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Hilton Head, Savannah, Beaufort. Fly and Spin fishing

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Good Gosh!!  The past couple of days have had great action!!  Yesterday  Mr Rawlings and I pulled up to a school of   150 fish tailing and popping baits along a lee ward bank. The sick part was the starting temp was 24 degrees.  Can’t say over the past 20 years I’ve seen that happen too often.  These fish were having some fun and didn’t seem to mind we were there catching them.  14 fish later what a day.  Today was a bit different,  with winds around  20  we had our work cut out for us.   Hank Goodwin and myself found our first flat blown out, second flat blown, third flat blown out, Shit!!  Well I had found a few fish on a section of flat about a month ago so the run was on.  We pulled up and what I thought was a few fish turned out to be about 100.  The fish were tailing and creeping with backs out as well. With the winds blow’n hard and the water a bit muddy, things were tough.  Still managed 6 nice fish w/ 2 of them pushing 10lbs!

Savannah, Hilton Head, Beaufort Fly and Spin fishing

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With the ending of the the year I wish I could say we finished with a bang,  With mid day high tides it’s been a narrow window on the reds.  Being said we have caught reds and some trout to finish off the year.  Not much going on with the stripers, it seems as the bulk of the fish are moving to feed on the shrimp and then heading back up river as the shrimp migrate out. That being said, stripers can still be caught, but I wouldn’t make a day of looking for them.   I have been talking to some folks about menhaden along the Atlantic coast and with stocks down 80% of historical highs, our striper, jacks and tarpon irregularities seem to be pacing with this decline.  Food for thought.  This may also  be causing some decline in trout, granted we have had some cold winters in the past, but a combo of cold winters and lack of forage who knows?

 

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