Sea Turtles

Saltwater Offshore Discussion
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Hey everyone, summer is basically here and while that means beautiful beach and boat days it also means sea turtle season. I occasionally see posts about people saying they caught or at least saw a sea turtle while out fishing so I figured I would give y’all some turtle info. The sea turtles showed up earlier than expected this year due to this warm weather and we’re already receiving daily reports. We are still getting lots of reports of Leatherbacks feeding heavily on cannonball jellyfish offshore, and many Kemps Ridley sea turtles have been caught from fishing piers throughout the state. Also Loggerheads will begin nesting in the next few weeks which will bring lots of turtles into our inshore and nearshore waters. If you catch a sea turtle or see one that is injured or dead please report it to the SC DNR at 1-800-922-5431.

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I seen what I think was one about 3/4 mile off folly two weeks ago. Seen it in the wave and was like wtf…cruised closer and it disappeared. Only thing I could think it would be.

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Spotted two huge leatherbacks offshore swimming together about a week ago. Probably 5 miles off edisto beach.

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Cutting through the back end of Capers on way to fish early Sunday morning, my brother spotted a big logger head. It dove when I slowed down to look, so I couldn’t really see the size.

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I see at least a half dozen every trip.

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