Hey guys, I live in Cola and keep a boat in Charleston for fishing, but I rarely get the chance to go considering the wave height (offshore) is 3ft or more on most weekends during the summer. Does the wave height decrease a bit during the winter months? Do the same bottom fish species still bite as aggressively as they do during the summer? I’d imagine trolling doesn’t yield too many results.
I’m considering selling the boat and getting a smaller inshore one at this point.
Trolling during the winter is not great, unless you can fish way out in the stream where the water is warm, but the bottom fish bite is good all winter, that’s if anything will be open to catch. The snapper, grouper, sea bass all move closer to shore in the winter.
Not much difference in sea conditions, summer VS winter. We get some great days and some bad ones, just got to pick the right day.
Capt. Larry Teuton
Cracker Built Custom Boats
“Ships are the nearest things to dreams that hands have ever made.” -Robert N. Rose
The problem is you can’t keep any of our more common grouper for most of the winter…
Sometimes the fog can be tough during these months.
When do the grouper start showing up shallow?
About now.
Capt. Larry Teuton
Cracker Built Custom Boats
“Ships are the nearest things to dreams that hands have ever made.” -Robert N. Rose
We use to have some epic trips during the winter bottom fishing…i miss those days