We caught this off Shellmore Bluff, Georgia…our guide said these are in Charleston. Never seen them or a post of anyone catching any. Just wondering…
Are they here? Yes. In numbers? No.
I think I have caught 3 of them over the past 20 years. Great eating fish thouugh.
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They like structure in moving water.
Guide John Crislip caught one in Grey bay this year with a shrimp under a popping cork.
I’ve caught several… but off shore under floating debris or weed lines.
I have caught a couple and seen a couple more over the past few years. One of them came on cut mullet about 15 feet into the grass!
It’s time for them to show up in small numbers inshore at high up in the grass. They will be floating on the surface on their side, and a well presented live shrimp won’t be refused. I catch 3-5 a year inshore on grasslines, sight fishing.
They are in the Bluffton-Hilton Head area in fair numbers. Great table fare!
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They are all up and down the east and gulf coasts. We usually find them around offshore buoys and any floating junk. I’ve caught them from Hilton Head to Tampa, inshore to 60 miles out, no reason why they shouldn’t be in Charleston. They do tend to concentrate tighter in south Georgia in the summer. Great eating fish. Sight fish for them, throw a big shrimp or small pin fish at them, fish on 
From Wiki…
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In US waters, Atlantic tripletails are found from Massachusetts and Bermuda to Argentina, the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea, from Madeira Island to the Gulf of Guinea, the eastern Pacific from Costa Rica to Peru, and the western Pacific from Japan to Fiji and Tuvalu. They are rarely found north of Chesapeake Bay. They are found on the Gulf Coast from April to October and then migrate to warmer waters during winter. In the spring, tripletails concentrate just offshore of two particular spots: Port Canaveral, Florida (March?June) and Jekyll Island, Georgia (April?July).
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We caught this off Shellmore Bluff, Georgia..
I think you mean Shellman’s Bluff? Who was your guide?
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I think there are more of them here than people think. They’re just more spread out than in other places and very hard to see in our water. They don’t typically feed by actively foraging, so that’s why they’re uncommon as bycatch. I see them every now and then while running inshore and around the inlets and usually spook them. My passengers very rarely see them though, or if they do see them are surprised that it’s a tripletail and not a turtle or trash. I know several people who target them successfully here but are very tight-lipped about when, where, and how.
Capt. Teuton - our guide was Scott Dykes with Georgia Light Tackle. Awesome job…sight fishing and a bonus of the Triple Tail found floating on their side hanging around debris. And yes, you are right - Shellman Bluff. A trip back in time and deep into the woods. Highly recommend a weekend there to decompress - good accommodations, great fishing, great food and very friendly people.
I saw a baby yellow one under a dock at Bristol marina last year. He hung around for a few days. Also saw some spade fish under the dock at IOP marina last year too.
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True story, I caught this baby triple tail using a piece of chicken as bait. My friend was chicken necking for crabs and had his string tied alongside the dock. The triple tail kept coming up and nibbling at the chicken. I didn’t even know what it was, I thought it was a flounder. I took a small piece of chicken and put it on my hook and whalla!
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flounder? TripleTail? who cares! EAT THAT BAD BOY!
Saw one when I was out gigging one night in the Wando River. It was laying on its side and I thought it was a wounded fish/didn’t know what the heck it was…made the amateur move of touching it with the gig and the (**() thing took off at 100mph. As soon as it took I off and I realized it wasn’t dead I quickly realized what it was. A buddy of mine has stuck a few of them while out gigging over the years.