Report Nov. 11, 2008

We all hear the old saying that “wind from the Northeast and East, fish the least”. Well yesterday put that old saying to bed, for at least one trip.

I had the pleasure of fishing with Capt. Tom Siwarski of Carolina Aero Marine Adventures (843) 327-3434. Tom is a local fishing guide and an excellent customer at our Mount Pleasant location. Tom and I had been planning to fish together for a while, but it seemed everytime we planned to go the weather got nasty. I met Tom and his friend Luke at the Isle of Palms Marina at 6:00 am.

When we got there the wind was coming at a pretty good clip out of the Northeast. It was 600 am and it was already blowing about 15 mph. I immediately thought to myself “fishing is gonna suck today boy”. Despite the heavy wind we decided to give it a try anyway. After some careful deliberation, we decided to head to one of Tom’s trout spots in the area south of the IOP connector. The spot we were going to was well guarded by an island from the wind. Upon arrival, Trout began to immediately fly in the boat. All in all, we boated around 30 trout with the bulk of them being caught on 1/4 oz. DOA shrimp under popping corks in the Glow or Near Clear color.

The spot we were fishing was located in a creek mouth that had a nice oyster point and plenty of good clear water rolling over it. The tide we were fishing was outgoing. After the tide dropped, the bite did as well. So we decided to head up north to another of Tom’s “spots” to fish for spotails. Upon arriving there, we soon realized that the bite was once again on! This spot was guarded from the wind and was located in the mouth of a little creek with plenty of oyster bars and eddies around them. The fish were stacked in the little pocket and we boated around 15 redfish in about an hours time.

We were using GULP! Alive Jerk Shad in Chartreuse Pepper and Sapphire Shine colors, fished on 3/0 flutter hooks. After the tide got too low, we once again decided to move. This time we found a creek in the Dewees Island area and polled our way all the way to the back of the creek throwing the Gulp! Jerk Shads into deep pockets of water and pulling out some quality fish. Luke had an absolute pig on the line that eventually broke him off!! It was a hell of a fight to watch.

We ended catching around 20 more spottails in that creek. I think the one consistent factor to all three of the excellent spots we fished was that they were well protected from the wind. I had a great afternoon with Tom and Luke and this is definately one of the better fishing days I have had in the Lowcountry in quite a while and it came on a day when I least expected.

So next time you have your doubts about the wind and weather, you better think again and try it anyway. You never know!

See you on the water,

Rob Hendrickson

Assistant Manager

The Charleston Angler Mount Pleasant Store