This past week was busy and tons of fun! On Tuesday, 6/3, one of my regulars, Chris Flannigan, wanted to go catch some redfish and that is exactly what we did. We went way north almost to Bull's Bay and caught 12 reds and 1 eight pound sheepshead. The largest redfish was 8 lbs and the rest were right in the 21-23 inch range. Great slot fish. Would have been nice to have them during the IFA Tournament in May. They were eating everything, mud minnows, shrimp, live and cut menhaden. We even caught one on a DOA smoke colored shrimp. It was a great trip for Chris since the last few times have ben extremely windy. The fish were eating throughout the outgoing tide and you could se them pushing right on the edge of the oyster beds.
On Friday, May 30th, I did a trip for New York Life and it just so happened that one of the guys on my boat was a friend of mine. They booked the trip through an agency so he didn't know he would be going with me until he got there. We started off the day in the Charleston Harbor catching bonnet head, and sharp nose sharks. After about a dozen of them, we made our way up the Wando where the action was not as fierce to say the least. It was a fun trip though and the guys and gals from New York life had a great time.
On Thursday, 5/29, Kevin Caldwell and his new bride wanted to catch some honeymoon fish so we started off with some sharks in the middle of the harbor and ended with some nice trout in the waterway north of Wild Dunes. A great way to start the 4 day weekend. Congrats to Mr. and Mrs. Caldwell!!!
On Tuesday, 5/27, after breaking my toe on Monday at the beach, I took John, John Jr. and Joanna, to catch some trout and redfish. Once again my spots produced plenty of bights to keep everyone busy even me. W caught a few nice reds and some trout north of Wild Dunes on the outgoing tide. Its shaping up to be a productive summer already. Until next time, don't forget to put the plug in!!!
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