Ronnie Barnhill Savannah Georgia and his son Gabe (13 years) caught a plenty! While inshore fishing with Captain Kevin Rose of Miss Judy Charters this father son team got the catching job done! What does all of this mean? They could, if they wanted, have fish for dinner! Who caught the biggest fish? It depends on who you ask!
Inshore fishing!
Once again I find myself saying what fishermen say at one time or the other! What is that? Well, the bite was better one day than the other! And there is that other saying “You should have been here yesterday!” This past weekend handed inshore fishermen plenty of inshore winds, which as you already know offered quite a bit muddy water conditions!” I believe one captain said, “The Savannah River looks like dark chocolate milk!” The bottom line was this as long as you found some clear water you could turn your fishing day in to a catching event!
As far as best baits...well we have been thinking about three..and they are live shrimp, mud minnows, and finger mullet! Do they work? Yes they do! Here’s a tip you can use..if you planning to fish the Savannah River area. There is a lot of fresh water and sometimes your shrimp won’t make it. So therefore to transport your shrimp properly under these not so salty conditions you need to stop the incoming water and just “aerate only” your bait.
What is this? This is the opened mouth of a live large flounder that Captain Tommy Williams of Miss Judy Charters caught while bottom bumping a live shrimp. Check out those teeth! Now think what they are capable of doing! Chop Chop chew chew! (And it bit Captain Tommy Williams as he was holding it!) The old flounder can camouflage itself in the sand while waiting for that prefect size fish to happen by. As you can see, even a medium to large size bait is not safe from the large jaws of the old flounder. I have said it before and I am saying it again. “A flounder can see like a rabbit is cunning as a fox, and strikes directly just like a cobra!”
Pull yourself up to a bridge!
I get this question all of the time from inshore fishermen. How do you know where to fish? And that is a good question, because inshore fish are not just everywhere they are somewhere. So here’s a tip for this week I suggest fishing around bridges. How? You can always use an adjustable cork and keep changing depths so as to find the strike zone. Or Rig yourself up a Carolina Classic rig using a short leader and give that a try. How do you work this rig? Drop to the bottom around the structure, let it sit, and simply move by lifting your rod. Please remember when using a Carolina style rig with any sort of live bait the sinker is the only thing that sits on the bottom. And what does your bait do? It’s constantly on the move. Why are bridges great places to fish especially this time of the year? All fish are on the move and this is one area that not only holds fish all of the time, but extra fish during the fall/winter time. Fishing structure properly is just like working anything other. You got to figure out the feeding times! And plenty of practice makes perfect!
What do we have here? I know that you know that this is a picture of a bridge. However, that’s not what I am asking. So I will start over, what do I see? Well, well and thanks for asking! This picture was taken during at an half tide stage meaning it was either half in or half out. See the birds? They are not feeding they are watching! What does this mean? In a bird’s world it means sooner or later something will come along they can feed on. Now they know this from past feeding experiences! When the best time? The rule of thumb is two hours before to two hours after a low/high tide stage. I always say, “The less current the better.” I like fishing two hours before low to the two hours after the high tide turns. (Or as long as the current will let me) The reason being is that when the tide starts incoming in this situation, fish that were in waiting are to going make a quicker move to the feeding area. My theory is they have been waiting longer and that they know during an incoming tide structure will be covered not uncovered. The bottom line when it comes to this kind of area especially during the right tide stage it will become a grand target rich environment for fish, birds, and fishermen.
As far as the catch our boats caught red fish, spotted sea trout, flounder, black drum, and whiting. In the red fish and spotted sea trout sector they caught some shorts and some legal sizes. Most of the flounder were way over 12 inches. So therefore the flat fish did make their presences known! How did they do that? They took the whole bait! Heck, we even caught one that didn’t hardily fit in the dip net!
While scouting, Captain Kevin Rose of Miss Judy Charters caught a fine mess of spot tail bass, spotted sea trout, and black drum! Could Captain Kevin have catch more? Yes, but that is all he needed for his guests that were coming over for dinner! Were the fish fresh? You already know the answer to that question!
While fishing with Captain Kevin Rose Miss Judy Charters Kelly Vevea Bloomington, Minnesota caught this nice spotted sea trout! Kelly was a part of an employee appreciation weekend handled by Ellen and Dave Norkol and put on by Hunt Electric. The group was staying at Westin Savannah Harbor Resort! A grand time was had by all!
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