Fished the Stono today from about 11-5. Winds were light; even glassy at times. Cloudy and then sunny. The water wasn’t too muddy. I put in at Sol Legare. MM under popping corks won me nothing. I caught a 13" flounder with a Vudu shrimp under a popping cork, and sent him back on his merry way to become a future doormat. I also threw some artificial; missed a few bites, but did manage to reel in a 15" trout with some Z-mans (guesstimated length since he broke free next to the boat.)
Now for the random fishing story of the day: Right before I give up since the bite died and the tide was dropping; I toss out a sabiki rig hoping to catch some fresh bait. The rig lands on a big fish; hooked, it burns about 100 feet of line. I tighten my drag since it was extremely loose, and start reeling in. I get it to about 30’ from the boat and at this point I could see it barely and awkwardly surface. I had whatever it was snag-hooked and all I could see was some sort of brown or tan object turning to swim away. After burning some more drag, the fish slows down again, and I start reeling in; that’s when my line snaps. I was so frustrated. My heart was pounding and I didn’t even get to see this mystery fish snag-hooked with none other than a shot-in-the-dark sabiki rig that I was 99% sure wasn’t going to work anyways. My best guess is that I might have had a big red, or a shark. Anyways, if anyone lands a fish soon with a multi-colored shrimp sabiki rig attached, you now know the story behind the poor fish. I feel terrible knowing that it’s probably still hooked. So, hopefully someone will reel it in and free him or eat him.
After all of the excitement, I go to leave and my engine doesn’t want to crank. I start working on it and someone sees me anchored with no cowling on and asks me if I need help. I said no, But they insisted that I take them up on the offer. I rethink the situation and gladly take a tow back to the landing. I put the boat on the trailer and after making a good connection with some loose wires, I get it r