Hello all! As my name implies, I will be a tourist to your fair city. My wife has commitments and I get to come along with her, and will be bringing my fishing gear. We will be there the middle of May.
Let me give some background. I don’t have much saltwater experience, though I did a lot of research before we went to Cancun and caught a few fish shore fishing the lagoon. I have a couple medium size spinning rods and reels, what I would consider fairly heavy here in Colorado, but what was called light spinning on the inshore charter we got in Cancun. Was exactly the same rod I had. I don?t have any big surf rods and won’t be able to get any before the trip. They have 40# braid and can put on whatever leader I need. I also have a couple ultralights I might bring, it is great fun to catch 2 pound or smaller fish on the ultralight.
For tackle I have Zara Spooks, some 1 and 2 oz bucktail jigs, jerk and stickbaits, 6" to 8"swimbaits, 1 and 2 oz jigheads and double tail scampi style plastics, a popping cork and some plastic shrimp, lots of different spoons, and some different gulps. I will also of course be bringing hooks and sinkers, probably nothing heavier than 3oz since I don’t really intend to do any surf fishing (don’t think I cast my gear out far enough).
We will be staying Courtyard Charleston Waterfront, which is on the Ashley. There is a small dock right outside the hotel I am hoping I can fish from. Since I won’t have a lot of time I plan on fishing some places close to the hotel. Spending some time searching the forum I have come up with a couple options: Brittlebank Park and the Battery. I honestly don’t care what I catch, since it will all be catch and release. While game fish of course would be fun, a day catching flounder, rays, small sharks, and “trash” fish would be just as good, and honestly better than a day of not catching game fish.
I am planning of picking up some bait like shrimp, squid, and fish, and rigging a drop shot or Carolina rig. I also plan on using the poppin
