First skunk of the year for me on the lake. Fished about 4 till sunset. I was with my wife and she wanted to leave or I would have tried the night bite. It was the maiden voyage for my boat and all went well. I may try again tonight by myself. Only saw one fish caught. I did not have my fishfinder hooked up, but will tonight.
Thats strange Tom. I was coming back from Augusta, 7:15 pm, passing large pastures with every cow atanding and grassing (eating). I told my wife I bet the fish are biting, you know the saying. When I got home I looked up the solunar table which was what I expected, a major feeding period. Today it will be 8:00 pm, tomorrow morning, 8:00 am. Did you go to the towers ? I was planning on going tomorrow morning with my daughter. I hope there’s not too many people there. Where did you go yesterday ? You really need your depth finder though, unless you troll alot.
yeah thats too bad on the fishn, but atleast it was a nice nite for a maiden voyage…We just got back from Church ourselves, Im taking my folks out, just as soon as we can get hitched up…CYA out there.
Magna, I’ll be out Monday AM too, hoping to get in on that topwater action, we should swap cell #s again if ya want. You can email me at jameswldn@yahoo.
CYA
I fished around Spence Island and the towers. there was about ten boats around the towers. I quit fishing about 7:15, but not by my choice. There were boats heading out while I was heading in. More or less just wanted to see how the boat ran. I did not have my trolling motor hooked up yet. Just drifting, but about perfect speed across the front of the towers. Going out to hook up the fish finder now and give it a try tonight, probably tomorrow morning too.
Tom, after just gettig done rigging and loading up the boat, weve decided to hold off for a few hours cuz of the heat (and I dont have any type of top or cover)
Do you have a Vhf on your boat?? I’ll be out there this evening in a 22’Sea Hunt bay boat. Should be me my dad and mother, I scan alot of the channels if you wanna try to swap any info.
Good Luck
no radio, I am actually going to play some poker tonight. But i will be out in the morning. I romoved an old transducer and speed sensor. Patched the holes and want to let it set up overnight.
Got skunked this afternoon, had two good run offs, but I think we pulled the circle hooks right outta their mouths…both were on freelines (with 1 splitshot) right at the towers.
We got tired and left around 8 as the thunderstorm and hardcore guys…were just showing up!!
We’ll be out in the morning.
Salinity, I tried mailing you, with no response. I’ll be in a 15’ Bass Tracker, 35 Merc. Will be at the towers or maybe riding around looking for schoolers. I’ll look for you. Good Luck.
Magnawake
we fished Fri. night and Sat. morning. Had 3 breakoffs, 1 gar and 1 striper Friday night and 2 stripers Sat. morning. All were over 21", freelining w/ BB’s. Fishing out of a Carolina Skiff. I saw my old KW Sat. morning, Sure did look good sitting out there, but fishing ALL WEEKEND and only using 4 gals of gas sure made up for it!
CarolinaCrazyMan.
Went yesterday morning with my neighbor who had only realy fished for bream. He brought a zebco 33. Luckily I had him covered. After getting lost in the fog we just stoped and fished where we where. No hits and very few fish but fog was thick and I did not want to end up lost. so after fog lifted we tried around bomb Island. He finally hooked into one but had the line wrapped around the top of the rod. Broke off. I missed one and that was it. Went to the towers and had one hit freelining. Boat is still a virgin, I think it is cursed. I know I have cursed at it a lot.
Magna-
Did you fish the towers yesterday a.m.? My dad & I fished there for a few hours (Xpress jon boat/40HP Yamaha). Only caught one 21 incher & lost two others, but the boat next o us caught 9 keepers.
We rode down from Shull Island at 7a.m.-sure did appreciate the GPS in that fog.
Steelytom-What kind of boat did you buy?
It is the 87 Galaxy that I have been working on. Got everything fixed but the transom. I drilled some test holes in it. It was wet but not rotten. Full speed hitting waves and I could not see it flex.
Mega, Me and my daughter went out Monday morn in all the fog. Idled over in the yacht cove and caught three stripers. 1 on freeline (BB), the other two on a topwater pecil popper. We met up with Salinity and tried the towers about 10:00 am with now luck. However the guys right next to us limited out. I wasnt brave enough with my daughter in the boat to make the foggy run to the towers. Hey, Those GPS units are great until someone else runs into you cause they didnt see ya. You can go thru Spence Islands and follow the compass heading on the map and get close. I was shocked at all the other boats out there running through the fog. I was fishing on a point and this guy came running past me way too close. What are people out there thinking!!
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Originally posted by MagnawakeWhat are people out there thinking!!
their not…thats the problem
You guys going to be out tomorrow? I’ll be out at the crack of daylight goose hunting. Not sure where yet though! A buddy of mine is fishing a striper tourney in the morning.
kloudking1