Fishing With Capt Rick and Jeremy (2011)
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By: Capt Rick Reynolds
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10/21/2011
Capt. Jeremy had a 3 person 6 hour trip today. He reported that the water temp was 68° and the water was stained at most locations. The wind picked up to 12 k out of the Nw later in the day. They fished the last hour of the outgoing and most of the incoming. The trout bite is still slow, but they also picked off a very juvenile bonnethead shark. They kept a few trout, but had to tag and release a 30 inch redfish. The fall pattern is slowly developing in our area. All fish caught on live shrimp from ADAMS BAIT HOUSE. The last Picture is Capt. Jeremy with Shea, who brought the 30 inch redfish to the boat.

Sunrise on the Wilmington River

Shea with a shark

Shea with a Trout

Sheas Brother with a decent Trout

Shea with a 3o Inch Redfish, that was tagged and Released

Capt. Jeremy and Shea with her large Redfish.

10/16/2011 and 10/17/2011
Capt. Jeremy had a 4 person 6 hour trip yesterday and today. He was fortunate enough to have 2 great guys that were happy to be out on the water chasing fish. Capt. Jeremy left the camera on 10.16.2011, so these pictures are of the fish they caught today. Jim and Don joined us from from Athens Georgia to fish our coast. They decided to do 2 days fishing. The Bite has been average to slow with the most bites coming on the high falling tide. Water temp was in the low 70's and air temps started cooler and warmed up to the 80's.

The key to catching these fish were you had to find clear water and get on or near the bottom. Sunday they spent the day fishing Wassaw Sound and Saltponds. They kept a few Speckled sea trout and released a few undsized ones. We have not had cold enough weather to discourage the yellowtails, pinfish, needlefish and gars yet. A couple weeks ago the water temp was dropping and the bite was much better. Until we establish a good fall bite, plan on using alot of live bait or try fishing gulp shrimp and mullet under a popping cork.

Today they explored the Savannah River and the Back River in Carolina and kept a few redfish as well as tagging one. The water up there was not very clear and there is still some water coming down state from all the rain during the past week. First pic is a yellowtail.

Nice slot red that Dan caught.

Another nice redfish that Dan caught. Notice his Kooks Club hat!

This is a picture of Jim holding a nice Carolina Redfish. The Reds up the river have a deeper red color than the reds out in Wassaw Sound.

10/15/2011
Capt. Rick had a 4 person 6 hour trip today. Started early at 7am and we stayed out until 1:30. The fish are out there, but for us we had to look hard for them. Water temp was 72 and the air temp started in the 50's but climbed into the lower 80's.We had a stiff west wind, but the day was certainly fishable. We kept 3 speckled seatrout, a bluefish and a whiting. However we Tagged and Released 1 ( 29 inch ) redfish. Then the Other Chris ended the day with a 25 inch redfish that we released. I had a very enjoyable time with these 2 couples, the girls caught the Trout and the Men muscled in the reds. The 29" redfish powered himself up deeply in the grass, but Chris number 2 kept a cool head and let the drag play the fish. The only danger of losing this fish was if he got hung up in the marsh grass or cut the line on oysters. Neither was the case. He was landed and tagged.The larger of the 2 redfish weiged in at 12.9 lbs.

Above is Chris #2 with his 29 inche redfish, that weighed in at 12.9 lbs. Below is Chris #1 with his 25 inch redfish.

10/01/2011
Capt. Rick had a 4 person 6 hour trip today. Started early at 7am and had to fish a very high tide and very fast current. This was caused by the new moon phase, which is like a full moon. Currents are faster and its more difficult to find clear water. We fished thru a cold front that pushed tinto the area. Winds were out of the north west at 15 to 20 knots. We did have some difficulty finding clear water out of the wind. I had the Cody family again and wished we could have kept more. We wound up keeping 1 redfish and 3 speckled sea trout and 1 blue fish. Caught a few short trout, but only a few keepers today. Also caught a few yellowtails and pinfish. Water temp has been fluctuating and the fall fishing pattern has started, but until the temps level out or continue to drop, its going to be hit or miss. This was a special family that stuck with it even though the conditions were less than desirable. They had a good day as a family on the water and enjoyed watching each other catch what we could.

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