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
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Fall is definitely my favorite time of year! Halloween, Deer Season, Dove Season, Duck Season, and Fishing Season! There is less traffic on the water, the water and air temps are beginning to cool down, and just about everything except sharks is biting better than it has since March! The schooling reds are beginning to do their thing and the big trout move in from the ocean. It's the "perfect storm" of fishing in the Lowcountry so to speak. The trout will be easy to target on jig heads with grubs or shrimp under a Bomber Paradise Popper. I like to use 25 pound floro leaders for the trout but that's just me. The trophy trout are a little harder to target with consistency. Best to see your local guide about that one;) The big bull reds are still here in October and early November until the first good cold snap. The big bulls will be eating menhaden and whole big live mullets. The trout will eat Hell Razor Rattlin' Jig Heads with Bomber Mud Minnows in new penny and purple with a chartreuse curly tail. I still have some days open in October and November if you want to come see how it's done!
So it's been a very long and hot summer thus far. It started out with a bang. Tons of really big reds in the harbor and at the jetties and lots of fish in the creeks as well. Then the temp started going up and didn't even think about stopping. Now the water is hovering between 85 and 88 degrees. The big reds are still on the rocks out front but you'll have to weed through the big sharks to catch em. The preferred bait right now is still big menhaden that can be caught in the rivers and around Ft. Sumpter. The waterways and rivers are still holding a few trout, redfish, and flounder. It's just a little hit or miss as to weather or not they will bite. If possible, make sure you take some blue crabs for the redfish and some live shrimp for the trout. As soon as the conditions begin to change again, check back for another update. Till then, get yo but off the couch and go fishing!
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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