New Residence=More Fish

11.28.15

Water temp 62 degrees

Decided to put down the moving equipment and fish with Hunter.

We have moved out in the country on Whale Branch and wanted to give it a try.

So not knowing where to go, we just went fishing on a beautiful Saturday.

Hunter got on board first with a non keeper trout on the ol Burnham's Bopper and a live shrimp.

I started to get involved in the catching as we sea sawed back and forth, as the trout would eat a live shrimp and then eat my Zman paddle tail.

Hunter got the first keeper trout and I followed with two more.

We ended the fishing trip with eight trout with three being keepers.

Not bad for rookies on foreign water.

Onesies....

11.02 and 11.06.15

Water temp 74 degrees.

I'm on a one keeper pattern.

Monday, one keeper red.

Friday one keeper trout.

Friday was slow but then fired up briefly with small trout coming to the boat on the slack tide.

The best thing about that was, I caught four fish in front of a guide.  I kept hearing his clients say "HE'S GOT ANOTHER ONE"!

A Variety Of Fish

10.25.15
water temp 72 degrees

We wanted to get out even though the tides were at a high were running high and fast.
Fishing the low tide at Fripp Inlet we managed one keeper red, a whiting, a small pretty black drum,
pinfish, and a grunt.
Tried for bulls, but no bites.
Lots of peeps fishing today.

Blowing' In The Wind

10.18.15

Well that was quite a blow.

Hunter and I ventured out in the morning only to be greeted by winds that kept cranking up to around 20 mph.

We let the boat blow onto the hill as it was a rising tide.

After losing a nice trout at the boat, Hunter scored on this keeper red for the only fish that we felt bite come to the boat.  There were extreme bows in our lines all morning, so anything could have been chewing on our baits and we wouldn't have felt it.

Nice being out with Hunter, even if the wind was howling.

Small Trout, Big Red

10.17.15

Water temp 78 degrees

Wanting to get out before the blow this weekend, I slid the tin boat off the trailer and headed over to the convenient holes behind the house.

Keeper 14" trout were biting well on the curly jig in white until a large boat washed the hole out with huge waves spoiling a nice trout bite.

I proceeded over to one of our bait holes and loaded up on mullet and shrimp.

I tried to expand my zone for fishing, but after two or three stops and nothing happening I proceeded back to the bank where I always get action.

This time I threaded a big live mullet on a kahle hook and was quickly rewarded with this big, multi- spotted overslot red that couldn't resist the free meal.

I watched some pup reds rooting in the mud for shrimp and decided to call it a day as the tide bottomed out.

Gotta love fall fishing!

What Flounder Turn Into Once They Board The Tin Boat

Served with a Crabmeat Topping.

From Chez Nanci

Hunter Finding Flounder, Tricking Trout

9.26-27-2015

Water Temp high 70's

Hunter hasn't been fishing in a while and was itching to get after it.

Saturday we ventured down to Russ Point at Fripp's Inlet, water that Hunter had never fished.

We ventured way up a creek on a high tide and fished in vain, other than sight seeing on a strong high tide.  We came out and anchored at the mouth of the creek hoping to snag a tarpon.  While we saw two, they were smart enough not to touch our cut mullet.

Finally the tide was getting down to the magic 2 hours before low tide.

We went up another small creek looking for bait and shrimp were everywhere and they were added to the shrimp bucket.  On one net cast Hunter brought up what I thought were extra large shrimp.  Lo and behold they were squid.  You never know.

We eased our way out to the big rocks that hold up Fripp Island.

Nancy got on board when a just missed being a keeper redfish took off with her newly caught shrimp.

We continued fishing towards the bridge until we finally came to a couple of docks.  Hunter said we should fish the one that had a nice little oyster rake under it.

Sure enough he quickly hooked into what he thought was the oyster bar, but he suddenly yelled "get the net" as our first Atlantic flounder came aboard the tin boat.

A few casts later I got on board with a nice 19" flattie that hit the jig head tipped with live shrimp.

As the tide bottomed out we put the boat on the trailer and headed back to filet some imagined crab stuffed flounder.

Sunday dawned cloudy and drizzly.

Hunter and I decided to try the ol trout and red hole.  We waited a while as the huge tides drained out of Beaufort.

We headed to the red hole first, but the water was still pretty high. So we went looking for trout in the hole that until now, had been barren of trout since early spring. 

But that changed as Hunter quickly started hooking up on a Zman jerk shad.  He quickly landed four keeper trout, of which two came home with us.

As the trout bite died, we eased back to our red hole as the water had dropped enough that we felt we could touch them if we could see them.

We eased into a spot I had caught a nice red last week and was explaining to Hunter how I had caught them tailing there.

I pitched my Zman Jerk Shadz up in the pocket only to get a wind knot in my line.

As I finally got the knot out of my line, I picked up and felt the tightness of fish on!

Hunter had to get back to Charleston, so we packed up and headed to the house.

I heard the fish exhale as they figured Hunter was out of here, he hurts them every time he comes down to fish.