End of summer brings great inshore fishing!

With Labor Day now behind us, summer is truly over. Temperatures are becoming more tolerable. The sun is setting earlier. The water is cooling off. These events mark the end of summer and the beginning of great inshore fishing. When I told my brother-in-law, Mike Balduzzi, that fishing was getting good, we decided to do a 100 fish challenge. Mike jumped on a flight to Charleston on Friday and we fished the challenge on Saturday.

Conditions were not optimal. A strong northeasterly breeze limited our fishing options. Undeterred, we launched my Pathfinder into the start of the falling tide. Our plan was to make a quick run to the jetties and cast lures to the rocks for bull redfish and trout. It was rough out there, but we did catch some trout. However, not at the pace we needed to hit 100 fish in a day. So, we ran back into the Wando and began working submerged oyster bars that were being swept by the falling tide. Mike is an accomplished angler who knows how to read the water. When we pulled up to our first oyster bar, we both cast Z-Man TRDs on 1/5-ounce NedlockZ jigs to the same spot. Boom. Doubles on trout. The bite was on. Most of the fish were small, in the 13- to 14-inch range. They made up for their lack of size with sheer quantity.

When the bite slowed down, Mike and I moved to another oyster bar and began catching trout again at a torrid pace. It took a few more moves and about three hours to hit the 100 fish mark. We even caught a few more for good measure. Fishing was pretty good on Saturday and it is going to get better. So, set the DVR to record your favorite football team and go fishing. The way the fish are biting, you may even get home before kick-off!

Contact Captain Greg Peralta at captgregp@gmail.com or call (843) 224-0099.

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