The past two days I’ve gone fishing for HOURS with a buddy of mine and all we’ve caught is one measly little trout. We are both fairly new fishermen, but I feel like we know the basics. Please help us catch some fish! Here is where we went/what we used… Any tips are very appreciated!
Wednesday we fished from 10am-3pm. The tide was mostly high (12:50) and we went to four different spots. We fished a small oyster lined creek mouth near the Mt. P side of the Ravenel Bridge, in between some docks along the Wappoo Cut, in front of the brick ruins in Town Creek, and the mouth of Hobcaw Creek (white shell banks). At every spot we threw out mud minnows on Carolina Rigs and under floats AND various arties (Zman minnowz, curly tails, DOA shrimp, etc).
Thursday we fished from 8:30am til around 2. On the low incoming tide we fished a couple oyster lined creek mouths along the ICW behind Sullivans, Simmons pointe, and a few other places. Used the same bait as the day before.
I guess our biggest problem is simply FINDING fish. Because we’re new, we dont know any “secret spots” or even any spots that are consistently good. So we’ve just been driving around saying, “that looks good” and dropping anchor. Are we stupid? Please help.
you are spending way too much time at one place to only hit 4 spots in 5 hours, you have to move,sometimes you move a lot, others, you can find them in one place and never move…Most of the time, its moving constantly. Most guys fish with a trolling motor to cover more area…,hit a spot that looks good,fish it for 10-15 minutes, cover the area, floats down the bank, bottom fish,cast and retrieve… no fish ? Move to another place, sooner or later you will find them. Probably wouldve done better to fish under the docks instead of between them.
My advice, read saltfisher’s response until you have it memorized… good stuff right there. Good man too.
The biggest reason for this, this time of year, is that most of the fish (trout and reds) are schooled up. When you find them, there are plenty, if you don’t find a school…skunk. Flounder are scarce right now, they are out there, but mostly done till the water warms up. Reds will mostly be on the shallow water flats, hiding from flipper. Trout will be running the tides, stopping here and there along the way trying to ambush something to eat.
LOL! SF, OL and Opt are right! LOL! Reading your post those were the first things I thought. On both sides of high grass lines with some depth often do well. If not, do points, shallows, etc until you hit on something that works.
Been there, done that - A LOT! Keeping moving is solid advice. I too am a mud minnow slinger. Instead of them sitting on a carolina rig, try fan casting the area with one on a 1/4 jig head. Fish it slow and WITH the current, not against it. If they are around, chances are they’ll eat a minnow. If it ain’t happening, KEEP MOVING!
When you stop at a spot you think looks fishy cast around 5-10 times and if you have NOTHING at all, move. Repeat and you’ll eventually find a good spot. I fish out of a kayak and I use this method and nearly always catch fish. Plus, idk if this an option with you rig, but I ALWAYS troll at least two poles with one live and one artificial when moving from spot to spot, this also help you find fish. If you get a hit trolling, obviously land the fish and fish that spot some more. Especially if you have two fish on at once. ; )