Fishing With Capt Rick and Jeremy (2010)
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By: Capt Rick Reynolds

04/24/10
Capt. Rick had a 2 person charter today for Miss Judy Charters. Water temp was 72° at most spots, and despite the heavy rains at times, clear. We fished through the front that was supposed t be passing on Sunday, it was a day early. We were part of a 3 boat group charter. The other 2 boats headed out to Wassaw sound and caught whiting, but my guys wanted to try for Redfish.

Capt. Jeremy had put a hurten on them yesterday so he clued me in on where to try. My 2 guys only wanted to keep 4 fish, so we decided to keep 3 flounder and 1 redfish. We released about 18 more slot reds and 2 that were right at 26 inches long. First cast, either a huge red or black drum broke my guy off in the oysters. Good day despite rainy conditions. We had to move around quite a bit, but did get into several schools of big reds. Unfortunatly NO TROUT.

04/23/10
Capt. Jeremy had a 4 person charter today for Miss Judy Charters. Water temp was in the low 70° 's at most spots and the wind was blowing stiffley. Water clarity was good in sheltered areas. Didn't catch alot of fish, but caught a few oversized reds. They kept 3 redfish and 1 black drum and release a couple over 24 inches. Also ran into a school of bluefish around cabbage island.

04/17/10
Capt. Rick had a 2 person charter today for Miss Judy Charters. Water temp was 69° at most spots, however after leaving the sound with only a bluefish bite, we found some 72° water. The young man caught 4 keeper redfish and his mom caught 1 red and 1 blue fish. The blue was released as was the 25 inch overslot sized red that was caught. Water temp should be rising quickly now. The wind was from the North West and gusted to 20 knots. Water clarity was excellent and the live shrimp were very frisky.

04/15/10
Capt. Jeremy had a 3 person charter today for Miss Judy Charters. Water temp was 69° at most spots and the wind was really blowing around 20 knots from the east/north east as a cold front approached. This was a continuation of yesterdays high winds. Capt Jeremy found some warmer water and was able to capitalize on it. His 3 people kept 15 redfish, from 14 inches to 23 inches. They released several more over 23 inches including a couple of 27 inch + redfish. Capt Jeremy made a great day with poor fishing conditions.

04/14/10
Capt. Rick had a 4 person charter today for Miss Judy Charters. Water temp was 69° at most spots and the wind was really blowing around 20 knots from the east/north east. We fished the last 3 of the outgoing and the first of the incoming. We finally got into a good school of redfish when we found the water temp at 71°. The extra couple of degrees made the difference. These fish are hungry. Also pictured below was a dead sturgeon I saw tangled up in some dredging equipment on the savannah river. All fish were released unharmed. We released 10 redfish.

04/10/10
Capt. Rick had a 3 person charter today for Miss Judy Charters. Water temp was 65° and the wind was really blowing out of the East to North East. This was a pickup at the Weston and part of a 2 boat charter. Didn't get to many bites, but did catch a stingray and lost a very nice redfish in the structure. These were experienced anglers, but the bite was off.

04/07/10
Capt. Jeremy had a 4 person family charter today for Miss Judy Charters. They were very successful, and caught and kept 7 whiting and a very nice 18 inch flounder. Water temp was pushing 65° and the air was about 78° . Water was stained but fishable.

04/03/10
Capt. Rick had a 4 person family charter today for Miss Judy Charters. They indicated that they didn't care what we caught, they just wanted the kids to catch something. So we decided to head out to Wassaw Sound and try for some Spring time whiting. Water temp at 8am was 65° in Turners Creek, but it dropped to between 63 and 64 out near the ocean. Started off with the Father catching a fish I couldn't identify. Then they caught a couple of stingrays . The whiting bite did turn on and we kept 13 and threw back a few more. On the way back in we tried a couple redfish drops with live shrimp and didn't get a bite.

03/19/10
Capt. Rick scouted the area for some nice water. Ran up the Savannah River and found water clarity the color of mud. Water temp was between 55- 57 near the flood gates. Decided to check the water out in Wassaw sound and found very clear water with a water temp between 56 and 59 degrees. Shouldn't be much longer before everything comes alive . Below is a shot of the water at high tide out in Wassaw.

03/05/10
Capt. Rick had a 4 hour charter for Miss Judy Charters today. It was a group charter with another inshore boat. The air temp was 32 and the water temp was 47 at Bahia Bleu, but warmed to 50 by the end of the day. Trip started a little late, so we stayed out for about 5 hours. Wind was out of the north at 11 knots. Water was very clear. Had 2 good bites during the day , but didn't catch. The other boat had 2 bites as well and landed 1 spiney dogfish that was in Wassaw Sound. These sharks are normally out on the nearshore reefs, but this one strayed in a little close. The kids were really excited and wanted to catch, but the water is still very cold and the reds didn't show up today.

02/06/10
Capt. Rick had the chance to take 3 guys out for an afternoon of inshore fishing. Wind was out of the west at 20 to 30 knots. Water temp was 52°. Because of such a strong west wind, we had to look for protected water and was limited to where we could go. The bite was very slow and they missed every fish that did hit. The conditions were truly awful, but they did get a couple of shots at some big reds near the grass. We had to make a pit stop, near landings harbor and I snapped a picture of an Inticer cork hanging off the power lines, Right next to the top of the Palm tree. It was a tuff day of fishing.

01/17/10
Capt. Rick had the opportunity to get out on the water for a little while today. Water temp had warmed to 48° in the Wilmington River in front of Bahia Bleu Marina. Ran about a 1/4 mile in both directions and noticed a few dead trout. I had a report of a substantial fish kill in south channel. Substantial would be more than 500 that I had heard was the estimated fish kill around the Savannah River area. These couple of reports that I heard about were not verified by me. I only saw a few in the area that I was in.

12/30/09
Capt. Rick had a 3 person 4 hour charter today for Miss Judy. I had a father and mother from Wisconson and their son from Ft. Stewart. Air temp was mid 40's to low 50's and the water temp was 48° at most drops. The Bite was slow but the fish were quality keepers. All redfish were in the 18 inch range and the biggest fish of the day was a 22 inch speckled seatrout that weighed in at almost 5lbs. We started fishing at 1:30 and called it a day at 5 pm and headed back in. It was cold and windy, but the fish still would take a live shrimp.

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