First post! What a great website! Anyways, I recently purchased a SeaHunt Bx22 Pro. I have already set a date in about 3 weeks to head down to Charleston from Columbia to do some fishing. I’ve done a lot of creek fishing down there before but would really like to do some further out inshore fishing for some larger reds or maybe even a little further out. Anybody have any tips, ideas, recommendations, places to go, what to use, when, etc? Any info will help. Thanks!
Seth
Of course it will depend on the weather, but any of the Artifical reefs off of the Charleston area will produce some action and fun for you. Also this is the time of year to throw some Clark’s spoons at the Spanish under the birds right offshore as well. Good luck!
John
Awesome! I will be putting in either near shem creek or on mt pleasant near the bridge. Do you guys head out of any of these places? How far out are you talking? Any GPS coordinates?
Buy a Maps Unique Chart or Top Spot and have at it. Lots of places and wrecks to fish if you do your homework.
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I will try and get one of those in the next few days. If anybody wants to join me I’m always up for company/help on a fishing trip. Like to get to know some guys on here.
Thanks
I would recommend Remly’s Point. Better parking and only a couple more miles up the harbor. There will be yahoos wherever you put in.
Thats where I will put in. I actually remember putting in there a few years ago on a friends boat. Anybody up for a fishing trip?
I may join you one day, I am actually in Columbia as well.
That sounds great. Do you do a lot of striper fishing? Shoot me a text if ya want. my number is 803-261-2544, name is Seth.
So I think I have decided to take its first trip out to Charlestons Near shore reef. The info from the link above states that it is about 2.5 miles from shore which isn’t too far. My questions are, what do I anchor up to the reef with? What would I be fishing for and what to use as bait and setups. Thanks so much.
You would be much better off hitting one of the 60’ reefs like Capers, Kiawah, Charleston 60 and chasing the spade fish… You can even do a little bottom fishing and float some drift lines while you are there. Take a trip into one of the local Charleston tackle shops and they can set you up with all of the intel and gear that you need.
I agree with SKinneej…try the Edisto 60 (One of my personnal favorites). Put in at Cherry Point at the end of Maybank Hwy (Rockville). There are a few honey holes out there not far from the reef bouy. We have had some really good action this year with the spades, cobia, grunts, triggers, spanish, cuda’s, lots of bsb’s, and a couple of spooled reels (couldn’t get the anchor up quick enough). You definetly need a home made reef anchor for that place. Last year I ripped my aluminum anchor in half trying to break it loose.
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Do a search on this site for reef anchors. Lots of good info.
Personally i hate using Remleys because of the narrow entrance/exit but i also have a landing in my neighborhood so i am probably a little spoiled.
I second the suggestion of going a little farther to the Capers, Kiawah or Edisto reefs. Do not use your regular anchor unless you want to donate it to the reef.
Here is a link to the reef anchors for sale in the classifieds: http://old.charlestonfishing.com/forum/classdetail.asp?id=12711
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Originally posted by Bolbie…the harbor was slick as an eel pecker.
I sure am glad that I got on this website. You guys are full on information. I definitely would have gone out with my regular anchor to donate it. I will try and pickup one of those anchors in the next few days. How much rope and chain do you guys recommend? Also a bouy for retrieving it? I saw on youtube that is one method of getting it back to the boat. Fishing wise, I have some pretty heavy duty rods with heavy line, just not sure what hooks, weights, bait and such to use. I plan to stop by Haddrells once down there just looking to get as much info before hand as I can.
Thanks again,
Seth
If you are going to bottom fish for sheephead, spades, BSB’s etc in those areas, bring some medium duty spinning gear or baitcaster setups also. You will have more fun with the small fish on the smaller setups. Definately stop by Haddrell’s for some info and Bait. Get fiddlers if you are targeting sheephead. Otherwise cut bait/fingermullet/squid/shrimp/jellyballs etc… sized for what you are targeting. Weight will vary with the current, essentially you want as little as possible that will still get your bait to the bottom. If you get anchored on top of the structure, you will be retying a lot so don’t send anything down there that would ruin your day if it didn’t come back.
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Originally posted by Bolbie…the harbor was slick as an eel pecker.
I will definitely be stopping by Haddrells. I will most likely be tieing up to the reef mentioned above with hopefully a homemade reef anchor(won’t feel bad if I loose it). If I tie up to that rig will I loose quit a bit of gear? Also, how deep is it out there? I’m trying to judge how much anchor line I will need to have. Thanks again guys for all of the help. Want to make sure I have everything straight before heading down there.
I hope that wasn’t you broke down on the side of I26,not the way to start a trip.
For the anchor line, I believe the accepted standard is 7:1. So you’ll need 7 feet of rope for every 1 foot of water you are in. Now, for calmer days where rough seas, high winds aren’t going to be an issue, that much might be overkill. On a calm day you might be able to get away with 4:1, possibly even less. For rough and windy days, you’ll want as much as 10:1. I’d say get 1/2" line as well. You’ll also want a good length of heavy chain between the anchor and the line. Say between 10 and 20 feet, depending on what you’ll be doing.
Remember, anchoring up in 10’ of water over a sand bar on a beautiful day is going to require a different set up than anchoring in 120’ of water on a rough, windy day. Then you have to consider your boat, the line, the anchor, etc. It all factors into this.
Also, these reefs that are being suggested to you in 60’ish feet of water are about 12’ish miles out.
