South Carolina DNR Saltwater fishing report 10-28
Saltwater Fishing Tendencies:
Tiny River – Grand Strand – Charleston – Beaufort – Tides – S.C. marine recreational fishing regulations (PDF file). Saltwater Fishing License web site.
Fishing tendencies courtesy www.SCFishingReport.com. Examine the site for recent updates and comprehensive studies.
Little River (unchanged from Oct. 20)
In the shallow creeks and ICW slot-sized redfish, trout and flounder can all be caught on reside mullet or mud minnows under a popping cork. Minimize mullet has also been landing black drum, whiting, and croaker.
Grand Strand
Spottail Bass: Quite excellent. Perrys Bait and Tackle reviews that fishing is hot! Bull red drum are being caught off most of the area beaches from Pawleys Island to Myrtle Beach and at the Murrells Inlet Jetties on reduce bait. A number of slot-sized fish are staying caught in the surf, but most of the fish are 30-42 inches. Slot sized redfish are feeding effectively in the creeks exactly where the very best motion has been on the incoming tide. Reside mud minnows, are living finger mullet, are living shrimp and a range of synthetic lures will all function.
Bluefish: Quite good. Perrys reports that the bluefish operate is on, and very very good numbers of fish are feeding effectively in the surf. Most fish are in the 12-inch assortment, but there are 3-5 pound bluefish mixed in. Lower mullet are tough to conquer.
Spot: Great to very very good. Perrys studies that spot fishing is off and on, but in the very last handful of days they have been sizzling in Murrells Inlet. Bloodworms fished on the bottom are hard to defeat especially on a two-hook rig.
Flounder: Very good. Perrys reviews that flounder fishing is even now powerful, and although numbers are down measurements are up. Flounder are being caught on the ledges off the beaches and in the inlets. Cast or troll Carolina rigged reside mud minnows on the bottom about sandy bottoms and all around tough structure. Fishing is usually ideal for a couple of hours both aspect of low tide.
Black drum and sheepshead: Reasonable to very good. Perrys studies that small black drum and very good sheepshead are feeding properly at the Murrells Inlet Jetties on fiddler crabs and shrimp. Fish fiddler crabs vertically on a Carolina rig shut to the tough construction.
Trout: Great. Perrys reports that off Garden City weakfish are feeding effectively on minimize mullet fished in the surf. Noticed seatrout are feeding effectively in the creeks on reside shrimp beneath cork towards the grass or around oysters, but most fish are in the 11-13 inch variety.
Surf and Pier report: In addition to the over, bull whiting have been powerful off the Garden Town Pier. They are feeding very best on refreshing shrimp fished on the bottom on the reduced to middle rising tide.
Charleston
Redfish: Extremely excellent. Haddrell’s Position reviews the redfish are completely chomping seemingly almost everything that swims in front of them. Are living baits (minnows and shrimp) are often an simple bet for tangling with some reds, but this is the time of yr in which artificials can be each little bit as productive. Gulp! shrimp, jerkshads, Zman PaddlerZ, DOA shrimp, chatterbaits are solid choices. The numbers of fish schooling on the flats at low tide is increasing appropriate now, as nicely as there are even now plenty of reds hanging around composition this kind of as docks and rock piles.
Trout: Very good. Haddrell’s Point reports the trout bite has turn into much more consistent and they are starting up to see some pretty great dimensions fish as nicely. Shell rakes in 4-6ft of h2o with a great latest movement are nearly sure bets to maintain some fish, with DOA shrimp, Zman MinnowZ, suspending Mirrolures, and Tremendous Spook Jrs for the early topwater bite will all be reliable selections to have in your arsenal for the fall trout bite.
Sheepshead: Excellent. Haddrell’s Stage reviews the sheepshead bite is turning vast open. A live shrimp below a float can be just as lethal as the typical fiddler crabs. Goal 4-12 ft of h2o around practically any form of hefty structure.
Beaufort (unchanged from Oct. 20)
Redfish: Great. On major river oyster flats and in smaller sized creeks close to structure. Reds are feeding heavily on shrimp so "livies" are tough to conquer. Scented synthetic shrimp such as DOA, Gulp!, and Z-Guy Shrimpz are all great substitutes for the artificial enthusiasts. Reds can be located schooled up and pushing h2o on the flats during the reduce 50 % of the tide cycle, then can be found scattered in the grass tailing in the upper half of the tides. They have actually started out feeding seriously these previous few weeks getting ready for the winter months, so now is the time for great numbers and lots of about slot fish on a range of baits, lures, and presentations.
Trout: Very good. A lot of trout are becoming caught on the main river white shell flats through the higher part of the tide when the drinking water is clearest. The approach of alternative is a live shrimp fished 2-5 feet under a popping cork but soft plastics on jigheads and DOAs are also successful.
Flounder: Good. Flounder fishing in the place has been previously mentioned regular all year and this fall is adhering to fit. Numerous keeper sized flounder are getting documented caught on are living shrimp on the oyster flats and close to docks with framework. Sheephead: Good. Around dock pilings (specially concrete) with large progress. The decrease fifty percent of the tide seems to be a lot more productive and fiddler crabs are the bait of alternative fished on quick-leadered Carolina rigs.
