Charleston Sport Fishing
April 10th Redfish bite is ON!!
April 21st, 2009
On april 10th the weather didn’t look very favorable for fishing. The wind was blowing about 25 knots out of the northwest wipping up the waterway into a chocolate 2 foot chop. Originally the trip booked by Joe Ryan and his soon to be father-in-law was to fish the close wrecks offshore for sheepsheadand other bottom fish. That morning we decided that an inshore fishing trip was the only possible option. We started fishing with an extremely high tide, high wind and very little clean water. This combination didn’t help produce any bites. As the morning progressed, the tide dropped and the water clarity improved increasing hope for at least a fish or two. Four hours of casting live shrimp and moving from spot to spot had produced nothing! Looking at the sour faces of my clients I new I had to find some fish in the few short hours I had left. My next move was to fish some docks that had been holding fish at low tide. My first dock paid off! We immediately started catching redfish one after another in the 2 to 5 pound range. Over the next 2 hours we caught over 30 redfish, a half dozen black drum up to 6 pounds, and a few nice trout. I was glad I was able to put the guys on some fish and make a great trip out of a bad weather day.
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March 24th Half Day Bottom Fishing Trip
March 25th, 2009
Tuesday morning on the 24th of march we left the dock at around 8:00am. The weather was perfect, not even a breath of wind! Perfect conditions for bottom fishing. The forcast had called for increasing wind and seas in the afternoon. The plan was to be back by 2:00pm before the front arrived. I had a group of four gentleman who were in town on a golf/fishing vacation. On the first stop in 75 feet of water we caught some nice black sea bass and a few grunts. We then moved offshore about 8 miles to a spot in 95 feet where we anchored. The fishing was great! we quickly landed a nice red snapper about 7lbs and everyone was pulling up nice vermillion snapper, red porgys, and large black sea bass. A few small amberjack also came to the boat. It was a great day until we started to head in at 1:00pm. The weather rapidly deteriorated from 2 to 3 foot seas growing into 4 to 6 foot seas and 25 knot winds, breaking just off my starboard bow. The trip home was slow going, all I could do was about 8 to 10 knots. We finally got to the dock at about 4:30pm a little tired and beat up, but we had a great day of fishing!
Capt. Chuck
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Grouper and Snapper Fishing in March
March 16th, 2009
Grouper and snapper fishing in the month of march really starts to get good. Gag groupers start to move back into shallower water between 75 and 120 feet with rising water temperatures. I have had good catches of black sea bass, pink snappers, vermillion snappers, triggerfish, and scamp groupers on 6 hour and full day trips. The gag grouper I have been catching are small and under the 24 inch limit. Larger fish can be found in deeper depths on the edge of the gulf stream this time of the year. Spiny dogfish have been a nuisance and I usually have to move if they show up under the boat.
Capt. Chuck
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March Inshore Report: Seatrout and Reds are Biting!!
March 16th, 2009
Redfish schools are still on the flats and they are also beginning to gather on structures such as docks and oyster bars. They are biting on artificials and live baits. Seatrout are beginning to get active now that the water temperature has increased with the warm spring days.
D.O.A. shrimp are particularly effective and live minnows, finger mullet, and shrimp will always get the bites!
Capt. Chuck
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Offshore March Wreck Fishing
March 16th, 2009
Large numbers of sheepshead are moving onto the wrecks and artificial reefs to spawn. Fiddler crabs and shrimp have been the best bait and I have caught fish up to 9lbs. on recent trips. Black sea bass have also been more than willing to bite on cut squid and large bucktail jigs. On the last few trips we have been able to get are limit in a short period of time.
Capt. Chuck
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