Summer Fishing Report
beachfront and heads of the sounds. Most of our fish have been in the 3 to 7 pound range. They like shrimp and minnows. Get down get funky and get ready to Triple Tail is a seasonal fish that catch fish! Hot summer months along shows up in May and exit in September the Georgia Coast mean an opportunity and are very good table fair. I like to to catch a wide variety of fish in and refer to them as giant saltwater brim near shore. The rivers, creeks and on steroids. They can be found floating sounds are teeming with baits for you (drifting) near tide lines just beneath to choose from. Shrimp, minnows, the surface of the water near shore or mullet, pogies, crabs and pinfish are all on tidal flats inshore. When sight fishing plentiful. Whether you net, trap or buy for Triple Tail zig zag and cover some your bait it’s all very easy to come by in ground on the big motor along tide the summer months. lines and check out buoys, markers and Trout have been hard to come by again this year due to back to back Lacey with a nice 7lb Black Drum other structure. Even crab pot buoys (Little BFB) will hold a floater. I catch a lot of fish harsh winters here in the south. I on the first of the ebb tide fishing deep have had a little better catch this year around markers with traditional trout compared to last and expect a good fall rigs. When sight fishing use a small bite as the water temperatures begin popping cork with a short leader. They to fall in late September. My best bites will eat a variety of baits, but I like a big have come on high water drops using live shrimp. live shrimp. Remember that the lady Spanish mackerel can be found near fish and trout will school together. Our shore and around the jetties this time of favorite artificial bait for trout is a DOA This was Austin’s biggest fish ever! the year, just look for the birds working. shrimp under a popping cork. Redfish stocks look good this year even with the The old silver spoon gets it done most every time, but added pressures from the lack of trout. This year’s young when they are on you can catch um on an old shoe. Don’t forget about the sharks, Bonnet heads rat reds have shown up in good numbers and are about 11 to 12 inches long and should be released with care. and sharp nose are the most prevalent. We like the big Big boys can be caught on the flats and at the rock jetties. 4 foot mama bonnet heads in late summer. They are We have had some nice fish this week in the 8 to 11 fat and strong as a bull and kids and adults alike have a pound range. The little guys prefer shrimp and minnows blast with them on our light tackle rigs. Nothing but live while the big boys like cut mullet, crabs and pogies, but shrimp and crabs for bait. That about tells the summer time inshore fishing will eat just about anything when feeding. Artificial baits are doing well which include Bass Assassin flip tail shad, story for now, thanks, and I’ll see ya in the river. Gulp’s latest ghost shrimp and jerk shad, all fished with Capt. Stan a weighted weedless hook. Flounder have really been the success story About the Captain mainly for two reasons: fewer big shrimp boats dragging Captain Stan Allen (alias Fred) nowadays and they winter offshore so the cold didn’t owns & operates Marshland Inshore whack um. The boys gigging are having a good year Fishing Adventures, a local guide service that runs out of Chimney Creek Marina and we have had a banner year with the rods as well. (The Crab Shack), on Tybee Island. Captain Most of these fish have been between 12 and 17 inches Stan has been a Tybee resident for over 28 years. with a few door mats along the way. Mud minnows are Stan is a professional redfish angler for the favorite bait with small finger mullet and shrimp a www.Skinnywaterproducts.com and a pro staff close second. Bass Assassin and Gulp jerk baits fished member at www.power-pole.com. Contact info: 912-786-5943 ~ www.marshlandadventures.com weedless catch um as well. E-mail captstans@bellsouth.net. Black drum have also been pulling on our lines this summer. We have caught fish at the jetties,
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