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Jeff and his daughter Jess spent an afternoon of their Labor Day vacation fishing behind Kiawah. We spent most of the charter sight fishing on one large flat at low tide. We were able to see redfish chasing shrimp in water so shallow that their backs were out of water! The duo caught trout, ladyfish and redfish on artificials rigged on flutter hooks. Highlight of the trip was watching Jeff hook up and fight this black drum in a foot of water.
Becky and her son, J.T., were visiting Folly Beach but had not done much saltwater fishing before and decided to give it a try. We fished the falling tide in the morning and Becky started off with her first ever trout caught on a shrimp under a popping cork. We moved onto tidal flats as the water fell and targeted redfish using cracked blue crab. Becky quickly landed her first redfish, a sweet six pounder! J.T. got into the action too with multiple bites throughout the charter.
Ian and I chose this morning so that we could fly fish Kiawah on both sides of low tide. When we arrived, we found a slow moving storm system hanging out on top of us that made sight fishing tough. Ian persevered and stuck this nice seven pound redfish while blind casting to oyster beds. All redfish were caught on mud minnow patterns.
Staying at Folly Beach for the week, Dave and Jack, his son, fished a half day morning charter. Jack quickly showed us how it was done by landing a nine pound redfish after a lengthy fight! The pair did a great job in windy conditions also catching more redfish and a bonnethead shark. Dad put a nice finishing touch on the trip by catching a six pound redfish with a D.O.A. shrimp under a popping cork.
In town to see his son, Dakota, Bruce booked an evening charter for both of them. While waiting for the water to get in the grass, we cast popping corks with live and D.O.A. shrimp at the banks and caught trout, ladyfish and flounder. Once the flats were flooded, Bruce caught two seven pound redfish we saw tailing in the grass while Dakota hooked up with another that broke us off. All three redfish ate a black/gold artificial grub.
Had a trip out of Folly Beach this morning that really showed how many seasonal species of fish are in our waters right now. Over the course of an hour, we caught bluefish, spanish mackerel, cobia, pompano and ladyfish! All of these fish took live shrimp under a popping cork. It was an amazing sight to see.
John had lived at Folly Beach for some time but had only fished from shore. For his birthday, he and Amelia chartered me for a half day trip. Starting close to low tide, we fished the flats as the water rose into the grass. Casting an artificial bait, John soon hooked into a very healthy redfish that put up quite a fight. It was his first Folly Beach redfish. Spent the second half of the trip catching trout and incidentally bonnethead shark using shrimp under a popping cork.
On a week long vacation, John, Tyler and Jason booked a half day charter to try out inshore fishing. We started the trip throwing live shrimp and D.O.A. shrimp under popping corks at grass banks as the tide fell. The corks produced redfish, trout and bonnethead sharks. With low tide approaching, we switched over to fishing the flats. We found a large school of redfish who wanted nothing to do with artificial baits. However, they would eagerly eat cracked blue crab and we caught a 10lb. and a 9lb. redfish to end the trip.
To celebrate their wedding anniversary, Lea and Craig spent part of their day fishing Kiawah and fishing Folly Beach. We started the trip catching trout with shrimp under popping corks. As the tide rose, we cast the same corks at shell banks and started catching redfish as well. Had several fantastic break-offs as fish pounded the live shrimp. Finished the day fishing docks and up in the grass at high tide.
Visiting Folly Beach for the week, Donald and Clark, his daughter, made a fishing charter part of their vacation. Fortunately, we were able to get into some really nice redfish and spend most of the trip sight casting to schools of redfish on the flats. Clark put the first redfish in the boat at seven pounds and Dad followed with a nine pounder. We were able to hook into other fish in the school as well. All redfish caught on black/gold artificials.
