5-10-08

I had James Ward and 4 of his buddies on board with me today and we had a blast! They managed to fill the box with some really nice fish. We caught all of our fish drifting today and they were hitting hard. Our biggest fish was 32lbs.+ and we had a good many in the 15-25lb. range. All of those guys were seasoned fisherman and understand the principle of a circle hook. I don't think that they lost a fish all day long and this makes a huge difference at the end of the day. They are already planning on coming back sometime in June or July. The high winds and rough water wore us out but it was a lot of fun.

5-9-08

I had mr. Larry Overbay and his buddy with me on Friday. We battled 20mph.+ winds and still managed to have a decent day in shallow water. We didn't catch any big fish but we still managed a decent box of fish.

5-4-08

I had Chris, his brother, mother, and uncle on the boat today and it was SLOW, SLOW, SLOW!
We went back to where we caught fish on Fri. and Sat. and we could see them still there on the electronics but they wouldn't bite. We tried drifting over them, back dragging over them, and tight lining but we just couldn't get them to cooperate. On the first drift we had 6 pull downs and only managed to get 1 fish in the boat. We had one fish to bury the rod and pulled drag while it was still in the rod holder and before we could get to the rod it popped back up. Indeed a big fish but he will live to fight another day. We ended the day with only 4 fish and all of the other guides were having an awful day as well. I know of only 1 other guide who caught over 5 fish and he ended up with 8. Most of us ended the day with 2-5 fish. I have noticed while cleaning fish this weekend that they have started laying there eggs and I think this has had a huge impact on the bite because out of all of the fish that we cleaned on Fri. and Sat. hardly had anything in there stomachs at all. Hopefully this pattern will change by the weekend.

5-2-08, 5-3-08

Had Mr. Danny Rodgers and friends on the boat with me on Fri. and Sat. Friday was pretty interesting as we boated 13 fish with the biggest being 16lbs. They were just not the quality of fish that we were looking for. We found some big fish but we couldn't get them to bite! On Saturday morning it was just the opposite. We didn't get nearly as many bites but what bites we got were "pig" fish and they just hammered it! Only 8 fish to the boat but they filled over 3/4 of a 120qt. cooler. "Big Dan" was a trip to have on the boat, instead of me entertaining him, he was entertaining me. This was one of the funnest groups that I have ever had on the boat. They said that they will be coming back and I sure hope that they do, they were just a lot of fun.

5-1-08

This isn't exactly a fish posting, but I just wanted the ones of you who keep up with my site to know that my dsl modum burned up and I just got my computer back up and running. That is the reason for no pictures posted in the last week or so. Sorry!

4-30-08

I helped out with a big party out of Goat Island today from Conoco Phillips. It was 7 boat loads total. We got off to a late start but we managed to boat 9 fish before lunch with the biggest being 18lbs. The winds died about 11:00 and so did the fishing. We managed to make a short drift before we came in at 2:30 and put two in the boat and lost another one. We ended up with a total of 11 fish, only one boat had more than us but he had the box full of nice fish. He spanked the other 6 boats with me included.

4-29-08

I fished Mr. Jerry Buttler and friends from SCE&G powerhouse at Canadys. The winds were 20-30mph. out of the North and created some great fishing opportunities on our side in the shallow water. We managed to put 21 cats in the boat and they all came from 5ft. of water or less. We loss a few fish as well but the cooler was FULL! All in all it was a great day. They are planning on coming back for an evening trip during the summer so they must have had a good time as well. They were all good fisherman and not a "pole holder" on the boat. LOL!