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#kincaidpark flowers on parade #anchorage

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Looks like #sears know something about #climatechange that we don't here in the #lowcountry

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Dang #trouttrick red trick Jack trick flounder trick. Nothing else needed

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No Tin Boat, But Seacraft Fishing Fine

9.10.16

Sold the tin boat which was a fish catching machine.  What a great time we had in it while it graced the back of the ol' Ford pick up.

But, it was time to move on with the way we fish here, and we can't devote enough time to both of the rigs.

So with that in mind, we converted the Seacraft to a more versatile machine with the removal of the T Top and the addition of a Motor Guide XI5 trolling motor.

We have been out a couple of times and got after the fish pretty well yesterday.

Chasing a tarpon has been the emphasis.  Not many people  here in the low country get fired up about them.

But I do.  I heard there was a decent bite right around the corner.

The first trip saw a couple of swirls, but nothing but a big shark that Nancy caught, came boat side.

Yesterday we tried again and I found a school working the shoreline, but couldn't get a hook up as I threw the Wicad, Hogy and D.O.A. Swimming Mullett.

I had planned to do some more inshore chasing, so we headed down to our trout fishing hole towards the Broad River and we weren't let down on the slack low tide.

The trout hole has become a redfish hole, and they have grown from the puppy reds to the bigger keeper reds.  Although I caught 5 keepers, they barely were big enough to bring home so back they went.

15" is the SC legal fish.  Several were caught at 15 1/2"

Jacks got into the picture too as the fight is hard to resist

It was late morning and I wanted to bag a flounder for dinner, so we slid over to our favorite flounder point and we weren't disappointed as I got one flattie to the boat and lost another one.

I can't praise the new Motor Guide enough.  The anchor feature keeps us from tossing the anchor out every stop.

Just press the button and it sits there making adjustments even in the SC tides we have here.

Two times out and fished with it for hours and the batteries remain well charged.  Hopefully the technology is tough enough for the salt water environment.

But, it is one of the best fishing tools I have ever used.  It follows closely behind the Lowrance HDS and the Trout Trick, which all these fish were caught on.