bit more challenging.
…it happens.
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Originally posted by nikonjedithe big scales and pattern lead to believe it is a baby tarpon… but we can’t have baby tarpon in SC right???
“Paddle faster boys… I hear banjo music!”
SC Chapter Coordinator- Heroes on the Water
http://www.HeroesOnTheWater.org
Charleston Director- SCKayakfishing.com
Tarpon 160os
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I was being a smartarse… I know we have tarpon here, I know there are baby ones as well… Maybe I should go make a post asknig about snook and bonefish 
“Paddle faster boys… I hear banjo music!”
SC Chapter Coordinator- Heroes on the Water
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Charleston Director- SCKayakfishing.com
Tarpon 160os