11/27 after a good turkey day and birthday yesterday back on the water Friday with a group from Kiawah.  Found a good bite with steady action and my group boated 37 sheepshead and 6 nice redfish.

Capt John Friel fished with the Helton group on Saturday and had a fun day on the water, they boated 41 trout and 1 big black drum.  Mostly on live shrimp and DOA shrimp under popping corks fishing near Charleston Harbor.

Monday 23rd we fished with Peter Augustine and had a good bite.  Weather was nice and fish were hungry, he boated about 20 trout and 20 redfish on both live and artificial bait.

Wednesday 25th fished with Jeff and we went to the reef for half of the trip then came back inshore.  At the reef they boated about 50 black sea bass, and inshore the trout bite was on fire catching 36 trout in about 2 hours all mixed size with a few in 3-4 pound range. 

Monday 16th fished an afternoon trip with the Fevers and had a great redfish bite.  Caught tons of fish with a few over 10 pounds.

Thursday 19th Capt Richard Took out Andrew Cirillo and his customer and found a good steady inshore bite.  They boated 40 trout with 11 over 2 pounds and 13 redfish, mostly on DOA Shrimp and Zman chattter baits.

Saturday 21st Capt John Friel fished with Tyler Brown and they boated about 20 trout and took a few home for dinner that night, caught on live bait under popping corks.

I went to Biloxi, MS on Wednesday to prefish and fish in SKA Nationals.  Wednesday we fished around some oil rigs and shrimp boats and caught 25 blackfin tuna, 1 yellowfin and a wahoo, also caught: grouper, weakfish, snapper, pompano, and jacks jigging around the rigs.  Thursday we prefished and caught tons of kings mostly between 25-30 pounds, then went to jig bait for the next day.  Friday it was on, best king bite that I have ever seen.  We boated 71 fish and released 30 fish over 35 pounds.  Weighed in our 2 biggest fish 45 and 47 pounds and took 10th place overall and best finish out of all South Carolina boats.  Got rough on Saturday so we went home.

Thursday the 5th I had a corporate trip out of Kiawah and had 3 guys on the boat and we got the inshore slam.  We had non-stop action with the trout on DOA Shrimp and popping corks with minnows.  They boated 48 sea trout, 3 nice redfish ( 3-11 pounds), 1 nice flounder, and 11 ladyfish.  Great weather and fishing.

Friday fished in my flats boat with a group from Kiawah, we fished mostly artificials and they boated a mixed bag with: 7 redfish, 6 black drum, 1 trout, and 1 sheepshead.

Saturday 7th ran afternoon trip and got back on the schooling sea trout and they caught 34 trout and 13 redfish.

Scott Worfel fished with us Wednesday and Thursday in Charleston Harbor.  First day we fished the higher tide to target trout and they boated 12 trout and 12 redfish to balance out.  The next day we fished the lower tide to target redfish and the guys put on a clinic, boating 32 redfish, 1 trout, and 1 black drum, many of the reds were over 10 pounds..

Fly I ran a fly trip and wind picked up but we did manage 3 reds and a trout on the fly.

10/21 Capt Richard fished in the harbor with long time customer B Franklin Mom and Father-in-law.  These 2 were great both in their late 80's and still fishing strong, went out for a few hours and caught 15 sea trout.

I fished with a group out of Kiawah today and they boated 15 trout, 1 redfish, 1 sheepshead and some bottom fish. 

Friday I fished the harbor with Ned Mcnealey who fished with me 3 weeks ago in the CF Redbone Tourney.  Ned is a great outdoorman and must have a lucky horse shoe.  We went back to some skinny water spots and they caught 15 huge trout ( 2-7 pounds), 13 redfish, 1 blue, and 2 flounder to complete the slam.  Glad we had a great day because I lost my sunglasses first thing, and then dropped my new pliers in the drink.  Oh well great day fishing made up for it.

Saturday I fished out of Kiawah with Chris Renolds and his future wife.  They had fun with steady action :6 redfish, 12 trout, and 2 sheepshead. 

Capt John Friel ran the harbor trips today and his first trip they got the slam with 4 redfish, 6 trout, and 3 nice flounder.  His second trip the caught a dozen trout.

Monday I ran a kids fishing trip with a family visiting Kiawah.  A Mom and her 2 young boys, was a bit windy but got the boys hooked on saltwater fishing.  They caught 12 nice redfish, 1 trout, and their favorite a 16 pound bonnethead shark.  Mom even got in on the action with the biggest redfish weighing about 12 pounds.

Monday Capt Richard ran a fly fishing  trip from Rhett's Bluff with a Kiawah property owner and it was a bit windy but the did manage 6  sea trout on the fly

Tuesday I ran another kids fishing trip from Kiawah and the Dad and his two little girls boated 6 redfish, 1 big black drum and 12 whiting.

