Fishing With Capt Rick and Jeremy (2009)
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By: Capt Rick Reynolds

12/30/09
Capt. Rick had a 3 person 4 hour charter today for Miss Judy. I had a father and mother from Wisconson and their son from Ft. Stewart. Air temp was mid 40's to low 50's and the water temp was 48° at most drops. The Bite was slow but the fish were quality keepers. All redfish were in the 18 inch range and the biggest fish of the day was a 22 inch speckled seatrout that weighed in at almost 5lbs. We started fishing at 1:30 and called it a day at 5 pm and headed back in. It was cold and windy, but the fish still would take a live shrimp.

11/28/09
Capt. Jeremy had a 4 person 6 hour charter today for Miss Judy. The bite didn't start until about 3 hours into the tide. They caught quite a few short trout, but still caught and kept enough legal size for a couple of meals. Capt. Jeremy didn't take any pictures.

11/27/09
Capt. Rick had a 3 person 4 hour charter today for Miss Judy, but I extended it an hour to try to help these guys. I had a group whose offshore trip got canceled. These guys had multiple issues inshore fishing. One continued to turn the spinner upside down and unscrew the handle while the other one crossed the other 2 every cast. Still wound up catching a few trout, but it was a struggle. Also the guy that kept unscrewing the handle also managed to unscrew the reel from the rod... Out of over 300 charters, this one was tuff.

They could have easily caught as many as the group I had on 11.24.09 had they put some effort in the trip.

11/24/09
Capt. Rick had a 2 person 5 hour charter today for Miss Judy. I had a father and son who were very skilled and accurate with their casts. Water was crystal clear and 62.3° and we had very gentle currents. We caught a few at most all the drops we fished. The yellowtail and bait stealers were not present today. We fished out in Salt Ponds today and they caught about 45 speckled seatrout and kept 30. They also each caught a slot redfish and 1 flounder. This was a great day of steady fishing. Air temp was in the 50's and the sky was overcast. The barometer was steady today.

11/05/2009 - 11/08/09
Capt. Rick had a 2 person 4 hour charter on Thursday, 11.5.09. The catching had turned off somewhat due to a high pressure system that moved in and stayed all weekend. We caught a few trout but the bite was much slower than last week. Water temp was in the upper 60's all weekend. Another factor was extreme high tides and swift currents were in place all weekend.

Capt. Jeremy had a 4 person 4 hour trip from the Weston, so he fished the Savannah River system with much of the same results on Friday 11.6.08.

Capt Rick Fished a 5 hour 2 person charter on Saturday, departing at 6:30 am and we were cold. Air temp warmed up, but the wind and currents were in full force. We kept 3 trout and 1 bluefish, but they were hard to catch, the bite was slow and the yellowtails were in full force on Saturday 11.7.08.

Capt Jeremy Fished a 3 person 4 hour trip on Sunday, 11.8.09 and the catching was slower than he liked, but better than the rest of the weekend. See pictures below.

10/30/2009
Capt. Rick had a 3 person 6 hour charter today for Miss Judy, this was a last minute trip. The water temp was 70° and the air temp was low 70's with a strong Northeast wind. Capt. Rick was able to get someone to stay with his wife who had some minor surgery on 10.29.09. The Trick was finding clear water. Below is a few pictures of what we kept. We kept a 9lb black drum and a 6 lb sheepshead, and a couple trout and a few redfish. A good day considering the weather.

10/24/2009
Capt. Rick had a 3 person 6 hour charter today for Miss Judy. The water temp was 70° and the air temp was low 80's with a strong Southwest wind. However the water was clear in most spots. They kept a few for a meal and released the rest. All were caught on live shrimp from Adams and the Inticer popping cork from midcoast. Also just got the power pole installed. This is a shallow water anchor. Can anchor in 7 feet or less with this system. Also this is the first picture of the transformed boat with out the ttop.

10/17/2009
Capt. Rick had a 3 person 6 hour charter today for Miss Judy. The water temp was 72° and the air temp was in the low 60's. The water was Stained to dirty due to high tides, fast currents and a stiff 15 knot wind out of the Northwest. Had 3 anglers who had never fished with a float or a cork. All fish were caught on live shrimp and the inticer float from Midcoast Products, see a link under my sponsers.

10/12/2009
Capt. Jeremy had a 2 person fishing charter today for Miss Judy Charters. The weather today was hot and overcast, but they still had a good day cathing an assortment of fish, with the largest being a nice 4 foot bonnethead shark.

10/10/2009
Capt. Rick had a 3 person 5 hour charter today for Miss Judy. The water temp was 78° and the air temp was in the low 90's. The water was clear, but we started at dead low tide and struggled to really get into a good catching pattern. The 2 girls were 11 and 14 and did get tangled up alot. This was partly due to the 15 knot winds. Final tally was 5 keeper trout and 1 bluefish.

10/05/2009
Capt. Jeremy had a 3 person fishing charter today for Miss Judy Charters. The weather today was not very good. It rained all day today but they still did ok. They only kept 3 fish today, but released alot of black drum. Here is something interesting found in one of the Redfish's stomach.

10/04/2009
Capt. Rick had a 4 person 8 hour charter today for Miss Judy. Today started out almost identical to yesterday, however the anglers needed a lot of help. Final tally of fish kept was 2 bonnethead sharks, 3 bluefish, 2 redfish and 18 speckled seatrout. One of my shimano spheros reels locked up today, never had that happen before, I know the angler that it happened to kept playing with the antireverse switch. Was greeted with a nice sunrise on the Wilmington river this morning.

10/03/2009
Capt. Rick had a 3 person 8 hour charter today for Miss Judy. Today started out with a bang. Fishing TTopless is working out real well. I had 3 guys who were excellent anglers and that helped alot. We started the day out in Salt Ponds right at tide change. The wind was light out of the south but changed to north as the day progressed. Air temp warmed up to the mid 80's and I think the water temp is mid 70's . I am waiting on having my temp sensor replaced.

The action started relatively quickly as we repositioned almost immediatly with the aggressive tide. We are on the cusp of a full moon and the tides and currents were higher and faster. All three guys, Joel, Dan, and Bruce caught several trout. The final tally was 23 Keeper trout, 1 nice blue fish and 4 keeper Redfish. We released a nice stingray and a small bonnethead shark. This was a very good trip!

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