It was windy, so I went to a flat on the other side of the river where it was a little more protected. Water depth was good up on the flooded grass flat, but there were no fish to be found. Figured it'd be about time for the tailers to start up, but must still be a bit early. Started poling the outside edge of the flat along the grass line and quickly found where the fish were. They were just sitting in the grass not moving. In groups of 6-8. It was cloudy, but in between passing clouds I had enough sunlight to spot them. Got one decent shot at a small group and pulled one off to the boat. Was about 26 inches long. Healthy, released. Turned out to be a nice morning on the water, and a good last trip out in Charleston waters. Next, I'll be down on the FL panhandle to do some guiding this coming season.
Thursday, April 19, 2007
4/19/07 farewell Charleston
Got my first day off in a long time and headed out on the water by myself this morning with hopes of finding tailers in the grass. 
It was windy, so I went to a flat on the other side of the river where it was a little more protected. Water depth was good up on the flooded grass flat, but there were no fish to be found. Figured it'd be about time for the tailers to start up, but must still be a bit early. Started poling the outside edge of the flat along the grass line and quickly found where the fish were. They were just sitting in the grass not moving. In groups of 6-8. It was cloudy, but in between passing clouds I had enough sunlight to spot them. Got one decent shot at a small group and pulled one off to the boat. Was about 26 inches long. Healthy, released. Turned out to be a nice morning on the water, and a good last trip out in Charleston waters. Next, I'll be down on the FL panhandle to do some guiding this coming season.
It was windy, so I went to a flat on the other side of the river where it was a little more protected. Water depth was good up on the flooded grass flat, but there were no fish to be found. Figured it'd be about time for the tailers to start up, but must still be a bit early. Started poling the outside edge of the flat along the grass line and quickly found where the fish were. They were just sitting in the grass not moving. In groups of 6-8. It was cloudy, but in between passing clouds I had enough sunlight to spot them. Got one decent shot at a small group and pulled one off to the boat. Was about 26 inches long. Healthy, released. Turned out to be a nice morning on the water, and a good last trip out in Charleston waters. Next, I'll be down on the FL panhandle to do some guiding this coming season.
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