Fished hard two days on S. Edisto side
Beautiful Weather for fishing in January
Nada bite on Friday the first.
Tried a different tactic and location on Saturday and the wife and I managed 10 trout. She outfished me as usual 7 to 3. 3 were keepers, 14" and two 15"ers and the others were all at 13". We released all fish.
None of the fish seemed to be schooled up because we caught them all in different locations, it was real slow.
I fished a trout trick and wife was fishing a gulp shrimp under a cork.
Hope we get some more 70 degree weather and I’ll try and get back out there. I’m afraid it’s going to be a cold late January and February.
Congrats on the fish. Fished a spot Saturday I have been doing well in and caught nothing. No telling where they will be with this cold snap.
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18 Key West
This cold will concentrate the trout in holes with structure (live bottom) in the smaller creeks until the water drops below 50 degrees. Lots of good fishing opportunities left.
Thanks RADDADDY!
I may try and get back out this weekend if the weather holds off the rain.
I have a ? for you? What do you mean by live bottom? I understand the deeper holes in smaller creeks.
When I think of live bottom, I think of offshore in 100 feet of water or the artificial reefs.
Do you mind clarifying?
Oysters and the yellow coral
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ What Optiker said! The next question might be “How do you find it?” Trees, rocks, old pilings, roots, deep oyster beds all provide substrate for the yellow, orange, and red coral to grow just like offshore. It’s not nearly as prevalent in the smaller creeks as it is on the main water here off of white shell banks in 1-8 feet of water at low tide. When you find good hard, live bottom in the smaller creeks in 6-20 feet of water during the winter, there will be trout around.