Wednesday all 3 boats were in action with Capt John Friel and Capt Richard fishing in the harbor, John caught a mess of trout with his group and Capt Richard group caught 9 big redfish (6-10 pounds) and 2 sea trout ( 3 and 5 pounds).  I fished out of Kiawah with a corporate group and kept the guys busy with a steady bite, they boated 13 nice redfish, 32 trout, 1 ladyfish and a flounder to complete the inshore slam.

Thursday I fished with one of my favorite people in the world Ron Shuckman from my home town of Louisville, Ky.  Ron always has tons of good stories, and keeps me up to date with the latest on Big Blue Basketball.  Ron caught 21 redfish ( from 2-12 pounds), 9 black drum ( 4-10 pounds, 2 sheepshead and a flounder.  He even let me caught the biggest red of the day a 14 pounder, and we tried the fly but they wanted no part of it.

Friday had a big corporate trip at Kiawah my group caught 41 trout, 7 redfish and 3 ladyfish.  Capt Richards group caught 34 sheepshead and dozen trout.  Richard fished another trip in the afternoon and they found some big trout and caught about 15 and 2 redfish..

Saturday we fished out of the harbor and the group caught tons of trout, along with a few reds and 1 flounder.

Monday I ran a kids fishing trip with a family visiting Kiawah.  A Mom and her 2 young boys, was a bit windy but got the boys hooked on saltwater fishing.  They caught 12 nice redfish, 1 trout, and their favorite a 16 pound bonnethead shark.  Mom even got in on the action with the biggest redfish weighing about 12 pounds.

Monday Capt Richard ran a fly fishing  trip from Rhett's Bluff with a Kiawah property owner and it was a bit windy but the did manage 6  sea trout on the fly

Tuesday I ran another kids fishing trip from Kiawah and the Dad and his two little girls boated 6 redfish, 1 big black drum and 12 whiting.

Wednesday all 3 boats were in action with Capt John Friel and Capt Richard fishing in the harbor, John caught a mess of trout with his group and Capt Richard group caught 9 big redfish (6-10 pounds) and 2 sea trout ( 3 and 5 pounds).  I fished out of Kiawah with a corporate group and kept the guys busy with a steady bite, they boated 13 nice redfish, 32 trout, 1 ladyfish and a flounder to complete the inshore slam.

Thursday I fished with one of my favorite people in the world Ron Shuckman from my home town of Louisville, Ky.  Ron always has tons of good stories, and keeps me up to date with the latest on Big Blue Basketball.  Ron caught 21 redfish ( from 2-12 pounds), 9 black drum ( 4-10 pounds, 2 sheepshead and a flounder.  He even let me caught the biggest red of the day a 14 pounder, and we tried the fly but they wanted no part of it.

Friday had a big corporate trip at Kiawah my group caught 41 trout, 7 redfish and 3 ladyfish.  Capt Richards group caught 34 sheepshead and dozen trout.  Richard fished another trip in the afternoon and they found some big trout and caught about 15 and 2 redfish..

Saturday we fished out of the harbor and the group caught tons of trout, along with a few reds and 1 flounder.

While I was fishing the Cistic Fibrosis Tourney with clients, Capt Richard and Capt John Friel ran our other 2 boats for some inshore charters.  Friday Capt Friel fished with my old friend Mark Hipps and they caught 6 nice sea trout and a 12 pound redfish.  Saturday Capt Richard fished with a group from Costco and they went after the giant redfish at the jetties, they boated 12 huge reds ( 18-32 pounds) and 2 big sharks ( 5 and 6ft).  Monday Capt Richard got the inshore slam with Gary Chandler with : trout, reds, and flounder.  Tuesday Capt Richard fished with Steve Gentil and weather was bad and it slowed the fishing down but they had a good time and boated 6 trout and 1 big redfish.

First day we started trying to catch some trout, boated about a dozen but all were small and wouldnt score so we moved on to find some bigger reds.  Next 2 spots didnt produce much, but third spot was a charm William an Matt caught 24 big redfish all 7-13 pounds.

Second day was probably one of my best days guiding.  Fished with Ned Mcneally and Brent, since trout spot didnt produce any big fish yesterday we heded way North to a spot I havent fished in a while for a gamble on some big trout.  They were there but not in numbers we need 2 out of 3 trout scored, then tons of small ladyfish and reds moved in.  We moved onand could not keep a line in the water, doubles nonstop.  Brent and Ned boated about 100 reds in 3 hours, went through 10 dozen shrimp.  Moved to take a break and look for bigger fish and our luck continued we found some huge red in a small low tide pool and the guys caught about 40 more but these fish were bigger with most averaging 10 pounds plus.  They ended the day with well over 100 redfish, 6 trout, 6 ladyfish.  We did get highest point total for day 2, and 2nd most redfish release, and placed 3rd in tourney.