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South Carolina DNR freshwater fishing report 10-28
Fishing Info
Mountains Place
Piedmont Region
Midlands Location
Santee Cooper Program
SC Freshwater Fishing Regulations (Adobe PDF)
Buy a fishing license
Boat Ramp Areas
State Fish Usage Advisories
StriperFishing developments courtesy www.SCFishingReport.com. Verify the internet site for current updates and comprehensive studies.
Mountains Area
Lake Jocassee:
Trout: Slow to fair. Captain Steve Pietrykowski studies that a couple of trout are moving shallower as drinking water temperatures great, but the best pattern is still fishing in 65-eighty ft. Spoons are a great option at this time of calendar year, and hearth tiger and silver/blue are good hues.
Black Bass: Reasonable. Captain Pat Bennett reviews that as air and water temperatures drop the fishing is enhancing. Early and late consider topwater lures such as Spooks and Jitterbugs about lengthy points. Also target bass associated to shoreline cover proximate to deep drinking water, where they can be caught on shakey head worms, Carolina rigs and spinnerbaits. The very first drop-off is frequently powerful. Fish can also be caught on delicate plastics fish around bluff walls. Several bass carry on to be out in deep, open up water subsequent roaming universities of baitfish, but several of these bait educational institutions really should make their way up the rivers and creeks as the fall progresses.
Lake Keowee:
Largemouth and Noticed Bass: Fair. Guidebook Brad Fowler reports that fish are scattered out throughout the total lake from shallow to deep. They havent grouped up in very good fall colleges nevertheless, but should shortly. Fish can be caught all around the banking institutions on topwater lures, drop shotting in 60 ft, or everywhere in amongst but nothing is scorching. Early and late appear for college activity when fish are feeding on balls of threadfin shad. Proper now fish can be identified on the major channel, just off it, or in the front third of creeks, but as the fall progresses bass will move even more into the creeks. Fishing shakey head worms all around docks is a reliable approach as fish settle into a pattern.
Lake Hartwell: (unchanged from Oct. 20)
Largemouth Bass: Honest. The leading h2o motion has slowed down quite a bit, but you can discover fish in ten-twenty feet. Your best bet is shakey head and Texas rigs. There are a few fish shallow and can be caught on buzzbait. Also verify the creeks.
Piedmont Area
Lake Russell:
Black Bass: Very good. Guide Wendell Wilson reviews that the bass pattern continues to be fundamentally the same, and bass are feeding very well close to bait universities 20-25 ft deep in large coves in the mid-lake. Whether or not the coves have brush or not is unimportant the existence of bait educational institutions is the key. Drop shot rigs fished just off the bottom and baited with a plastic worm or dwell minnows will make, and jigging spoons are also working. The bass catch is about 85% spots and fifteen% largemouth. To goal largemouth fish the mid to reduced area of the lake with a shallow jogging crankbait or blue and silver ½ ounce Rattletrap-sort bait close to the financial institutions.
White and yellow perch: Good. Guide Wendell Wilson reports that fishing minnows just off the bottom in twenty five-thirty ft of h2o, specially in the reduced lake about the mouth of the Rocky River, is the very best pattern. Yellow perch have started to appear once again, but the bite is nonetheless mostly white perch. Perch make of part of a combined bag right now.
Crappie: Truthful to great. Manual Wendell Wilson reviews that the crappie are combined in with the spotted and largemouth bass all around bait colleges in big mid-lake cove, and he is catching 12-14 crappie on trips alongside with sturdy numbers of bass. Fish minnows to goal crappie.
Catfish: Honest. Guide Wendell Wilson studies that the best wager for catfish is fishing on the bottom about the significant bait colleges identified in significant coves. Anchor and place out minimize herring offerings on the bottom, and dont be frightened to chum to draw in the cats. Lately catfish catches have been a bit off.
Striped bass: Reasonable. Guidebook Wendell Wilson reports that striped bass fishing stays really hit or miss on Lake Russell. For now the important is to pull bait and cover a great deal of drinking water, but fishing should boost when the gulls arrive in November and make focusing on universities less difficult.
Lake Thurmond:
Striped and Hybrid Bass: Excellent to really very good. Captain William Sasser studies that the larger fish have moved out of the really deep h2o, and there is now schooling action throughout the lake. Poppers, Ice Flies and other lures will catch fish. Besides targeting schooling fish the very best pattern is fishing the mid-lake by pulling planer boards and fishing down lines in 15-twenty ft. Appear in the again of creeks, particularly Soap Creek.
Crappie: Great. Captain William Sasser reviews that crappie have moved into the backs of creeks exactly where they can be caught in 15-20 ft of h2o by anglers pulling jigs or minnows. Mid-lake Buffalo Creek and the South Carolina Little River have been strong.
Black bass: Fair to very good. Buckeye Lures in Augusta studies that bass fishing proceeds to improve on Clarks Hill. Schooling exercise has really picked up, and schooling fish can be located across the lake. Most fish have commenced to make a transfer towards the backs of the creeks, and buzzbaits and spinnerbaits are operating nicely.
Catfish: Reasonable. Captain William Sasser studies that large flatheads are being caught on the Parksville and Georgia flats at evening, but they are scattered. Anchor are living bream on the bottom in 15-twenty ft of water to catching roaming, feeding flatheads. Channel catfish are getting caught on the bottom in 30-forty feet of water.
