What on the hook this week?
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t the end of this report there the second installment...it’s called The Captains and their recipes! Brought to us by Captain Steve “Triple Trouble” Howell!
And now the......Inshore bottom fishing for whiting!
Inshore fishing is great! Bottom fishing whiting in the sounds has picked up! All you need is small hooks and small pieces of shrimp! The secret to this catching job is to fish in a little deeper water meaning over 20 feet. Look for dips on the bottom while following 30 foot contour line and that’s where the whiting should be. Most whiting that were caught this past week were holding in 25 feet of water! I suggest looking for a sandy shell bottom!
Inshore float fishing for red fish and spotted sea trout!
Find Inshore Fish Deep! For those that want to target red fish or spotted sea trout of all sizes I suggest getting in line at one of the bait shops and purchasing some live shrimp! And of course, if you can’t get live shrimp there is always the old standby mud minnow! Over this past week I have had inshore fishermen complaining about not being able to find a general bite in all the normal places. Well, I have a great tip for those that know where to go, but once arriving no bites happen. It’s so simple; don’t fish the shallow side of the boat, (closest to the bank) but rather the deeper side! The bottom line the fish are holding in deeper water. Best plan of attack is to adjust your float so that it holds your bait about 1 foot off the bottom. Or you can simply try bottom fishing with a Carolina rig!
While inshore fishing with Captain Kevin Rose of Miss Judy Charters Jamie Sadler is having a grant fly fishing time! Hooked up again!
Inshore report!
Well, Well, inshore fishermen really had a wind full Saturday to deal with. Northeast winds howled in excess of 20 knots for most of the day, which meant inshore fishermen had to run and hid to even get to fish. Our captains even though the winds were howling made the best out of the beautiful sunny day that was handed! Take for instance, Captain Kevin Rose of Miss Judy Charters that had a fly fishing trip with three fishermen and 20 knot winds...well here’s the outcome to this adventure and pictures certainly don’t lie...they hooked up 8 fish on the fly! All I can say now is “You go Captain Kevin Rose!”
According to Captain Kevin Rose of Miss Judy Charters whether it is windy or not fly fishing was doable!
While inshore fishing with Captain Kevin Rose of Miss Judy Charters Travis Conley presented the prefect fly and this red fish couldn’t resist!
Captain Matt Williams of Miss Judy Charters, Alli DeYoung and her father Dan are all full of fish catching learning about fishing smiles! And with that mouth full I suggest maybe next year that you should consider attending our 2018 inshore school on the boats in the water!
Darn those crazy sheepshead!
It seems that the bulk of offshore migration of sheepshead have might moved back inshore. Now, I am not going say “that’s all of the offshore sheepshead bite.” However, I will say, you can catch them inshore now for sure. So for those of you that know of any vertical structure such as rock, docks, pilings, bridge uprights, and any underwater wrecks, well this would be the time to give them a try! Here’s are a few suggestions to help make your fish day a catching success: Purple or black back fiddlers, (our just about anything that comes wrapped in a shell with work!) Carolina type bottom rig or float rig fished at that prefect depth, dip net, and of course the old Kodak! (What is a Kodak camera? Well, it’s old school and way back when I used them there was filmed involved!)
Captain Tommy Williams III of Miss Judy Charters took Brentt and Kelly Barron from Northern California that is currently stationed at Fort Stewart on a fish finding mission. Brentt and Kelly have fished with our company numerous times. And this time they wanted to target sheepshead, also known as convict fish. The old convict fish is so quick that it can **** the insides right out of a fiddler while still leaving the empty carcass on the hook. The best bait is going to be purple or black back fiddlers. However, if you fish a live shrimp next to a piling that the sheepshead just might be feeding around, well it will eat them too! As you can see they caught a few, kept a few, released a few, and lost a few! The bottom line was, “yes they had fresh fish for supper!”
Captain Garrett Ross of Miss Judy Charters is once again proving that the inshore fishing sure is a lot of fun and you can catch fish too!
Whitney Figueroa and Liz Ross (Captain Garrett Ross’s wife) are both sporting nice fish catching smiles! Whitney is showing off her just caught red fish!
Salvador Figueroa and Captain Garrett Ross of Miss Judy Charters is having a great inshore fishing day! Nice red fish!
Whitney Figueroa and husband Salvador is showing off a nice inshore catch of red fish!
Captain Garret Ross of Miss Judy Charters showed them the catching way!
Artificial Reefs in less than 50 feet of water
Lots of black fish to catch, but not many are legal to keep at this depth. Please know that a black fish has to be at least 13 inches fork length to keep and has a bag limit of 7 per person. If this artificial reef is your fishing goal for the day here’s a tip that just might get you a bigger better fish keeping bite. There is an old saying that my father used to use. He always said, “The bigger the bait the bigger the fish!” And in this case this old saying still holds true. I am not talking about loading your hook up with bait such as squid or cut fish either. The best bait to use when in this situation is a small black fish, sand perch, or rock fish steak. This means take the fish and cut it like a loaf of bread, remove all the appendages, (fins, loose skin, etc) remove half the scales, and center this strong hunk of meat on your hook. Yes, the smaller fish will pick at it removing the scales and out skin, but will not usually get the hook. All of the feeding and picking at will bring attention to your bait, which lures in the large fish. All that’s left for the bigger fish is to completely swallow the bait. Now you have a larger fish on!
Artificial Reefs in less more 50 feet of water
You could find yourself catching black sea bass; trigger fish, white grunts, rock bass, sand perch, ruby red lips, and flounder. The sea bass should be bigger. And your catch and keep ratio should be a little better meaning for every bass caught half should be big enough. Sounds bad, but at least it is not like here you catch 100 and you might get to keep 10, which is taking place at the shallower artificial reefs. And you might want to start looking for signs of top water activity such as bait fish, little tunny, and mackerel.
Savannah Snapper Banks
It’s definitely time to go, because bottom fishing at this time of the year can very interesting! Why? Because all types of fish from small to large are on the move! And if your hook is there, well, bites and big tugs should happen!
Blue Water Report
Since in my opinion that “spring has been springing” for over a month I suggest giving blue water fishing a try. And I am not just talking about bottom fishing either. As you know there is always bottom fish to be caught in 155 to 200 feet of water. And all you need a big piece of bait and lots of line on your reel to get there!
Now for trolling options I suggest if you got it to drag it. You can go old school with cedar plugs, Ilanders, Aliens, and Outlaws! At this time of the year it’s more about having just about any bait in the water, because fish are on the move! I always suggest and no one believes me, but if you want to catch something big, during lean the times pull out the old wire line and the high speed planers. As far as the suggested bait tow...I always liked and so did the fish, a 2 1/2 ounce sea witch rigged with ballyhoo! (What color? Chartreuse, black, and blue/white...your boat noise should determine this) Heck, but a large Drone Spoon will work too!
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