Greetings all, I spent the past 4 days shrimping St Helena sound and I have a report for anyone interested. First day was on Saturday, set up at low tide to catch the rising tide. Caught 12 shrimp. We stayed until sunset hoping things would turn on but no luck.
Went back on Sunday during the day to catch the falling tide. A few shrimp until about 2 hours after the high tide mark and then they turned on. The better nets were 40 shrimp per cast. Coolered out with a about 60% on the small side and the rest a mix of medium and large. pic attached. I throw a 5/8 mesh so a lot of the really small ones swam out of the net thankfully.
Went back on Monday to catch the falling tide again. About 20 per cast was normal but almost all small. Got a third of a cooler and called it quits. Got enough smalls already.
Went out one more time during the day on Tuesday, set up in the same area with a falling tide. Again about 2 hours after the high tide mark they turned on big time. Some of the casts had 60 plus shrimp. Coolered out again with better size mix. Still had about 50% smallish, but more medium and large than previous days.
Weather was great and had a lot of fun.
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Bob
Thanks for report!
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T hanks for the 4 day report! Very fact filled! Cant catch them if you aint there!
Thanks for the report! Headed down Friday afternoon.
I went 10 days ago for the first time and didn’t do too well with the shrimp. Were you in the dark? What part of the sound? I don’t have any plans to go back, but I worked my ass off for some friends who hadn’t been before and didn’t really get to produce much. I’d love to know what I did wrong.
This is my report from my prior post http://old.charlestonfishing.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=173495
That depends on what part of the sound you are coming from. If you are accessing the sound via Harbor River then I would suggest going all the way to the end of Morgan Island. You will find a nice mud flat along the southeastern tip of the island.
From Edisto Island, you will most likely access the sound via the Ashepoo River. If the waves are rough you can set up along the grass right before the Ashepoo spills into the sound. If the waves are ok, then as you enter the sound look to your right and you will see the parking lot of boats several 100 yard off the sea grass. There is a nice mud flat in this location. Assuming the weather is acceptable, I have a feeling that there will be quite the number of boats on this flat this coming weekend.
I was shrimping mostly in the day, but that only works if the water is murky. If the water is clear, I usually do not do well in the day at these locations. When I have clear water I like to set up as the sun is going down and then shrimp in the dark.
Bob