The warming water
brings baitfish, shrimp and menhaden back into the marshes.
bait, then move back into the lee to wait on the next passing opportunity. “We’ll look for the trout bite to turn
back on as the water starts creeping back up into the low 60s as we get into middle to the end of March,” said Carter. “The warming water brings baitfish, primarily shrimp and men- haden, but a good mix of everything, back into the marshes.” “With the trout bite, it’s nice to be
able to use a kayak, especially a Hobie, which has a pedal drive system so you can hold yourself in position with your feet, leaving your hands free to cast,” said Carter. “Set yourself in the current and work behind a point and work an eddy. Sit there and work those trout around any kind of structure.” Speaking of structure, Carter indi-
cated that even newcomers to an area in South Carolina can quickly learn what makes it good for fishing simply
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by being patient and observing the sur- roundings. The benefit of so much tidal fluctuation is that when the tide goes out, it uncovers the oyster bars, ditches, and other structure that fish will hold on just as soon as the water returns. Savvy anglers will mark those areas and better understand how fish will relate to them. “For us, an average tide is 5 feet and
we can see upward of 7 to 8 feet of total water movement,” he said. “When that happens, it creates a lot of current but also gives you unique opportunities as a fisherman to see not only your environ- ment, but see what’s out there, see what the fish are laying next to, see the struc- ture, drop-offs, channels and points.” In other words, fishing from plastic
is simply an eye-opening experience. Phillip Gentry is a graduate of The
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Linda Palmer Weld 34
5909 Trackside Road, Chappell Hill,TX 77426 979-836-8117
Leigh Weld
www.classiclabs.com classiclab@computron.net www.joincca.org
College of Charleston and works as a free- lance outdoor writer and photographer traveling across the southeast writing mag- azine articles, website blogs, and newspa- per columns as well as hosting an outdoors radio program in Greenville, SC. Justin Carter can be reached via his
website at
kayakfishsc.com, or by phone at 843-725-8784.
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