Lake Wylie: (unchanged from Oct. 20)
Catfish: Excellent. Early early morning designs normally find fish a great bit deeper fifteen-twenty five feet in the creeks and around principal channel composition. One particular can usually stick to the bass to catfish in the fall as the largemouth bass college up to attack significant surface educational institutions of modest shad–these places are straightforward to spot and even hear on a early morning when they are breaking water. Drift fishing will be really effective in these regions utilizing lower bait or shad. Blue catfish will be less complicated to catch in numbers when the water cools down approaching winter.
Midlands Region
Lake Greenwood: (unchanged from Oct. 20)
Largemouth Bass: Honest. Some schooling documented with best water motion. Crankbaits and jigs under the universities are producing. Verify the winds blowing into creeks and fish with plastic worms.
Crappie: Gradual. Check brush piles all around twelve to fifteen ft.
Lake Monticello: (unchanged from Oct. 20)
Catfish: Slow to reasonable. Free line drifters and meat fishermen report difficulty catching numbers of modest fish.
Lake Wateree:
Catfish: Good. Captain Rodger Taylor reviews that bait is plentiful. Big gizzard shad are easily netted in shallow drinking water near docks and aquatic grass together the financial institutions, and enormous colleges of smaller sized 2-four inch shad are present on the flats in five-ten feet of h2o. Day to day outcomes range, but fish can be found drifting lower bait on the shallow flats. If fish dont cooperate with that method, try out anchoring in deep drinking water in the vicinity of the river channel drop. Fishing extended sloping factors is a very good wager. Fishing could be stronger when there is existing, and the bite should only improve as the fall progresses.
Crappie: Truthful to very good. Will Hinson of the Southern Crappie Tournament Trail reports that the very best crappie fishing on Lake Wateree is at the upper stop of the lake about Wateree Creek. Fish just off the bottom in 14-18 feet of drinking water restricted-lining jigs tipped with minnows or basic minnows. It is standard for fish to make a fall migration towards the riverine finish of the lake, but it would seem a bit early this year. Some fish have moved into the mouths of major creeks like Taylor Creek, Singleton and Dutchmans, but they are keeping a little bit deeper and can only be discovered in the front ½ of creeks. Relying on how fast the water cools they will transfer as shallow as 11-12 ft just before turning around.
Largemouth Bass: Difficult but improving. FLW Skilled Dearal Rodgers reports that shad and the fish are shifting toward the creeks, but fishing continues to be a tiny tough on Lake Wateree. As water temperatures keep on to neat and the shad move further into the backs, appear in coves around grass, rocks and docks. Double willow blade spinnerbaits and shallow jogging crankbaits are a very good selection, and quickly Rattletrap-kind baits need to be powerful.
Lake Murray:
Catfish: Quite excellent. Captain Chris Simpson reports that the fishing is extremely robust, and catfish can be caught either anchoring or drifting relying upon an anglers preference. For anchor fishing placement the boat in 15-45 ft of h2o and cast out to cover a variety of depths. For drift fishing cover humps, factors, flats and gullies in 20-45 ft of h2o. Minimize herring and gizzard shad are tough to conquer.
Shellcracker: Quite excellent. Lake Planet reviews that the shellcracker bite is quite robust. Look for fish about details and fish worms on the bottom in three-8 feet of water.
Striped Bass: Truthful. Lake Globe reviews that fish scattered out with the 1st cold front, and striped bass are scattered from the center of the lake on up. Trolling live bait driving planer boards and fishing down lines in thirty-40 feet of h2o are good choices. Also be positive to seem out for schooling activity.
Largemouth Bass: Poor. Captain Doug Lown studies that the lake has just lately turned more than, and an already difficult bass bite has gotten even harder. In the current large bass tournament anglers struggled to catch fish over two lbs, and a fish underneath five pounds was large bass for the huge tournament. Due to the fact of the turnover fish are spread out from two-twenty ft, but they arent biting well anyplace. Most fish that are getting caught are using lures fished on the bottom, and shakey head worms fished all around points and docks are as very good as anything at all. Some little fish can also be caught on flukes. In a week or two the bite should significantly improve.
Santee Cooper Program (unchanged from Oct. twenty)
Largemouth bass: Sluggish. Some fish are taking plastic worms. Also try shallow jogging crankbaits and bouncing on trees and stumps. The fishing is strengthening, but is nevertheless tough.
Crappie: Honest. Check out brush piles at 10-twenty feet.
Catfish: Very good. Captain Jim Glenn studies fish seem to be to be scattered amongst water in the teens down to forty feet or so. Some are getting achievement in deeper h2o apparently, but most are becoming taken in twenty five to 35 ft. It is a small early for the concentrations of fish that happen in colder months. Herring, gizzard shad and menhaden are the most well-liked baits right now.
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Capt Judy Helmey, Savannah, Fishing report 10-29
Kicking Fish Tail Since 1956
POB 30771
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA 31410
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Captain Judys email fishjudy2@aol.com
October 31, 2011
Saltwater Inshore, Offshore, Blue Water fishing reports, Freshies Suggestions, and Little Miss Judys Believe It or Not story! Thanks for Reading!
Table of Contents
Inshore Bites Spotted sea trout, red fish, and flounder continue to put the old feed bag on.
Inshore red fish bite
Spotted sea trout invasion!
Artificial Reef fishing can be interesting! Edwin Aviles is holding up his nice 37 inch red fish
Savannah Snapper Banks fishing is very good for big fish only!
