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6/22/13 Murrells Inlet Fishing Report
After recently repairing my trailer and seeing a decent forecast me and friends/brothers Cory and Garrett made the last minute decision to head off the coast of SC to do some bottom fishing. A front lingering about 60 miles offshore made things a little interesting but we ONLY ran out 45 miles to spots of live bottom in 100 ft.
 So, no problem! Added a little insurance to Blue Runner - two 5 gallon jugs of fuel. Left the dock at about 5:30 ish watching the sunrise. We were able to make a comfortable pace of around 23 - 25 mph, add in a pee break and we hit our first spot within about 2 hours. First things first - refuel. Put the 10 gallons in and watched my fuel guage register darn near a full tank! Cool! Had an awesome time out there and caught our limit of black seabass and red porgy - although we did not keep two of the porgy that were on the small side even though they were an inch over the 14" min. Threw back several like that. In addition, we caught several amberjacks, some beeliners that did not measure up, a bigeye toro (first for me!), several sharks, and lots and lots of fish. Threw back a lot of keepers looking for the bigger ones. At one point I hooked something BIG on the bottom. I poured the coals to it and got it to the surface in no time flat. When I first saw color I was thinking HUGE cobia but when it hit the surface it was a TIGER SHARK about 100 + lbs. I wanted nothing to do with getting this guy boatside....so after a short fight the leader popped and he swam off. At several points the peanut dolphin (mahi) were all around the boat. Cory finally caught one on a bottom rig. Also had a remora hanging around desperately trying to get a morsal of food. Somebody ended up hooking him later on by accident. Headed home at 30 mph...on a flat ocean. Burned 45 gallons of fuel for the day. Here's the pictures.           
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06-24-2013, 02:12 PM
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 NICE!!!!! Just read your other "late" fishing thread. Great stuff!!!! Thanks for sharing. rkc
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Sorry to say that I no longer have a 1984 V20 :(
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06-25-2013, 10:23 AM
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Thanks RKC....it was fun, a long day, and a lot of work. Sore as heck the next morning but it was the good kind of sore. The kind of sore that reminds you how much fun you had out there on the big blue pond.
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06-25-2013, 03:25 PM
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Pretty day. Dude that Toro is nuts!!! Ive never seen one of those. Looks like yall had a sweet mixed bag day, nice work Capt!!!!
(That Mahi was borderline ready for the bridle, Id had a hard time deciding what to do with him, haha!!!)
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- The charm of fishing is that it is the pursuit of what is elusive but obtainable, a perpetual series of occasions for hope. Lucky Jack - .......The Surprise is not old; no one would call her old. She has a bluff bow, lovely lines. She's a fine seaboat: weatherly, stiff and fast, very fast, if she's well handled. No, she's not old; she's in her prime. 85' Wellcraft 20 Fisherman "Guale Girl" 1979 Alumnacraft 14 - STILL got holes in it 2006 WS Tarpon160f - "Mudd Butt"
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06-25-2013, 03:39 PM
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The picture did not do that little red fish justice. He had those big weird glassy eyes....it was like you could see your soul in there.
Frying fish at 6pm TODAY. See you there! Don't need to bring anything...just your @ss. 
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06-25-2013, 06:46 PM
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you need to try for some flatties while you're up there
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06-26-2013, 08:36 AM
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My buddy had his little boat down there and he and I went on a flattie hunt Sunday 6/23 for a couple hours. Hit our favorite spot and pulled two out. Only 1 keeper 14.5". Skinny fish. Off the water by 11:30 and headed home.
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