South Carolina Fishing Reports - South Carolina Inshore Fishing Reports - Redfish bite heating up at the coast - Redfish bite heating up at the coast By: Jeffrey Weeks The coastal water is still very cold, but inshore fishing for redfish is really heating
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South Carolina Fishing Reports - South Carolina Inshore Fishing Reports - Redfish bite heating up at the coast - Redfish bite heating up at the coast By: Jeffrey Weeks The coastal water is still very cold, but inshore fishing for redfish is really heating
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Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 11:11 pm Post subject: Redfish bite heating up at the coast
Redfish bite heating up at the coast
By: Jeffrey Weeks
The coastal water is still very cold, but inshore fishing for redfish is really heating up.
“We caught them all weekend,” said Captain Mark Dickson of Shallow Minded Charters in North Myrtle Beach, who fishes the waters of Brunswick County, NC. “We’re polling to get to them in the tidal pools of the shallow creeks. They’ve been a little bigger lately. We usually see lots of fish in the 16-20 inch class this time of year, but lately we have been catching lots of fish in the 22-26 inch class with an occasional 30 incher mixed in.”
Captain Dickson said that he is happy the rough weather is clearing enough to get some decent fishing in.
“I am surely glad to get February over with,” Captain Dickson said. “It has been a really cold month. But I have had charters the past few days and although a little chilly, the fish have continued to bite well.”
Currently redfish are the big catch. Some speckled trout have been active, but it is still very cold for them, with water temperatures in the low 40s.
“I’ve heard from a couple of guys catching a few speckled trout on DOA shrimp,” said Captain Dickson, “but the water is still really too dang cold. When it is hovering around 41 degrees it’s hard to get the specks going.”
However, Captain Dickson says that the hardy redfish are making up for that. He is fishing for reds by push poling into creek on low tide and fishing the tidal pools where the redfish gather to feed on trapped baitfish.
“Those redfish are still hanging around the backwater creeks,” said Captain Dickson, “and the bite will only get better as the weather warms. Right now the best action is on the low tide in the tidal pools, and the tide is low in the mornings.
Captain Dickson and his charters have been fishing Gulp shrimp to catch the redfish since it is too cold to catch live shrimp for bait.
“We’ve been using Gulps on ¼ ounce jigheads in the creeks,” Captain Dickson said. “You just move slowly into the tidal pool areas so as not to spook them. Push off and get into the shallow creeks. The redfish are there. This backwater redfish action will only get better as the weather warms and the fishing for speckled trout should pick up soon.”
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South Carolina Fishing Reports - South Carolina Inshore Fishing Reports - Redfish bite heating up at the coast - Redfish bite heating up at the coast By: Jeffrey Weeks The coastal water is still very cold, but inshore fishing for redfish is really heating
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