North Savannah snapper banks and beyond A fall fishing day in the Low Countrys favorite fishing team Captain Frank Gibson, Sam Chestnutt, and Captain Ralph Worrell
Blue Water fishing suggestions
Before dropping that baited hook its suggested to do your regulation homework first!!
Freshies report Spoon season is here! By Bill Vanderford
Little Miss Judys Believe It or not Story! Birds Beware!
Inshore Bites
Spotted sea trout, red fish, and flounder continue to put the old feed bag on.
David Reader has his hands full of fish! This is a good thing!
Inshore red fish bite
The red fish bite has been pretty darn good even when windy conditions prevail. If the wind is blowing on your fish day I still suggest making way to your favorite drops. If your spot happens to be to rough due to wind directions, just take a stroll around the area looking for the red fish swirls. Best baits are going to be live or fresh dead shrimp and being quite is the word!
Spotted sea trout invasion!
This is nice spotted sea trout that found my Strike King soft bait something that it couldnt pass up. The color that I am using is Baby bass. There is a secret to working a lure like this since it doesnt offer any sort of smell. Its more about the moves it makes while on the retrieve. Once its cast into to place I suggest letting it fall to the bottom. If a trout sees it on the fall bites will happen! Once it hits bottom I suggest raising the rod, dropping the rod, and reeling 4 to 6 time all while twitching it. If you dont get a hit when you have reeled in ¼ precent of line out in I suggest reeling in and starting over. Spotted sea trout are known for killing first what they are going to eat next. In this case its all artificial and the moves made makes it believeable or not to the trout. This is called triggering the bite! In my book this is real time fishing, because you are with the fish from the intial hit, the turn back pick up, and also when it goes into the mouth full trying to swim away mode.
Strike King soft bait ZTOO baby bass rigged on a ¼ ounce white jig head. This is a real good spotted sea trout artificial bait. If a trout can see it they will most likley bite it.
Black sea bass being hauled aboard. All black sea bass must be released as soon as possible. The black fish season reopens in June 2012. So therefore until this date you can practice catching and release all that you would like!
Artificial Reef fishing can be interesting!
Edwin Aviles is holding up his nice 37 inch red fish
Edwin Aviles is holding up his nice 37 inch red fish, which he caught while plain old bottom fishing on the Miss Judy Too. The fish was tagged and released healthy back to the wild!!
During this time with the black sea bass season closed until June 2011 the best thing to do is to pracitice catch and release! While bottom fishing last week on my morning trip my customers caught and realeased 160 black sea bass in two hours. While bottom fishing one fishermen also caught and released a 37 inch trophy red fish. We tagged this fish and sent it on its way. On my second trip we caught and released 133 black sea bass of assorted sizes. It was plenty of fun especially for those that had never been in the ocean much less caught a fish! Not all the fish caught at the arificial reefs have to be released. We are still catching sheepshead, black drum, flounder, cobia, spade fish, sand perch, triggerfish, summer trout, and spotted sea trout. Heres List of fish that we catch, but never keep..toad fish also known a Hawaiian perch, reef runners, also known as cigar fish or lizard fish, tomate also known as ruby red lips, rock bass, sea robbin, puffer, burrfish, and lady fish.
This gag was so big it wouldnt fit into the picture! Just kidding! However, we have been catching some nice ones for sure!
Savannah Snapper Banks fishing is very good for big fish only!
The bottom fishing in this area is good and its a good time to target grouper and amberjack!
Vermilion Snapper season is closed as of October 31, 2011 until March 31, 2012
From the artificial reefs to the Savannah snapper banks
Its that time of year when some grouper move closer to shore. Areas such as artificial reefs, wreck, and the Savannah snapper banks are great places for these fish to hold up and feed at will. Best baits are those that dont want to go into the structure/ledges/holes/ditches such as sand perch, tomtates, blue fish, and blue runners. Put these baits on the bottom near the structure. Once hooked up reel fast while slowly moving the rod side to side so as to disorient the fish. This should detour the fish away from the structure offering you a better chance at landing your fish.
North Savannah snapper banks and beyond
A fall fishing day in the Low Country
From left to right: top row: Captain Frank Gibson holding a nice 4 pound trigger fish and football size vermillion, Sam Chestnutt holding a nice Cabera snapper. Kneeling in front is Captain Ralph Worrell, which is really down with some nice fish. He is holding a cobia and a 25 pound plus gag grouper.
Captain Frank Gibson called and gave me the particulars of this trip, which were definitely interesting to say the least. They started at a so called secret fishing hole and after about 1 hour four other boats showed up. Then it was decided move offshore and to the northeast a bit. Once finding a live piece of bottom in about 140 feet of water all kinds of bites happened! While using small pieces of cut squid they caught football size vermilion and 4 pound plus trigger fish. Along with these bottom feeders that caught some really nice black sea bass, which was quickly vented and released. A couple of cobia hit one of their double bottom rigs and both were landed. However, they decided to keep the larger one and release the smaller cobia. They caught a few pin fish, which were used a live bait. These baits were hooked up on circle hooks and send to the bottom. While using these baits they found a gag and Cabera snapper bite.
Sounds like this fishing team started off good and ended up great! Thanks Captain Frank Gibson for such a fine fish catch report!!
Blue water fishing suggetions
The fall run for the blue water fish has taken place. It can be as good as it was in the spring and summer. The bottom line is you have to go to know!
