Are many striped bass caught in salt water in the LowCountry? I know there are plenty in the lakes and rivers. Would trolling be the most productive?
I was always taught that they follow the shad up the rivers. In the Edisto, for example, I’ve seen them caught above the forks in April and way way up either fork in May and June. The only ones I’ve seen or heard of being caught in the salt is near the mouths of rivers and tributaries in the sounds around Christmas. Too bad we can’t have the striper runs like they have up in Montauk.
I have caught several around bushy park. usually in the creeks throwiing grubs or trout tricks. I have been fortunate to run into a school which was constant action. Which is a good TTP to have a top water bait at the ready.
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MAD, Charleston Chapter
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I remember catching cooler fulls of stripers off the Navy piers back in the late 60’s There also used to be a strong run in Rantolwes Cr near the limehouse bridge and in the Black river in Georgetown. I never saw a single one offshore. Wonder where they go?
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Originally posted by INSHORE LTCI have caught several around bushy park. usually in the creeks throwiing grubs or trout tricks. I have been fortunate to run into a school which was constant action. Which is a good TTP to have a top water bait at the ready.
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They are definitely there and Bushy holds em’ close! That’s a pretty nice one too. I’m mostly impressed with the toothpick on you rod on the left in the pic… reminds me of my Granddad! I’ve thrown those all my life! I was always partial to the ones without the spinner but there is certainly nothing wrong with the ones with it!
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They are fairly common in the Bushy area and up. I have fin clipped them for DNR for several years. They are very hard to pattern, as they kind of follow around schools of baitfish. There are certain areas that hold them pretty consistently that are not discussed freely. They spawn around March so if you catch one in the next few weeks it may be fat as a football and you might get a little “surprise” on you. They are my favorite fish to catch, especially on top! Biggest I’ve caught was 29".
I learned from DNR that our riverine stripers live their entire lives in the rivers. The boundary for which the stripers become ocean-going is around Cape Hatteras. Below there, the stripers do not migrate to the ocean.
As a side note, the Ashley river as far as I’ve heard has zero anymore. All the stripers there are stocked, and for whatever reason they last a couple years then disappear. Its been I think 3 or 4 years since they were last stocked
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Same story in the Wando. They stocked last about 4 years ago. Don’t seem to be there anymore. I guess they are not able to reproduce there as was the hope. On a positive note, I’ve seen more trout in the upper Wando where the stipers hung out previously. Wonder if baby trout were on the menu…
use to catch a few in the creeks around Edisto but haven.t caught one in years!
Two years ago, me and a friend were WAAAY up the Wando and got into some stripers. Caught’em on topwater as they were schooling as a matter of fact. Some of the smaller ones were tagged and when the info came back, turns out they were stocked way up there in the Wando.
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Ashley river stripers are likely done due to development of the headwaters. Too much wetland fill or diversion of spring water. Down in the ACE basin they spend their summers way up in the Swamp under the trees trying to stay cool in the black water. If you catch one on accident it dies, due to water temps and oxygen levels. I just don’t think that environment exists in the upper Ashley anymore with all the development, they have to have that cool water summer refuge. IDK though I am not a fish biologist
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Back in the mid to late 70s a friend and I used to put in the Ashley in a canoe and fish top water plugs over the deeper pools around low tide and have a ball catching pound and a half to two pound stripers. They loved a tiny torpedo on the top. It was in the spring time if I remember right and we could fill a small cooler with good eating size stripers quick. There were no regs back then to have to release them. I haven’t tried since then. I read the same thing that DNR were stocking trying to reintroduce them but I guess they weren’t having any luck. Tideline did an article back in 2013 about them and the restocking attempt. Like optiker said they asked for a fin clipping if you caught one so they could see if the caught fish was stocked or a spawned fish.
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There are still a few who catch them in the Cooper. It’s like a secret society from Shipyard Creek to the Bushy Park. They definitely follow the bait, love the old and off-limits Navy Base, and move a lot. They are definitely still around.
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In my experience up through last year they were steadily improving in numbers and size. I’ve not fished Bushy enough lately to say whether that trend has continued.
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