While inshore fishing with Captain Garrett of Miss Judy Charters Quint Crowder Charlotte NC caught fought and release this nice red fish. Now this is an interesting red fish for sure! Why and it’s not just because of its prefect size it’s more about the spots its sporting! They don’t usually have this sort of pattern. How many sets of eyes do you see? Well, let’s see, one, two, three, four, and half sets! What is considered a half set of eyes? One spot that stands alone. My father always said, “Each red fish spot or twin spots represent the times that a red fish has escaped from the feeding jaws of a dolphin aka porpoise!” So this fish, if using my father’s equation got away 4 ½ times. I guess that ½ time resulted in the lost of part of its tail fin!
Inshore Synopsis!




Even though my inshore captains did pull it off this past week it was a hard job for sure! And here’s why?


Well, well, we had windy conditions and heavy isolated rain fall instances causing lots of muddy water scenarios. That statement right off the bat causes much confusion for the fish as well as those trying to catch them. I always say, “Fish are a lot like fishermen, because sometimes when it rains a lot and windy conditions prevail neither comes out to play.” However, the good news is that there are some that do! So let’s talk about them!
Live shrimp continues to be an issue, at least in our area. (Turner Creek and Wilmington River area) I am not saying don’t try to catch your own shrimp I am just suggesting to have a backup plan! And if you can purchase them before heading out I suggest doing so! There is always other fish that makes for great bait especially at this time of the year. These baits can be found in the creeks and rivers. The list of possible catching baits while throwing the old cast net goes like this: peanut menhaden, finger mullet, yellow tail, and any other small fish. The secret to using this sort of bait is that it is suggested to always try to match the hatch. The means some larger baits will not work when targeting spotted sea trout, red fish, or flounder. However the smaller ones will!

If you think the bait caught will fit the hatch by all means keep it alive and use it! You won’t be sorry!

What is a hatch when it comes to a fish? Basically it is the mouth of the fish! Certain fish have grand abilities when it comes to eating certain size fish/bait. For instance: You don’t think a flounder’s mouth is that big, that’s until you open it. The hinges on the old flounder’s mount enable this fish to really stalk and successfully swallow much larger baits than a spotted sea trout. A spot tail bass also known as a red fish’s mouth design is a little different also. If the red fish can **** its intended meal into its mouth, the rest is crushing history! The bottom line the more you know about the mouth design and the feeding history of fish the better chances you have for selecting the right bait!
Bottom fishing in the sound has been very productive. However, since I have been doing this a lot lately due to rough ocean conditions, it can also be hit and miss. The secret to catching in the sound especially in a small boat while using a trolling motor is to find a spot, drop to the bottom, if no hits don’t occur, it’s suggested moving a bit up or down the bank that you have picked to fish. In my case, since I am fishing out of a larger boat, instead of moving I just swing on the anchor, which provides me quite a bite of new bottom to fish. There is one thing I can say about the whiting bite this past week and it was on one day and not the next! But then I guess you could and I did say “that’s why they call it fishing and not catching!


When plain old bottom fishing in the sound the most likely fishy candidates are going to be whiting also known as the southern kingfish, summer trout better known as weak fish, flounder, and all kinds of sharks from juvenile to the bigger biting boys. (Some are girls too!) To get a better handle on what’s legal to keep I suggest picking up a copy of 2017 Georgia Sport Fishing Regulations booklet or going to www.gofishgeorgia.com (http://www.eregulations.com/georgia/fishing/)


Picking up a copy of this 2017 regulation booklet is a very good idea, because it lists all the do’s, don’t, what fish is legal to keep, sizes, bag limits, and offers up some pretty darn good reading! Heck, it seems every time I pick one up I learn something! So I suggest giving it a try!

Please meet Andrew Couldridge of Carlisle, PA! While inshore fishing with Captain Matt Williams of Miss Judy Charters Andrew caught this nice spotted sea trout, which was promptly released back to the wild!




Mark and Andrew of Couldridge of Carlisle, PA was visiting Savannah, Georgia and decide to do a little inshore fishing! Well, it turned into more of a catching and releasing kind of a fish day! Captain Matt Williams of Miss Judy Charters showed them the catching way!

While playing the inshore catch and release game ....Captain Matt Williams of Miss Judy Charters shows us that even blue fish got in on the feeding action. Mark Couldridge of Carlisle, PA also was happy with the arrays of different inshore fish that he and he son Andrew were catching and releasing!




Please meet Andrew Couldridge of Carlisle, PA! While inshore fishing with Captain Matt Williams of Miss Judy Charters Andrew caught this nice trophy red fish which was promptly released back to the wild!


