Spanish are in

[tsubaki]

Thanks, thought I'd track them up the coast.
Anyway I'll keep an eye out, thought we had several weeks before they get here.
Like FERM said, filleted and fried.

[Blue_Runner]

Fried is good. I like grilled too. It is less trouble than fried.
http://www.wellcraftv20.com/communit...hlight=spanish

[willy]

nice Phat looks like light tackle fun

[Blue_Runner]

Just think, we usually b!tch and gripe over illegal immigrants be all of a sudden we are happy to see the spanish show up.



How far north do they go? A google search yielded some results for migration patterns on the east coast and said as far north as cape cod. I never hear any of the yanks on here talking about Spanish....its nornally us southern folk from NC on down to FL.

P.S. They'll be here by the 3rd week of April. About 1 - 2 weeks after I visit

[spareparts]

BR, Charlestonfishing.com has reports of tehm showing up around here

[Blue_Runner]

Spare, I can confirm those reports. We went down Friday night for a short weekend to fish out of Murrell's inlet sc. It was RUFF but we fished until 1 pm on Saturday catching about 7 or 8 spanish and 5 blues. Sunday it was RUFFER so we hit the surfside pier while the girls hit the beach next to the pier. No spanish were being caught off the pier but it was only because no one was trying for them. I sent out a gold hook rig and caught several blues before finally catching a small spanish @12.5 inches. It was slow so I gave up the jigging and opted for fresh shrimp on the bottom and caught a couple whiting. My buddy Chad had a nice hit on his shrimp which turned out to be a 2.5 lb weakie which was the talk of the pier. It was nice to be on "solid ground" during a blow and still get to fish. I cut my saltwater teeth on the planks and this was the first time in quite a while fishing from the pier. Fried about 20 fish last night consisting of bluefish, spanish, whiting and the summer trout not too bad for SNOTTY weather fishing! I've done worse!

[charlie_the_tuna]

Originally Posted by willy

nice Phat looks like light tackle fun

sh!t willy, i was just thinking the same thing. a little 4 or 6 pound spinning outfit and you got yourself a fun afternoon.
i wish we got them up here.

[phatdaddy]

ct, your right, a lot of fun on light tackle. a lot of guys will anchor up on a flat where it drops off to 6 to 8 ft and throw out chopped up minnows to get em started, then fly fish for them. they are pretty toothy so a good leader or small wire helps.

[Blue_Runner]

They sure are fun on a light rod. I used to jig the homemade sabiki rigs on the pier with coffe straws over multiple long shank gold hooks in the spring. I caught 5 keepers (12+ in.) at one time once and multiple 3 bangers. You had to reel fast or the sharks would have a nice lunch.

[randlemanboater]

We went out Saturday out of Shalotte Inlet, NC after seeing and hearing reports of the Spanish jumping in the boat, there was one charter that had 70 of em the week before.

We got 2.

All the chatter on the VHF was how they were killing them the day before but no one was getting any the day we went.....just my luck.