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Fished the Chesapeake Bay, Southern Maryland, Lower Potomac River for many years. Always appreciated it up there and thought it was a world class fishery. Now I live vicariously through you guys.
Moved to the Low Country, Charleston SC, well over a year ago. Dialing in this area took a bit of time but the kayak fishing can be decent for redfish, speckled trout, flounder, bluefish, whiting, etc. I stress kayak fishing since most of the time I fish in water 2 ft deep or less with many creeks completely inaccessible to powerboats. Live shrimp/mullet, cut mullet etc. is far more productive than artificials, at least for me. Although trout will consistently bite on a paddle tail. Definitely more tide sensitive here. Water clarity is measured in inches. Saturday I fished for 5 hrs. (Most of the bite occurred 2 hrs. on each side of low tide). Managed 30 to 35 - redfish (18" to 30" inches) 7 trout (to 21"), 5 flounder and a ladyfish. The weather down here is consistently epic compared to up north and a plus when fishing through winter.
What you don't have up there that you can be thankful for are the abundance of snakes and gators. (Gators are actually like big green squirrels and generally leave you alone) This porpoise had a meaner disposition. It rammed me a while back. Note the dorsal fin in the lower left corner. It slowly cruised in front of my kayak then throttled up and nailed me.
Note the flounder picture: You can see the shrimp on the deck. They are so thick in the creeks that a small cast net can yield plenty of bait for the day. (or dinner)
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Moved to the Low Country, Charleston SC, well over a year ago. Dialing in this area took a bit of time but the kayak fishing can be decent for redfish, speckled trout, flounder, bluefish, whiting, etc. I stress kayak fishing since most of the time I fish in water 2 ft deep or less with many creeks completely inaccessible to powerboats. Live shrimp/mullet, cut mullet etc. is far more productive than artificials, at least for me. Although trout will consistently bite on a paddle tail. Definitely more tide sensitive here. Water clarity is measured in inches. Saturday I fished for 5 hrs. (Most of the bite occurred 2 hrs. on each side of low tide). Managed 30 to 35 - redfish (18" to 30" inches) 7 trout (to 21"), 5 flounder and a ladyfish. The weather down here is consistently epic compared to up north and a plus when fishing through winter.
What you don't have up there that you can be thankful for are the abundance of snakes and gators. (Gators are actually like big green squirrels and generally leave you alone) This porpoise had a meaner disposition. It rammed me a while back. Note the dorsal fin in the lower left corner. It slowly cruised in front of my kayak then throttled up and nailed me.
Note the flounder picture: You can see the shrimp on the deck. They are so thick in the creeks that a small cast net can yield plenty of bait for the day. (or dinner)
10168.jpg10166.jpg10163.jpg10162.jpg10169.jpg10167.jpg10161.jpg5223.jpgdolphin 3.jpgdolphin 5.jpg
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