Some cool sites at the jetties

Saltwater Offshore Reports
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In addition to the reds, BSB, croakers, we had Spanish chasing bait around the boat. Hooked up with a couple but bit right through the leaders.

Also had a small hammerhead (definitely a hammerhead, not a bonnethead) swim around the boat for several minutes. We tried to catch him and he would come up and investigate the bait but would only eat a bait after we took it off the hook and tossed it to him. Really cool to see.
Then had a manta ray jump twice between us and the rocks, that was amazing. Didn’t even know there were manta rays in this area.

2014 Key West 203DFS
1987 Landau

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Cool!

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I haven’t seen mantas here before either

Andy Oberdier
Pierside Boatworks

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mantas in the stono river…jump 5 feet outta the water…cool to see…

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Jetties area was alive on Saturday. Sunday morning, not so much.

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I’ve seen mantas offshore here but never inshore

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I’ve seen what appeared to be mantas jumping off of Folly while I was surf fishing. Huge wingspan, have seen them in groups of two or three.

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Probably spotted eagle rays…mantas are not common in inshore waters around here.

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Originally posted by fishcrazy

Probably spotted eagle rays…mantas are not common in inshore waters around here.

This wasn't a spotted eagle ray. I've seen mantas jumping in Hawaii, big ones, this was just a junior version of those guys. Dark grey/black on top, white belly, those (not sure what the they're called....scuppers?) things to funnel food towards his mouth. 100% manta ray.

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1987 Landau

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I saw some manta rays at the jetties 3-4 years ago, not really big ones but manta. I’ve been told that many years ago, people used to harpoon large mantas in Charleston Harbor.

Seafox 246 w 300 Yamaha

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I’ve seen mantas in Hobcaw creek and Beresford Creek!

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Saw Labor Day weekend a Manta free jumping in beaufort river. Prolly 6’ wing to wing. Then the next day had one get caught in my cousins anchor rope and drag it around for a couple min. That thing was 10-12’ across And saw the wings beating against the boat with my own eyes

Paul Alewine

Seahunter 37 trip 300 Vrods
“Hydro-Therapy”
Augusta,Ga/Beaufort, Sc

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Maybe a cownose ray.

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We almost hit one with boat while we were folling the shrimp boats off seabrook island beach. I think he was fishing the same way we were.

Those things are huge!

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