Sportfishing Industry Expresses Deep Concern Over Gulf Oil Spill Massive oil spill threatens the region’s $41 billion marine sportfishing industry April 30, 2010 – Alexandria, Va. – The American Sportfishing Association (ASA), in response to the oil spill caused by the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico this week, announced that [...]
I had never caught a Sheepshead before this past Saturday, 04-24-10. I would not have gone out had it not been for the tournament, it was very rough. But I talked with Gary Willson, who I work with, and he gave me some good tips to follow. So armed with much optimism and just hoping [...]
April 30, 2010 – 10:40 am
Tailing season is upon us. Those epic days where you stalk a flat and see redfish tails waving at you every time you turn around. These were the visions I had for today… Well we aren’t here yet but a few friends and I hit the flats in the kayaks at Redfishville and the Upper [...]
April 29, 2010 – 11:19 am
Hi there! I just wanted to express my appreciation for the nice welcome you guys did for IWFF. We had a great time! Also I wanted to let you guys know what a wonderful time I had fishing with Ben Floyd. He is such a wonderful guide !! He took me on my first Red [...]
April 28, 2010 – 12:37 pm
Last Friday some friends and I fished the Hilton Head Wahoo Shootout. We left out of Edisto Marina at 2 o’clock and had lines in at 5. We high speed trolled for an hour to no avail and decided it was time to deploy the Wahoo spread. We trolled two planers one with a purple/pink/blue [...]
Here is a little report from this morning’s flood tide: Looking at the tides it became apparent that there would be an opportunity to fish the Wando river on the flood tide this morning, so a buddy of mine John Hill and I went out to take a look around and see what we could [...]
April 26, 2010 – 11:55 am
Enough with the teasing….here’s the report! (I had a busy day yesterday and had some trouble getting the video to load last night.) Myself, JMS-ILM, and di hrd, joined slip slidin Tuesday for a day of offshore trolling/jigging. Started out the morning trolling a bit and managed to catch the first YELLOWFIN on the boat…..although [...]
April 26, 2010 – 11:25 am
As we all drive to work and drive home every day we all see them. They are everywhere. Some are small, some are large, some are unkempt and dirty looking, some are taken care of and look pristine, there are old ones and young ones. Yep, ponds. All new subdivisions are required to have retention [...]
April 26, 2010 – 11:15 am
The day started out with a glass smooth river. Not very often have I seen the upper Wando this smooth. We got the kayaks unloaded and started our paddle to our usual spots looking for the usual suspects. My first cast with a Johnson Silver minnow tipped with a black and silver flecked curly tail [...]