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When you begin to hear this question in the Lowcountry it generally means fall has arrived. Inshore fishermen wait all summer for the first snap of cool weather that chases most of the boat traffic and jet skies away. The air is clean and crisp and the rivers are finally quiet and peaceful. It is hard to believe the amount of chaos a school of Trout can cause amidst all of this peace and quiet. An angler can go from lazily casting a lure to literally catching a Trout on every other cast. To find yourself in the midst of this chaos you need to know the answer to the question, "“Where are the Trout?”
" The Trout are thick in the Wando!" “The Trout are hot in the Cooper!” “The Trout are killing it in the Stono!” “The Trout are awesome in the Kiawah!” If you work in a tackle store you may hear several or all of these comments made all in the same day by different people. The truth is, in the fall, the trout are everywhere! Anglers spend many hours chasing reports of Trout from all different areas only to pass plenty of great Trout fishing on their way to the latest hot spot. I believe, that if you know what type of area to look for and you take the time to learn a nice stretch of water, you will probably be able to catch just as many if not more Trout than if you go from place to place looking for the latest and greatest spot. This article will focus on what to look for when selecting a fishing spot and hopefully we will save you some travel time, gas, and help you catch fish more consistently.
When looking for a productive fall Trout fishing spot there are a few things you want to look for. Is there some sort of structure? Structure comes in many shapes and sizes like, an oyster bar, a ledge, or an area with marsh grass that floods at high tide. The one thing all of these areas have in common is that they provide some sort of food and shelter for smaller food fish. Some of these small food fish include mullet, menhaden, mudminnows and shrimp. Finding these struc