First post. I’m looking for tips on heading to the Lowcountry Anglers Reef from the Stono. I’ve only gone to the reef by coming out of the harbor and cutting down the beach.
I’ve searched the forum as best I could, but come up short on what I need to look out for. Suggestions?
Thank you.
Google seemed to work a little better than the internal search.
I found a couple of good links
http://old.charlestonfishing.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=126394
-Richard
Are you talking to yourself???
“Good things come to those who bait”
Yup, but thanks for changing that for me.
-Richard
Stono inlet can be very dangerous this time of the year. Very shallow out there and the sandbars constantly change and you never really know where they are. The buoys are not accurate. Went through there on a calm glassy day a few yaers ago. Water was slick but there was a larger than expected ground swell that day. We did not realize how close we were to the sandbar and next thing you know we had about a 4-5 foot swell coming at us that was breaking at the top. we went up and tilted to the side and thought we were going to capsize! By the grace of God we did not. We were in a 17 foot boat. I would suggest not even fishing out there right now anyway since black sea bass are closed. Unless you want one weakfish and maybe some spiny dogfish sharks its just not worth it. As of last week, sheeps are still inshore. Way better fishing inshore right now as opposed to nearshore. Wait until the spring when the spades, cobia, and spanish macks show up
Glad I checked this post because I have been planning a trip mid and late december to come down and do some nearshore sheeps fishing. Hopefully they will be there soon!
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I have a track line on my gps to get through there but there is no way I could describe it on here…If its calm and incoming tide, its not bad, You can see where the calmer waters are in between the breakers. Falling tide, the seas stack up in the inlet pretty good around those sandbars that are all over and if its rough,you cant tell good water from bad. There is a reason the CG called it an “unnavigatable inlet” and pulled the buoys.
I was just picking with you… lol… Welcome
“Good things come to those who bait”
When going out hang a right after the last green buoy to avoid the breakers and you should be fine. Coming in do the reverse. Usually if the weather is decent it’s doable unless you’re in a sailboat.
Thanks for all of the replies. If we do make it out, fish report to follow.
-Richard