Before dropping that baited hook its suggested to do your regulation homework first!!
For details on current regulations give these sites a try. Believe me things are changing daily in the fish keeping department
State Regulations
http://www.eregulations.com/georgia/fishing/
Federal regulations
South Atlantic Fishery Management Council
Sword fish and other blue water fish
https://hmspermits.noaa.gov/News.asp#news236
NMFS Permit Shop
Atlantic tunas permits
Photo by EX TRA SEA Sword Fishing Team
Please meet the inside of the sword fish. As you can see the sword fish has no teeth. So therefore before the sword fish can eat it has to be chopped up or cut up with its sword. Most sword fish that are landed in some case come completely wrapped up in the leader. This is due to the fact when a sword sees something it wants to eat it goes into the killing mode, which means whacking at its meal with its sword. The problem comes in when the meal, in this case your bait, is rigged up with a long leader. As the fish tries to go in for the kill it gets tangled in the leader making the fish go somewhat crazy. While all these fish moves are being made the wrapping up of the fish is bound to be taking place.
During this time blue water catching can certainly be interesting. The reason being is that fish are on the move and when this takes place serious feeding can occur. If you were to ask me where to go and how to fish heres what I would say
Where to go..
I call this time of the year Fishing the opposite! My meaning of this is when the waters west of the stream are cooling instead of warming. When this starts to happen all kinds of different feeding opportunities, can be had. All top water fish are in the migration mode and when this happens they know where to stop off to feed. In other words, not by chance they feed; its the path that they take to the feeding zone. As I said, All fish, which means bait too. So therefore fish are going straight to where the fish are going to be holding such as ledges, wrecks, rips, debris, and up wellings. Fish areas like this to get you best chances for lots of action!
How to fish..
Since I am from the old school and now might be considered from the oldest school ever heres what I would do. I would pull old school lures. I would always pull some sort of planers getting my rigged ballyhoo or 3 ½ Drone spoon deep. This is what I have always called the meat line, because it gets the most action and catches most of the fish. If you dont want to pull a planer, then you wont notice the difference. When it comes to going into the planer mode I like just pulling 31/2 inch Drone spoon or believe it or not black cedar plugs. As far as the main line on my planer rod I have used monofilament. However, I prefer wire line, because of the noise it makes when pulled through the water. Some like to pull braided line in the place of wire and I think this is also a good idea. However, if I had to choose my tools for deep water pulling it would be wire main line (50 to 60 pound test) #4 trolling planer with snap swivel, and 30 feet of 100 pound test monofilament leader line, (standard pink Ande monofilament line) and then attach your lure of choice. My lure of choice would be 31/2 inch silver drone spoon.
About the leader
When I am using a 30 foot leader I always like to tie a barrel swivel (100 to 200 pound test) at mid length. This helps to keep your leader straight keeping any twisting out of the factor that might occur. Also another thing that you might want to keep in mind is that the Drone spoon should have two welded split rings not one. Some spoons taken right out of the package have two rings, but I have seen some that did not. I always keep extra split rings in my tackle box. The two split rings allow the spoons to work properly. When pulling a Drone spoon if its not jumping a bit meaning the rod tip should be moving, it not working properly. This is also how you can tell if you have picked up some weed on your spoon. The spoon has to work so that you will get a real big jerk!!
Top Water Baits
My favorite and always will be is Ilander lures rigged with medium to large ballyhoo. Back in the old days black/burgundy with silver head worked the best, at least on my boat. Then there was purple/black hair rigged with ballyhoo. I pulled these lures way way way back! We sometimes called this bait pulled the trash line, which meant it picked up everything. However, when you do get a hit, its normally a real big fish and most likely a Yahoo Wahoo!!! I learned the hard way that once you get a hookup even when the line is screaming off the reel you dont take the boat out of gear keep it moving you can pull back on the throttles, just dont take it out gear.
Yahoo Wahoo
When a Wahoo gets hooked up the hook is normally just lying in the hole that it just made. This means if you give this fish any sort of slack it will swim right off the hook. Since the fish is known for swimming away from the pressure in all different directions leaving your boat in gear is going offer you a better chance at landing your fish.
Freshies Report
By Bill Vanderford
Spoon season is here!
Go here for the real details
http://fishinglanier.com/a_Spoon_Season_is_Here.html
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Little Miss Judys Believe It or not Story!
Birds Beware!
Photo by James T. Holmes
My long time friend of many years, Captain Mark Covington has shared some very interesting information with us. And this suggestion is definitely not for the birds, but about them. It is a known fact that our feathered friends sometimes drop massive amounts of bird poop on our boats. In some cases boats are targeted by the birds for one reason or another. Back in the old days by father used everything from rubber snakes to fake owls to pie pans. Some of these old time methods for getting the birds to please fly around and not over my boat did work.
Captain Mark had a friend whom told him about the wonders of electrical ties also known as cable ties. Take a look at the top of Captain Marks boat and you will see how he keeps the birds away. Its simple enough; all you have to do is attach the ties and let the ends that are pulled through just wave in the wind. Apparently this waving action causes birds to make immediate mid air direction change also known as IMADC!
PS: dont bother to look IMADC up, because I just made it up!!
