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Had a free place to stay in Charleston and Savannah so I went on the road for Labor Day Week.
Charleston, Started by fishing the upper end of the Wando River on the suggestion of a baitshop. Tons of bait with mullet and shrimp all over the place. Spent Monday the 1st on the water from dark to dark trolling, throwing live bait, top water and soft plastics to the tune of a few rat reds under 13 inches and a handful of specs about the same. Best areas were the mouth of cuts and creek mouths where the bait was getting stacked up during the low tides. During the high tide, there are so many grass flats that I had no idea where to begin, I tried a variety of spots but couldn't locate a bite shallow or deep. The next day I switched to the Charleston Harbor Inlet and the jetties there. Launched next to Ft Moultrie and worked my way out on the outgoing and rode the incoming back in. Caught a bunch of Black Sea Bass up to 12inches, a 29 inch red along with a few rats, a couple pin fish, a ladyfish and was busted off by a biggg fish. I think it was a tarpon, took a live lined pin fish and took off, spun the kayak and had me at 5mph in the 1st 30 seconds and then came to the surface, jumped and broke my 50lb leader... I was looking somewhere else for some reason and didn't see the fish but the swirl was as big as a car. Ran out of bait shorty after that and headed back in. Got some lunch some fiddlers and hit Breach inlet just to the north. Was just hopping to waste away some time till the low tide and started working the fiddlers around the bridge pilings and dock pilings and found a honey hole! My first Sheephead followed by another 20 or so of his friends and many more lost and missed bites. No real hogs but some solid fish to 17 inches. Was so much fun, I had to come back the next day for a few hours before I hit the road to Savannah and caught a few more.
Savannah. Fished the Ogeechee River by Ft McAllister the first day because it was close, didn't turn out to be a very good idea. Busted a fish off, think it was a small shark, caught a couple rays and had a small shark steal a large mullet I was live lining. The next day I deciding to hit some of my old stomping grounds and fish the Back River off Tybee Island. Was quite a mixed bag. Caught pinfish, whiting, bluefish, ladyfish, specs, reds, a lizardfish, croaker, a flounder, and a pair of sharks. The first shark was pretty nice! I was bouncing a finger mullet along the bottom ocean side when my line took off, first time in a while I thought I was going to be spooled! Thought it was a big ray from the way it was fighting, long runs with no real head shakes and then just kinda dead weight followed by more blistering runs. Put my lexa 300 and MH Bass rod to the test but after 20 minutes or so I glimpsed a fin and realized it was something else. Another 10 minutes or so later I finally got my hand on the leader and "landed" him. Not sure what the technical definition of landing a 6-7 ft shark in a kayak is because he sure wasn't coming in with me but my 2ft leader in hand several times counts in my book
Any ideas on what kind of shark it is???
Charleston, Started by fishing the upper end of the Wando River on the suggestion of a baitshop. Tons of bait with mullet and shrimp all over the place. Spent Monday the 1st on the water from dark to dark trolling, throwing live bait, top water and soft plastics to the tune of a few rat reds under 13 inches and a handful of specs about the same. Best areas were the mouth of cuts and creek mouths where the bait was getting stacked up during the low tides. During the high tide, there are so many grass flats that I had no idea where to begin, I tried a variety of spots but couldn't locate a bite shallow or deep. The next day I switched to the Charleston Harbor Inlet and the jetties there. Launched next to Ft Moultrie and worked my way out on the outgoing and rode the incoming back in. Caught a bunch of Black Sea Bass up to 12inches, a 29 inch red along with a few rats, a couple pin fish, a ladyfish and was busted off by a biggg fish. I think it was a tarpon, took a live lined pin fish and took off, spun the kayak and had me at 5mph in the 1st 30 seconds and then came to the surface, jumped and broke my 50lb leader... I was looking somewhere else for some reason and didn't see the fish but the swirl was as big as a car. Ran out of bait shorty after that and headed back in. Got some lunch some fiddlers and hit Breach inlet just to the north. Was just hopping to waste away some time till the low tide and started working the fiddlers around the bridge pilings and dock pilings and found a honey hole! My first Sheephead followed by another 20 or so of his friends and many more lost and missed bites. No real hogs but some solid fish to 17 inches. Was so much fun, I had to come back the next day for a few hours before I hit the road to Savannah and caught a few more.
Savannah. Fished the Ogeechee River by Ft McAllister the first day because it was close, didn't turn out to be a very good idea. Busted a fish off, think it was a small shark, caught a couple rays and had a small shark steal a large mullet I was live lining. The next day I deciding to hit some of my old stomping grounds and fish the Back River off Tybee Island. Was quite a mixed bag. Caught pinfish, whiting, bluefish, ladyfish, specs, reds, a lizardfish, croaker, a flounder, and a pair of sharks. The first shark was pretty nice! I was bouncing a finger mullet along the bottom ocean side when my line took off, first time in a while I thought I was going to be spooled! Thought it was a big ray from the way it was fighting, long runs with no real head shakes and then just kinda dead weight followed by more blistering runs. Put my lexa 300 and MH Bass rod to the test but after 20 minutes or so I glimpsed a fin and realized it was something else. Another 10 minutes or so later I finally got my hand on the leader and "landed" him. Not sure what the technical definition of landing a 6-7 ft shark in a kayak is because he sure wasn't coming in with me but my 2ft leader in hand several times counts in my book
Any ideas on what kind of shark it is???
That turtle should just be happy the shark didnt eat him. I am sure he is fine.
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