Fishing has been good for the most part. Sunday 10-02-04 was our slowest day of fishing. Winds have abated leaving several days of high humidity. Don’t dispair cooler air is right around the corner. As temperatures drop and days shorten the bite will steadily improve. Bait shops have plenty of bait but sell out quickly during the fall. Throwing a cast net might save your day of fishing as well as pitching plastics. Jimmy Adams, from Adams bait shop reported good catches of seatrout, black drum and sheepshead around the Tybee Pier. Jimmy said most of these fish are hanging close to the pilings.
Seatrout, Redfish and Surf Fishing
The last several days tides were higher than normal. Small trout as well some larger seatrout were caught well back in the grass. Normally redfish are associated with being “back in the grass”. Higher tides will push redfish further back and seatrout into water though of as redfish water. As water temperature drops and the water in creeks and rivers becomes saltier seatrout will push in. Small seatrout are plentiful and should provide good action in the coming months. Small redfish are mostly keeper size with some still around 13 inches (14″ through 23″ is the slot for Ga. redfish). There have plenty of fish caught in the 22 to 23 inch range. Looks like a good year for redfish! Merridith Davis says seeing butterflies this time of the year means redfish are in the surf. October is usually the best month for surf fishing! Best tides are usually low incoming as water starts to cover outer sand bars. Fish cut mullet or finger mullet close to breaks in the bars or any irregularity. Be careful when positioning your boat. Breaking waves can become large very quickly.
Tides for the coming week look good and should provide plenty of opportunities for some good fishing! Don’t forget about the CCA Meeting Tuesday October 5th, 2004 at St. Peters Church on Skidaway Island at 7:00pm. Spud Woodward and Gabe Gaddis of Georgia DNR will speak on fishery issues. Gabe will give update on the Warsaw fish study currently under way. This is something vitally significant to the coast in maintaining a healthy fishery. All fishermen are encourage to attain.
Good Fishing! Capt. Jack McGowan