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Tideline Magazine opens up reader-voice section in next issue
The new November/December issue of Tideline is out.
You can pick up a free copy of the magazine from north to Murrells Inlet and south to Hilton Head. A new section, starting in January, will be designated to reader-submitted fishing advice and your voice can be heard about anything ranging from snapper regulations to tournaments, and no-wake zones.
Here's the letter from editor Matt Winter, who I get to work with on a couple articles a year. Shoot Matt an email. It may be published in the next issue.
Monday, October 18, 2010
Clear skies and clear water on Charleston Harbor
It was a special kind of day on Charleston Harbor Sunday with virtually no wind, a crisp 75 degrees, and no clouds in the sky.
We started off Sullivans Island at the grillage and landed one small flounder. The tide turned, incoming, so we pulled anchor and went to the jetties after bait bandits started plowing through cut mullet.
Rods were doubled over on three different boats when we pulled up to the south end of the jetties about an hour after the tide started rolling in. Clarity was down to at least three feet. Still using cut mullet, we landed four redfish (2 slot fish), 20 seabass (3 keepers), and two bluefish. The bite turned off after an hour.
I normally like to release the reds, but Dad and little brother were in town from Beaufort, so we tossed them in the cooler for dinner.
We started off Sullivans Island at the grillage and landed one small flounder. The tide turned, incoming, so we pulled anchor and went to the jetties after bait bandits started plowing through cut mullet.
Rods were doubled over on three different boats when we pulled up to the south end of the jetties about an hour after the tide started rolling in. Clarity was down to at least three feet. Still using cut mullet, we landed four redfish (2 slot fish), 20 seabass (3 keepers), and two bluefish. The bite turned off after an hour.
I normally like to release the reds, but Dad and little brother were in town from Beaufort, so we tossed them in the cooler for dinner.
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Torture for Cuffy. |
Saturday, October 16, 2010
Jaws producers had it all wrong
After reading this article, it's now clear the Jaws producers didn't do their research before sending this box office thriller to the big screen. Just because the Great white was over 25 feet and three tons, it doesn't mean the shark could smell Richard Dreyfuss and Roy Scheider's fear on the Orca before eating one third of the crew, and half the boat.
Good read...
http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/10/14/shark-smell-myth-fishy/
Good read...
http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/10/14/shark-smell-myth-fishy/
Monday, September 27, 2010
Oh my god, it almost looks like a triple splash!
Last weekend my buddy Ben and I took a break at slack tide after catching a few redfish in the harbor. We cruised over to Morris Island to scope out the scene before trying out a new spot. Most of us that have been privileged enough to grow up in the Lowcountry tend to take dolphin for granted when they're cruising by the boat and surfacing for air or spooking our fish. However, it never gets old when we get to see their awesome power as they torpedo toward a mud bank and launch their bodies into a school of unsuspecting fish.
Ben snagged this pretty cool video. The audio has been removed because it may be the next YouTube sensation. 'Oh my god, it almost looks like a triple splash!'
Ben snagged this pretty cool video. The audio has been removed because it may be the next YouTube sensation. 'Oh my god, it almost looks like a triple splash!'
In case you haven't seen the 'double rainbow' video already...enjoy
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| Here's the same dolphin earning its lunch off Morris Island |
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| We caught and released a few small slot fish |
Sunday, September 26, 2010
There's more to menhaden than meets the nose
Last week I was cruising on Google for some research on a dolphin story that's coming out next week with www.SimplyFishingMagazine.com. I came across a review for an awesome book that I read a couple years ago.
'The Most Important Fish in the Sea' really gave me a new true-found respect for the oily, most fishy smelling fish in the sea. Menhaden aka pogies have a lot more value (I learned) than to dangle on the end of our lines to coax the gamut of rod benders to the hook.
These fish are used for paint, fertilizers and household items you'd never expect. They had a significant impact on our country's growth during colonial days, and are the ocean's natural filter for phytoplankton and preventing oxygen-depleted dead zones. I recommend checking it out when you get a chance. It's an easy read and you'll probably have more respect for this greasy little bait fish.
http://books.google.com/books?id=UcWJCqKgtZAC&lpg=PP1&dq='the%20most%20important%20fish%20in%20the%20sea'&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q&f=false
'The Most Important Fish in the Sea' really gave me a new true-found respect for the oily, most fishy smelling fish in the sea. Menhaden aka pogies have a lot more value (I learned) than to dangle on the end of our lines to coax the gamut of rod benders to the hook.
These fish are used for paint, fertilizers and household items you'd never expect. They had a significant impact on our country's growth during colonial days, and are the ocean's natural filter for phytoplankton and preventing oxygen-depleted dead zones. I recommend checking it out when you get a chance. It's an easy read and you'll probably have more respect for this greasy little bait fish.
http://books.google.com/books?id=UcWJCqKgtZAC&lpg=PP1&dq='the%20most%20important%20fish%20in%20the%20sea'&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q&f=false
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