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Fishing
Saltwater: Inshore: Capt. Robert Barnett reports, “With cool winter months arriving, please do no think the saltwater fishing action is over. There have been good catches of sea trout in both Wassaw and Ossabaw sounds in the last weeks. The redfish are starting to school, and I mean some large schools. Look to the shallow…
Saltwater: Inshore: Decent. Capt. Bob Barnette reports, “As we move into the final days of October, the inshore saltwater action has been quite spotty. With the above-average tides causing the water to become muddy, it is hard to find clear water. Keeping that in mind, when you do find clear water, the bite has been…
Saltwater: Inshore: Capt. Bob Barnette reports, “As fall arrives, sea trout and spot-tail bass action will increase both in numbers and for size. For trout, look for clear water and schools of small glass minnows and mullet on the top around creek mouths. Once you locate these baitfish, it should not be long before the…
Saltwater: Inshore: Capt. David Newlin reports, “In the sounds the trout and redfish action is heating up. Shrimp are plentiful almost everywhere. In St. Catherine’s Sound, the redfish seem to be on every drop, with a few big fish, but most of them are 13 to 13 1/2 inches. Live shrimp under a cork have…
Saltwater: Inshore: From the Richmond Hill area, Capt. David Newlin reports, “Trout are hitting live shrimp in the sounds. My best bite has been on the incoming tide. Finding clear water has been the key to catching trout. The small redfish are almost a nuisance they are so thick. I caught more than 50 at…
Saltwater: Inshore: Capt. Bob Barnette reports, “July is here, and so are the tarpon and tripletails. Look for the tarpon on the edges of the shallow drops in the sounds where the baitfish are washed across the sand bars. Baits of choice will be pogies and mullet fished on a float or freelined. If you…
The good news first: An interim, 6-month ban on red-snapper fishing on the Atlantic coast from North Carolina to Florida has been put off. Originally slated to begin as early as June, the closure has been pushed back, possibly as late as October, as the measure is reviewed. The bad news: You better catch your…
It is 10:25 a.m., and a brass-bright sun has already pushed temperatures into the 90s. The reflection off the water 3 miles out into the Atlantic off Richmond Hill makes it hard on the eyes and, if not for the polarized glasses, unbearable. This is to be the first 100-degree day of 2009, but who…
In late 2006, Congress passed a significantly strengthened Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Management and Conservation Act, the overriding piece of legislation that guides federal fisheries management. Among other progressive provisions, the new law required managers to end overfishing by 2010. Only a year later, a stock assessment for South Atlantic red snapper, the first modern stock assessment…
The Scat II beat its way southeasterly into the 4- to 6-foot seas that were being pushed north by a stiff 20-knot breeze. The clear May dawn promised fair weather, but a bumpy ride and rocking horse fishing at the snapper banks. At her helm, perched in the captain’s chair, sat her designer and…
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