It's hot. Like 112 degrees in the shade hot! Feels like that anyway. Which means the water is hot. 82-86 degrees in Charleston harbor and surrounding waterways and as hot as 90 degrees in the small creeks! Bad for fishing, right? WRONG! When the water gets this hot, the O2 content drops and the fish have to find cooler, more oxygen rich water. So catch your live menhaden and buy some live blue crabs. You're gonna need these baits! Get in some creeks with deep corners and put some baits on the bottom! Your bound to find some heavy redfish that are trying to cool down!
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This week has been a little tough. The winds have been blowing and it has been hotter than 7 Hells out there! But the trout bite and the big redfish bite has still been pretty strong and the sharks are biting like crazy! The water temp is hovering around 80 degrees. Every time we have a rain storm, the water cools down a tad and the bite picks up some more. All in all it is a good time to get out and bend a rod!
#RedfishMafia #FlatSpotCharters #RedFishMafiaCharters #YamahaOutboards #K2Coolers #PENNFishing #Spiderwire #CostaDelMar #TraegerGrills #olukai #bomberlures #palmettostatearmory #calcuttafishing #northaugustacustoms #thmarine #raymarine Raymarine PENN Fishing Capt. Jamie Hough 843-364-1759 www.theredfishmafia.com www.flatspotcharters.com The redfishing up the rivers has been on fire this week with the calm tides. Lots of trout as well which gives us the opportunity for a grand slam if we can find a stray flounder. The sharks are still in the harbor and behind the shrimp boats. So there is plenty to do and catch right now in Charleston!
Capt. Jamie Hough #charlestoninshorefishing #flatsfishingcharleston The summer heat has moved in and brought with it the giant redfish in full force! It's on fire right now. Redfish from 15-50 pounds! The big spawning "sow trout" are still around as well and they are a ton of fun to catch on light tackle. Of course with the opening of shrimp season, came the sharks. We have the largest bonnethead sharks in the world and they really are an underestimated and under appreciated fish. They are a ton of fun to catch, and because of they're relatively small size (under 35 pounds), they make a great target for the kids. There are plenty of bigger sharks to catch if you're just looking for a fight! As the summer progresses, the flounder bite will pick up inshore, along with the spadefish outside on the nearshore wrecks. It's shaping up to be a great season of inshore fishing here in Charleston!
Capt. Jamie Hough 843-364-1759 www.theredfishmafia.com www.flatspotcharters.com We're neck deep in spring time around here and it's gonna be summer before you know it! The water has already found its way to 80 degrees and that means a couple of things; lots of giant redfish around and lots of sharks too! Giant redfish need no explanation, 20-50 pounds and all the fight you can handle. But not to be left out is the bonnethead shark. World record is around the 35 pound mark and was caught right here in SC. There are tons of bonnetheads around to catch while your waiting on the big redfish to bite. Throw in some good trout and flounder fishing and the summer is a great time to get out with your favorite local guide;)
Capt. Jamie Hough 843-364-1759 www.theredfishmafia.com www.flatspotcharters.com Trout Trout Trout!!!!!! Big ole trout and lots of them. Yeah there are some reds around, and yeah there's a ton of black drums too. But there are 4 months a year when yours truly gets on the trout and wears them out like a bad kid at summer camp! It has been a sick bite for the past few weeks and will only get better. Current edges, rip lines, outside corner rips, and inside corner eddies. There are three things to remember; trout like clean water, some current, and they will not spend more energy to eat something than they stand to gain from eating it! That means slow it down. Long light leaders and big shrimp will get it done or free lined DOA's if you want to use plastics. If you want to catch the big gator hammers, free line a live finger mullet with the tail trimmed off. Best of luck out there and be safe! RFM out!
Capt. Jamie Hough 843-364-1759 www.theredfishmafia.com www.flatspotcharters.com 2014 Elite Redfish Series Biloxi Champion 2015 IFA Redfish Tour National Champion
Capt. Jamie Hough
www.flatspotcharters.com flatspotcharters@gmail.com Tel. 843-364-1759 Right now, like every October, I'm in Delacroix, La getting ready for the IFA Championships. The fishing has been hit or miss. A few weeks ago, the water was pretty stagnant and very hot which can be the perfect environment for an algae bloom. Most of the good clean ponds have antifreeze looking water in the corners and that has pushed most of the pond fish out. There are still lots of reds around the outer islands and in the muddy water you can catch plenty on popping corks with gulps!
Capt. Jamie Hough 843-364-1759 www.theredfishmafia.com www.flatspotcharters.com Tis the season! Deer season, teal season, dove season, and redfish season! Sure you can catch me year round. But this time of year the water temps start dropping, most of the tourists and boat traffic is gone, and the fish start settling down and getting ready for the winter. That means the eat! They have to burn stored calories to stay warm and they get these calories by eating. What are they eating? As the water temps start dropping the variety of baits they'll eat increases ten fold. After the first frost, they'll eat just about anything you throw at them. This week the water has been cooling down and thus schools are getting more and more active and more and more aggressive. I still have some openings for trout and redfish trips in November and December which are the best two months to catch a bunch of reds and trout.
Capt. Jamie Hough 843-364-1759 www.theredfishmafia.com www.flatspotcharters.com As of lately, the fishing has slowed across the board. The trout are around but they are small and the redfish can be found in good numbers but they are hard to get to eat. That is unless you are already catching the menhaden. And I am. They arrived a couple of weeks ago but are now here in good enough numbers that you can almost depend on them being in the normal spots. As long as the wind is not blowing out of the east, the bite should pick up this week after the cool front we are having. Lets keep our fingers crossed and our rod tips at the ready!
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