Capt John Friel fished with Mr Simms and family this AM and completed the inshore slam.  There son had the honors of the biggest and most fish of the day.  They landed 4 redfish, 1 trout, and a flounder, plus lost 2 bonnetheads at the boat.

Capt Richard had 2 trips today on the bigger boat and the bite was on for the AM trip.  They boated 4 large redfish ( big one 17 pounds) and 12 redfish, plus some bait stealers and sharks.  The afternoon trip started a little slow, but then finished the day finding the trout and boated around a dozen.

Capt John Friel ran the bayboat today and fished around the weekend crowd with a group from Greenville.   The started out by catching 3 nice spanish mackerel casting lures.  As the tide started in they went float fishing and caught 8 sea trout, 2 bluefish, and a redfish. 

This AM Capt Richard fished with local Mr. Seel and his 3 brothers, his wonderful daughter bought him this for his father's day gift.  The fishing was good and they boated 12 redfish and a black drum.

The afternoon trip  was with Ben Mckinney and crew, and the bite continued.  They caught 17 sea trout, 1 nice redfish, and 2 bonnethead sharks. 

Capt Richard fished in the harbor with some regulars and could not get away from the sharks.  Tried for some big reds at the rocks, but the sharks would not let the bait set, they caught about 10 bonnetheads, few sharpnose, and a big finetooth, along with some seabass and bluefish.

I took a family fishing trip out of Kiawah today after 2 dolphin tours.  We took the kids in a hidden creek to hide from the wind and caught some croaker and whiting to use for bait.  No tarpon but did catch some nice sharks 3 bonnetheads big one was 17 pounds, 2 sharpnose, and 2 bull sharks big one was about 70 pounds and mad. 

Capt Richard fished out of the harbor today with Ben Mcneal and they did well with trout, redfish and large sharks.  They caught 2 nice reds over 10 pounds.

Capt John Friel fished  the flats boat in the harbor with Mel Simonton and wife and they caught some redfish and flounder.

I fished with a group around Kiawah today and caught 4 trout on topwater plugs, and a ladyfish, along with 28 sharks between 3-6ft.

Captain Richard fished the McQauins Monday AM  and did pretty well with a mixed bag.  They caught plenty of large sharks, bluefish, seabass, ladyfish, and highlight of the trip was a 16 pound redfish.

That afternoon and the next day he fished with the Reeder crew from Columbia.  This family is one of our regulars and is a great group to fish with, first trip they caught 2 flounder, 2 redfish, and 15 trout for the inshore slam.  The next day was just as good with  8 trout, 2 flounder, seabass, tons of large sharks, and 2 giant redfish 17 and 23 pounds. 

Watching these boys grow up over the last 6 years have been a pleasure.  They have turned into great anglers and have boated more trophy reds in their lives than most men 3 times their age.  Capt Richard fished with the guys today and they caught a mess of big trout, 2 redfish, and some nice size bonnethead, finetooth, and sharpnose sharks. 

Friday ran 2 trips at Kiawah with clients first trip trout bite was on boated around 30 small trout with a few bluefish, ldyfish, bonnetheads, and 1 red.

Second trip was a short 2 hour kids trip and they boated 4 bonnetheads 2 over 20 pounds (21 and 22), 1 sharpnose, bluefish and a ray.

Today winds picked up and water was murky, trout bite was slim, managed 6 bonnetheads, 1 sharpnose shark, and 1 trout.

First off glad to welcome Capt John Friel to Affinity Charters.  Both Capt John F and Captain Richard ran doubles today.  Capt Richard first trip they caught 7 small trout, 1 nice 3 pound flounder, and a 22 pound redfish for the inshore slam.  Finished out the trip with nonstop shark action.  His second trip they caught some seabass, bluefish, 1 nice redfish, and 25 sharks, and almost forgot jumped a tarpon who peeled out 200 yards of line before throwing the hook.

Capt John Friel first trip caught 4 flounder, 2 redfish, 4 bonnetheads, and 6 sharpnose sharks.  Second trip  they caught 2 flounder, 1 large gator trout, and 6 bonnethead, 4 sharpnose sharks. 

Capt Richard ran 2 trips out of the harbor today.  First trip was supposed to be a fly fishing trip, but first half of the trip turned into casting lessons.   After we got all the kinks worked out the tide was out and trout bite had turned off, managed 2 trout, then went shark fishing and caught several nice 3-5 sharks.

Second trip in the afternoon was a different story.  Fished with repeat customers from the last 2 years, and the first 5 minutes made the trip the boys landed a 26 pound redfish, and then caught 38 sharks between 3-6ft long.  As the tide started back in they did a little trout fishing with popping corks and caught 11.

I saw a nice school of tarpon today around Kiawah that were feeding on ladyfish, most of the fish in the school were 70-100 pound range.  Tight Lines Capt John