Thanks for reading! Captain Judy
Captain Judy Helmey
missjudycharters.com
912 897 4921
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Oregon Inlet Fishing center report 10-29
by Karla
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Offshore fleet had some good catches right now. There had been a number of blackfin tuna with two citations of 32 lb. & 26 lb., some yellowfin tuna and a handful of scattered dolphin. A single of our offfshore boats caught and launched a 500 lb. blue marlin. Wonderful Catch! Our inshore fleet caught some sheepshead and some tautogs. The Miss Oregon Inlet introduced in a couple of keeper flounder.
FISHING REPORT 10/27/11
by Karla
Attachment 207261
We had a few of offshore boats go out today and there had been 3 wahoos caught, a couple of blackfin and some yellowfin tuna. There was a nearshore fishing trip that brought in a lot of bluefish right now and our inshore boats went out for all day wreck fishing journeys and brought again to the docks some sheepshead, tautogs, black drum and a lost hake which is a type of cod.
Oregon Inlet Fishing Center
(252) 441-6301
http://www.oregon-inlet.com
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Ocean Isle Fishing Center report 10-28
Wendell Barnett and Paul Pancake had three Wahoo and a Billfish release fishing offshore of a hundred/400
– Capt. Brant McMullan
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"Report" | OIFC Entire world Cat / Carolina Cat | 10/27/eleven
Wednesday Crew OIFC headed out to get pleasure from the fantastic climate — the strategy was to blend up spearfishing and dwell bait trolling — the spear fishing yielded a handful of Grouper and Snapper, but the slow trolling created some sudden benefits — Dwell Sardines at eighty ft on the downrigger near the BlackJack hole yielded a twenty pound Mutton Snapper (unusual to this region and normally a Florida Keys fish) and a fifty pound Wahoo — quite cool, great fight. It was nice to be on the drinking water with pals/household, catching fish, excellent weather and no stress — lifestyle was great on Wednesday — then it was back to work Thursday!
– Capt. Brant McMullan
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"Stream Report" | OIFC Entire world Cat / Carolina Cat | 10/27/eleven
The temperatures was extremely good on Wednesday and several boats like myself headed offshore to scout close to. Check out this catch by regional fishermen Joe Seegers (Captain of the Hooked Up) and angler Chris Critz (pictured) — 4 Wahoo, nine Blackfin, 2 Dolphin and a Sailfish release- NOT Lousy !!! Way to go men. Capt .Joe said they were fishing the Steeples place.
– Capt. Brant McMullan
"Lockwood Folly Inlet Buoys Eliminated" | OIFC World Cat / Carolina Cat | ten/27/11
The Coast Guard removed the buoys from The Lockwood Folly Inlet because of to significant shoaling. For the entire tale click on this hyperlink.
– Capt. Rickey Beck
"REDS are Scorching" | Get Chaotic | 10/27/eleven
Seems to be like shes going to blow,nevertheless inshore continues to be red scorching. Fishing the docks of the ICW and oyster bars made a double hand total of redfish for some pals down the Small River way yesterday. Live shrimp and mullet minnows when you can discover them are the ticket. There in which studies of a couple of large redfish down arund the jetties yesterday as nicely.
– Capt. Jeff Williamson
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Bogue Inlet Fishing Pier report, Emerald Isle 10-28
The WIND SHIFT transpired slowly and gradually overnight, a COLD FRONT with a brisk twenty MPH NE wind has descended on the coast. …………. We have been waiting around for this shift, and it seems to be like it is paying out off! ………… TWO-AT-A-TIME SPOTS are being landed as I publish this, and it may be the previous shot for SPOTS! …………. Final evening there were some nice SEA MULLET caught, and there has been a combined bag of several species for the earlier few days………….. SPOTS (nice dimension–hope they maintain out!), Pup DRUM, SEA MULLET, BLUEFISH, FLOUNDER, POMPANO, small BLACK DRUM, and a few BLOWFISH are displaying up …………. The drinking water temperature is keeping at 67* (for now), and it will absolutely drop right after this cold snap ………….. So Gown Warm, and occur on down……… We’ll preserve you posted on the SPOT situation …………… SEE YOU Soon! …………. MIKE STANLEY
LISA McCRARY (Bristol, TN)–SPOTS A few AT A TIME ….10-28-eleven
PAUL KLEM (Hubert, NC)–5 lb. six oz. Puppy DRUM ….ten-27-11
DAMON McDOWELL (Goldsboro, NC)–SPOTS TWO AT A TIME ….ten-28-11
EVERETT GORDON (Lexington, NC)–3 lb. 6 oz. BLACK DRUM ….10-28-eleven
SHEILA PETTIFORD (Suwanee, GA)–SPOTS TWO AT A TIME ….ten-28-11
THERESA JESTER (Colfax, NC)–COOLER of SEA MULLET ….ten-28-eleven
PHIL & LISA McCrary (Bristol, TN), STU WILSON (Bristol, TN), & GLENN & TAMMY FUTCH (Sevierville, TN)–COOLER of SPOTS ….10-28-eleven
CAMMIE WELLS (Colfax, NC)–one lb. 4 oz. & one lb. three oz. SEA MULLET ….ten-28-11
J.J. HORTON (Willianston, NC)–SPOT ….ten-28-eleven
JIM PENDRY (Danville, VA)–SPOT ….10-28-eleven
TAMMY FUTCH (Sevierville, TN)–SPOT ….ten-28-11
DOROTHY MOSS (Staley, NC) & TYLER CLEMONS (Greensboro, NC)–COOLER of SPOTS ….ten-28-eleven
Bogue Inlet Fishing Pier
Emerald Isle, NC
252-354-2919
http://www.bogueinletpier.com/
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North Carolina fishing reports 10-29
The fishing continues to be very good as we combat the weather. Wahoo and Tuna offshore. Speckled trout and Pup Drum inshore.
