Murrells Inlet SC Fishing Report 10/3 & 10/4

[Blue_Runner]

Me and Flyfishin fished inshore this weekend with good results. Got bait (finger mullet) first thing and proceeded to the inlet to set up. It was on as soon as the first line went in with Fly proclaiming the "hot hand" right before the big spanish pulled off just shy of the net. Note to fishermen: do not celebrate too early. [8D] Continued to liveline the FM and could not keep the rods from bending. Managed 2 big spaniards, and 2 healthy blues at that spot with a BIG mystery fish. This mystery fish beat all I had ever seen. My rod went off and I was having fun reeling in a 2 - 3 lb blue which ended up tangling in Fly's 2nd rod in the holder. He broke off about 20 feet off the stern, but at that EXACT moment Fly's rod (the line he tangled) bent over. We were laughing because we thought this blue had simply went from one rod to the other and we hoped the knotted line would hold him long enough to land. It became apparent about 5 minutes into it that the fish Fly had on was NOT the blue as there was some serious bend and the fish was giving Fly a run for his money taking more line than he could gain. Another 5 minutes and Fly had him on top, slowly gaining what the fish had taken when three dudes in a boat come 25 yards off our stern at about 8 knots, and run right over the fish. We hollered, pointed, jumped up and down to no avail. They looked at us, kept going same speed, threw their hands up in the air?? kept going as line was wrapped in their prop and just rode off into the sunrise. I don't know about you, but if it were me I'd #1, pop it into neutral if I saw someone jumping up and down and pointing like that and #2 at least check the prop if I KNEW I'd just run somebody over. GEEZ! Fly had some choice words for them as he retied. After that the bite fizzled out so we went after the sheepshead. Managed 4 sheeps from 2 to 4 lbs and a 5lb blue (released). Fly also hooked and fought a nice black drum right to the side of the boat before he spit the hook.... Next, decided to troll down the beach toward Surfside for spanish, then trout once there. Caught 10 spanish on the way there with a couple throw backs before switching to trout. Hooked only one trout which pulled off after a short tussle. At that point we decided to troll back to MI, picking up more spaniards on the way, a few keepers and a few throwbacks.
Our final tally for day 1 was 13 keeper spanish, 4 sheeps, and kept 2 blues.
Day 2 we fished from 7:30 am until 11:30 am and managed 3 sheeps from 2 - 5 lbs, trolled for 15 minutes with 2 keeper spanish before heading in.

On the way out:

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One of Fly's nice spanish
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One of Fly's nice Sheepshead
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Me and an immigrant

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Fly bowed up 5 min. before being cut off.

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Released these 2 (top one was shark bait)

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Released him

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[Flyfishin]

BR,

As Always, Thanks again for a great weekend of fishing.:beer:

I am ready for the BIG Sheepshead @ the offshore reefs in a few weeks.

FF

[RWilson2526]

it's completely beyond me how someone can get in so close and run over your line.....somebody fighting a fish on a boat is the most unmistakable sight you can see on the water. Sounds like a great trip.

[Blue_Runner]

RW - we could not believe it. The guys next to us could not believe it. Fly nearly broke his rod in half slamming it on the gunnel afterward. :bat:

Take away the "Shut Up" caption, this was Fly: :shut:

.....and rightfully so!

[charlie_the_tuna]

man, them little macks must be a rip on lite spinners.
how do they fight as compared to bluefish?

[willy]

Beautiful guys, just beautiful. Wishing I was there:beer:

[Blue_Runner]

CTT - the macks have several short lasting drag pulling hard runs, the last of which happens at the side of the boat. The blues have a more constant pull, not really taking a lot of drag per say, but strong fighting. I was using 8lb mono mainline and 15 lb mono leader. Fly used 20 lb powerpro braid.

Willy, wish you were there too brother. The inshore conditions were spectacular despite the weather man calling for 2 - 3's & gusts to 20 knots which never materialized, thankfully. You could tell it was a good bit rougher a few miles out.

[Blue_Runner]

I forgot to mention we got nearly 2 dozen big ol blue crabs in my crab pot. I gorged myself with claws monday night. :fam: Good times! Too bad Fly has a nasty allergic reaction to shellfish....he can't eat shrimp, oysters, clams, crabs, etc. etc. That would be a living hell! He eats the hell outta fish though.

[fishingwithblue]

Awsome fishing, you always have good fishing reports! Ya gonna smoke the spanish?

[Blue_Runner]

Thanks FWB! Spanish, its all gone! :happy:
I fried the spanish, divided it up and took some to my folks and my sister and her family. We ate some of them fried and made a spanish sandwish with leftovers the next day. :drool:

I'm really pumped up because we got a good feel for how to catch the sheeps. Its a real challenge and a lot of work but fun and very rewarding!