While inshore fishing with Captain Matt Williams of Miss Judy Charters Andrew Couldridge of Carlisle, PA caught this nice spotted sea trout, which was promptly released back to the wild!

While inshore fishing with Captain Kevin Rose of Miss Judy Charters Natalie Rocket of Bossier City, Louisiana caught this nice red fish, which is still swimming/growing today!




While inshore fishing with Captain Kevin Rose of Miss Judy Charters Natalie Rocket of Bossier City, Louisiana caught this nice spotted sea trout, which she gladly released back to the wild!


While inshore fishing with Captain Kevin Rose of Miss Judy Charters Natalie Rocket and Casey Hamiter of Bossier City, Louisiana had a grand catching, keeping, and releasing day! Here’s what they had for dinner: grilled red fish with Cajun species and pan seared spotted sea trout with capers and scallion onion tops!


While inshore fishing with Captain Kevin Rose of Miss Judy Charters Casey Hamiter Bossier City, Louisiana caught this nice spotted sea trout! What did it eat? Mud minnow lip hooked! Where did he catch it? In the corner of the mouth! Now you know the rest of the catching story!

While fishing with Captain Garrett Ross of Miss Judy Charters Trenton Spencer is assisting his son Buddha of Savannah Georgia with his just caught soon to be released bonnet head shark.




Captain Garrett Ross of Miss Judy Charters is holding Reid just caught red fish!

Buddha Trenton of Savannah Georgia is skillfully in the catch a fish mode! And Captain Garrett Ross of Miss Judy Charters is showing him the catching way




Captain Garrett Ross of Miss Judy Charters took Mary and Roger Schwarb Baltimore, MD for an inshore catching bonanza!


Captain Garrett Ross of Miss Judy Charters took Mary and Roger Schwarb Baltimore, MD for an inshore catching bonanza! However, it didn’t happen until the 4 hour trip was about over. So what did Captain Garrett do? He stayed with the bite, which lasted about one hour! On the fishing cleaning table is what they kept to eat! In the water where they were fishing are still quite a few caught fought and released fish!

It is kiss a fish week over here as Miss Judy Charters. Captain Garrett Ross took Mary Schwarb Baltimore MD along with her husband Roger inshore fishing!

While inshore fishing with his wife Mary Roger Schwarb Baltimore MD caugh this nice flounder. Captain Garrett Ross of Miss Judy Charters took them on this catching bonanza day! They booked a 4 hours inshore trip with Captain Garrett! For the first four hours of this fishing trip a bite could not be had! While exactly 3 hours and 55 minute into the non-catching inshore trip they finally started catching fish and what did Captain Garrett do? He just stayed and played with the fish bite as long as he could! Now this is a nice full of spots flounder! And what does this mean is next? Well, let’s see, crispy scored flounder with a side order of papaya chutney!



What do we have here? Well, of course, that’s Captain Garrett Ross of Miss Judy Charters Ed Crowder and his wife Melissa and their two sons Quint and Joss of Charlotte NC. This is what the Chowder family fishing team kept! From the top of the fish cleaning table to the bottom: There some nice red fish and at the end of the row is a few whiting.
This is Josh Crowder Charlotte North Carolina and Captain Garrett Ross of Miss Judy Charters. While inshore fishing with Captain Garrett along with his family they all had a fish catching ball!

While having a fun family fishing day, Ed Crowder Charlotte, NC caught this nice red fish. Captain Garrett Ross of Miss Judy Charters showed him the way!



What do we have here? Please meet Kyle Jackson (age 11) London, Ohio holding his just caught flounder! While fishing with his grandfather Steve McKnight, Kyle caught a fine them a fine seafood supper. Captain Matt Williams of Miss Judy Charters showed them the catching way!!

While inshore fishing with Captain Matt Williams of Miss Judy Charters Kylie Stauffer and her father Mike visiting from Bridgeport Ohio had a grand fish catching day!

While inshore fishing with Captain Matt Williams of Miss Judy Charters Mike Stauffer and his daughter Kylie of Bridgeport Ohio had a grand fish catching day! Mike is holding a lady fish that just could not pass up his bait offering of a small piece of shrimp. Now this is the only fish that I know off that jumps just like a tarpon. With that being said, “I have always called this the miniature tarpon aka lady fish!” The old lady fish isn’t considered good table fare! However, the lad can put on one heck of an aerobatic fight!


Thanks for reading! Captain Judy

Thanks again,


Captain Judy Helmey
www.missjudycharters.com
912 897 4921