Fish different ways when they don’t bite… plastic bounced of the bottom, top water popper, jerk bait - move after 20 mins of nothing. I use at least two baits and switch around until I find something works. If not, go find bait and keep some frozen for the next trip. I can always catch a shark for some reason.
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Originally posted by Jack TaylorThe SCDNR put out these educational publications written by Dr. Charles Wenner. This one is on Red Drum AKA Redfish, AKA Spottail Bass. I read, re-read and studied this one and the ones on Speckled Trout, Flounder and Sheepshead years ago. Learning and studying the life cycle, habits and habitats of the fish you are trying to catch will go along way in helping you to find and catch more fish. It did for me.
http://www.saltwaterfishing.sc.gov/pdf/reddrum.pdf - Jack Taylor
</font id=“quote”></blockquote id=“quote”>Wait a minute… in a thread a few weeks ago, the old Folly Tackle Shop was soundly criticized for telling people that the SCDNR publication(s) on fishing was what people should read to understand SC fishing.How can both opinions be true?
Like JT suggests; read the SCDNR publications.
Kebda, what I can add to this is the best fishermen are the ones that go very often as in daily/weekly. Back a few years ago when I was able to go 3-4 times a week I never got skunked. Getting back into it, I’ve been a bit disappointed, but things are getting better again.
I think my biggest problem now is I don’t have the opportunity to fish during the week and when I go on the weekend all MY{
) good spots are taken.
Much dedication and knowledge is needed to catch fish every trip. Go often enough and you’ll hit those days that you can do no wrong and pull in your limit of trout or snag and release 60 reds…
You could also have Mr. dolphin visiting below you running everything in sight away from you.
all things being equal, maybe someone (or some predator) beat you to your spot the day or hour before you arrived & it take a bit for new fish to find your spot or the old ones to return?