Oden’s Dock
Hatteras NC
252-986-2555
http://www.breakwaterhatteras.com/
Thursday, October 27, 2011 – 8:08 am:
Out in front of the shop we’ve been viewing mullet, black drum, bluefish, and some blowtoads. There have been a number of puppy drum, and flounder in the mix. We are even now listening to reviews of pompano getting caught and wonderful sized drum as properly. For the most aspect, the entire island has been viewing the identical catches. So can come get your fish on!
Ryan white
Hatteras jack inc.
239020 hwy 12
Box 157
Rodanthe nc 27968
252-987-2428 office
http://www.hatterasjack.com
ten/26/2011
Far better fishing nowadays although Maxwell and Bert had a short group so a smaller catch was even now wonderful! James Fowler and his crew did get in some actually big (for blackfin) blackfin and it was wonderful…congrats go out to Marian Wright and Paul Hummel for their 32 and 26 pound (respectively) citation tuna! I assume Billy stated they also caught a dolphin but I cannot swear to it and he is no a single exactly where to be discovered proper now. Its repairing to blow for the up coming couple of days – it’s possible all the way by way of the weekend…but it’s possible not. Stand By and Restricted Lines!
Tuna Fever Charters
135 Berry Street
Manteo, NC 27954
Oregon Inlet Fishing middle
252/473-1097 (Ph) 800/272-5199 (OIFC)
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Fall version of the Hook a Hoo Rodeo
Tournament Dates: Nov. 4-thirteen, 2011
Weigh-In Locations: Wrightsville Beach Marina & South Harbour Marina
Weigh-In Deadline: 7 pm of each and every tournament day
Captain Meeting: Nov. 3rd @ 6pm at Starling Marine Showroom,
2035 Eastwood Rd., Wilmington, NC
Award Ceremony: Sun. Nov. thirteen, Southport, NC, Location TBD
The Hook a Hoo Rodeo Fishing Tournament is an yearly fishing occasion place on as a fundraiser for the Shriners Burn up Middle, a hospital network offering no-expense treatment to minors suffering from burn off injuries. Tournament sponsors, Ace Parker and Jeff Martini, have manufactured it their private mission to positively affect the Shrine Hospitals of the Carolinas, whilst incorporating their adore of fishing. In 2010, 51 boats fished through the tournament to aid raise about $ twelve,000 for the Shriners Burn Center. To indication your boat up for the 2011 Hook a Hook Fishing Tournament and help a excellent trigger,
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2011 Fall Brawl Ocean Isle Fishing Center
Group Instigator (consisting of Capt. Keith Logan of Feedin Frenzy Charters out North Myrtle Seaside, SC Scott Smith of Charlotte, NC and, Ryan Vivid, of Dallas, TX) won the 2011 Fall Brawl King Classic out of the Ocean Isle Fishing Center with a 35.50 pound King Mackerel. The profitable fish was caught on Sunday, in 102 ft of drinking water on a Pink 1 oz. Pirate Plug from South Chatham Tackle, baited with a lifeless cigar minnow.
With Capt. Keith at the helm, Team Instigator headed out of Small River Inlet at six:30am looking of bait on the seaside. The method was to look for bait till seven:30am, and fish the Myrtle Seashore Rocks. If bait could not be identified, we would operate offshore to area that Capt. Keith had deep sea charter fished all calendar year prolonged and had caught massive Kings on dead bait. At 7:30am, we had not been able to track down any bait and headed offshore in three to 4 ft waves jogging 28 to thirty knots in Yamaha driven Regulator 26. Wow, what a excellent trip the Regulator is! At nine:10am, we set lines in the drinking water with Pirate Plugs baited with cigar minnows and Barefoot Chin weights with ballyhoo. As we commenced to troll, the small line in the prop wash, with the Barefoot Chin Weight Boone Head and ballyhoo, went off! Then, a King hit the extended line that had a green Pirate Plug with a cigar minnow. The King was about twelve pounds, but was eaten by a barracuda at the boat. We acquired the lines back out and it was on again. A king hit the quick line in the prop wash on the Barefoot Chin Bodyweight and ballyhoo. The King was around 15 lbs and also got bit in 50 percent by a barracuda at the boat. Prior to we get that line back out, we have been hooked up with two far more Kings on pirate plugs and chain excess weight. We get them to the boat and they were all around 10 to fifteen kilos. We get a couple of lines back out and a bone head hits and tangles up the other lines that are out. We get the lines back again in boat and only had a single line that was not tangled up. It was a pink Pirate Plug, so we bait it up with a cigar minnow and put it out. We sped up to 3 knots and started out to untangle the lines when it went off, cigarette smoking the line off the reel! Ryan received the rod and was heading to the front of the boat as I was turning the boat toward the King. The King turned, came toward the boat, and across the bow at full speed, using all the line that Ryan had obtained as it ran offshore. I knew then he, the King, had some size to him. We stored making an attempt to get close to King, but he would take off. Eventually, we saw him an eight foot wave at eye degree as the King arrived back again throughout the bow of the boat. I told Scott to come and get the helm and I would gaff him when he arrived back by the boat. When we saw the King yet again, he was on his side about ten ft from the boat. Ryan labored the King to about six ft absent and Capt. Keith gaffed the King in the back by his head. A excellent shot, so the King would not bleed out. Capt. Keith place the king in the fish box and stated, Boys, he is about 35 to 36 lbs!!! He will spot in the prime 3 for confident!!! Lets cover him with ice and pack every little thing up and head to the hill. From the time we hooked up and set the large King in the boat, it was a 40 minute time body. The seas had been five to 6 feet with some 8 footers combined in. We could only make fifteen to 20 knots on the way back to Little River Inlet and produced it again to the inlet about one:15pm. From there, we traveled the ICW to the Ocean Isle Fishing Center to weigh the fish in about 2:00pm. The King weighed 35.50 pounds and was in the lead for first place so, we stayed around for about forty five minutes to see if anyone else was heading to excess weight in early too.
