8/20 - 8/21 Murrell's Inlet Report

Blue_Runner · #1 08-23-2011, 08:25 AM

8/20 - hopped on board with a new friend on his 26' sea pro cc and headed out 50 miles for trolling/bottom fishing. Left the hill at about 4:30 am and was on location probably 30 min. before the sun came up so we started out bottom fishing. Got a few keeper beeliners in the box before sun up and then broke out the trolling gear. Trolled for 2 hours going 1 for 2 on the knockdowns with just a stinky cuda to show for it. Switched over to bottom again and had to work for it hitting around 8 or so spots to top off the box with 3 man limits of black sea bass and beeliners with a silver snapper and grunt thrown in. Worked our arses off for it but FUN!

Sunday 8/21 - boat in at 10 am took the wife and kids fishing inshore on the V21. Hit the first spot 50 yards from the boat ramp. Fished for about 1 hr on the hook and caught one 13.5" flounder. Booze cruised for an hour after that looking at all the million dollar houses then hit my go-to spot picking up two 14" reds. Next, zipped back out the the ocean and deployed the #1 and #2 planers with clarkspoons for spanish but no takers. Pulled lines in and took the kids on a joyride over the swells out to the 3 mile reef. They screamed like girls....oh wait...they are girls. Boat out at 2:30 pm to pack up and head home.

Hedge · #2 08-23-2011, 10:39 AM

Sounds like the perfect weekend.

fishingwithblue · #3 08-23-2011, 01:53 PM

nice b-liners! We can only keep 5 black sea bass now. No kings?

Blue_Runner · #4 08-23-2011, 02:05 PM

Yep, only 5 BSB per person and 5 b-liners per person for us too. Threw back a lot of 13 - 13.5 inch keeper BSB and b-liners since we were catching bigger ones. Tried briefly for a grouper until something toothy broke me off and I gave up. Saw a HUGE cuda that my buddy thought was a cobia. Biggest cuda I've ever seen. Did not try for kings this trip.

Road King Cole · #5 08-23-2011, 02:46 PM

Nice catch!

I need to try that "fishing thing" again sometime. Just been real busy...

RWilson2526 · #6 08-25-2011, 07:31 AM

I dont know blue....a little dissapointed on your fishing report...your reports usually read like a good book! A nice intro setting up the trip.....building suspense as the trip goes on and then a good finish........lets try a little better next time will ya?

Blue_Runner · #7 08-25-2011, 08:07 AM

Point taken. Will spice it up a little more next time.

That was the only picture I had. Should've taken more but the captain is a young USAF guy and I had a white knuckle deathgrip on the t-top supports a lot of the time. Half way out running in the dark when Top Gun theme song came on......I knew it was gonna be trouble....and it was!!!!

reelapeelin · #8 08-25-2011, 04:35 PM

Tell Rob to go pound sand...sounds like a pretty nice way to spend a weekend to me!!...LOL!!

awthacker · #9 08-25-2011, 05:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Blue_Runner

Yep, only 5 BSB per person and 5 b-liners per person for us too. Threw back a lot of 13 - 13.5 inch keeper BSB and b-liners since we were catching bigger ones. Tried briefly for a grouper until something toothy broke me off and I gave up. Saw a HUGE cuda that my buddy thought was a cobia. Biggest cuda I've ever seen. Did not try for kings this trip.

I was gonna say those BSBs looked pretty healthy... especially the one bottom left. Good eatin' right there. Nice weekend!

ssiredfish · #10 08-26-2011, 12:52 PM

Nice goin on the Seabass. I had to learn the hard way to stay away from those "two-speed" captains. A badly bruised tailbone and no dookie for 10 days will teach you well!!!!!

I was gonna say your silver snapper is actually a Pink Porgy but I see now where they are one in the same. Guess it depends on geo. location as to what you call it though it is a porgy and not a snapper.....Very good eatin none the less!!!!!