We headed again to Cricket Cove Marina in Small River, wherever Capt. Keith runs Feedin Frenzy North Myrtle Beach Fishing Charters, to dock and wash the boat. Then, we drove to Ocean Isle Fishing Center to observe the rest of the fat in. It was now about 4:15pm. When all was explained and carried out, it was 5:00pm, and Crew Instigators 35.50 King was nevertheless in 1st place!
Capt. Keith Logan also won the Jolly Mon out of the Ocean Isle Fishing Middle in 2008, with a 36.65 lbs king mackerel on ballyhoo with top secret lure that Capt. Keith and his dad, Cecil, used back in the eighties and nineties to win and area in king tournament.
Capt. Keith told Capt. Bob from South Chatham Tackle back in January that one particular day he would win a king tournament with a pirate plug. On charters in the summer time, and when bait is hard to find, Capt. Keith employs Pirate Plugs and Barefoot Chin Weights with cigar minnows and ballyhoo to make King Mackerels for his client although other captains and boats are nonetheless hunting for bait. Capt. Keith has caught a lot of Kings this calendar year about twenty five lbs whilst fishing with Pirate Plugs and Barefoot Chin Excess weight with dead bait. He has the pictures to demonstrate it, as well.
Capt. Keith nevertheless mentioned you have to match the hatch, even though. Use live bait when the bait is thick on the seaside, and use pogies and mullet when fishing inshore. It nevertheless does not hurt to pull a Pirate Plug or Barefoot Chin Excess weight in your speared, as well. Occasionally, the diverse bait will stand out and get hit ahead of the are living bait does!
Scott Smith is the grandson of Arthur Smith, one particular of the founders of the King Mackerel Tournaments in 1977 and a state musician of the regionally televised Arthur Smith Present from the early 1950s. Mr. Smith, his son Clay Smith, and Pat Bellamy, started the Arthur Smith King Mackerel Tournament in Myrtle Seashore. They introduced awareness to the state of Little River Inlet and became a driving pressure in getting the jetty built. The Arthur Smith tournaments expanded to incorporate a king, dolphin and wahoo celebration in south Florida and a bluefish event in the northeast. The Smiths introduced in automobile producers and other non-boating or fishing sponsors and showed tournaments could be run as a enterprise. They had businesses like Delco batteries, Stren fishing line, and a bunch of other individuals. They ended up actually the initial to provide a bunch of people collectively and market place the celebration on a large scale.
In 1986 the Arthur Smith King Mackerel Tournament was the largest and richest fishing contest in the entire world. It was held lately along a 70-mile stretch of the South Carolina coast and highlighted 1,244 boats carrying six,212 ardent anglers competing for $ 540,000 in prizes.
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Myrtle Beach Wahoo Fishing
We still left Cricket Cove Marina in Small River, South Carolina, at 5:30am and headed to the bluewater. With Capt. Keith at the helm, the seas had been 2 to 3 feet about four seconds apart on the way out. The Yamaha driven Regulator 26 created 32 knots on the way out. Wow, what a excellent journey the Regulator is! We arrived at the a hundred/400 about 7:45 am. The drinking water was King Green and 72 degrees, so we put lines out and labored offshore to 285 ft of water. There, we discovered 74 degree h2o and had a hit on a Blue H2o Candy 1 oz. Bling Skirt with a blue and white head and Cotton Candy skirt with a med ballyhoo on the planer line. It was a thirty pound Wahoo and was boated by Ryan.
We still could not uncover 78 degree h2o, so picked up lines and moved to the Black Jack Place, where we identified 76 diploma water. We place lines back again out and trolled offshore seeking for warmer h2o. We received a hit in 303 feet of h2o on a Blue Drinking water Candy 1 oz. Bling Skirt with a blue and white head and Cotton Candy skirt with a med ballyhoo on the planer line. It was a forty pound Wahoo and was boated by Scott.
We fished right up until noon, picked up, and headed property with two great Wahoo so we could get prepared to fish the Fall Brawl on Sunday, out of Ocean Isle Fishing Middle. The two Wahoo were caught on Blue Drinking water Candy one oz. Bling Skirt with a blue and white head and Cotton Candy skirt with a med ballyhoo on the planer line.
If you would like to e-book a Backwater or Gulf Stream trip, there are nonetheless some days accessible in Holden Beach, North Carolina and North Myrtle Seashore, South Carolina. Dont skip out on this encounter of a lifetime.
Capt. Keith
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