Fishing With Capt Rick and Capt Jeremy (2013)
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By: Capt Rick Reynolds
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08/30/2013
Capt. Jeremy had a 2 person 6 hour trip today with James and Al. The water temp was in the mid 80's and falling from earlier in the week. Winds were much better today and they caught quite a few redfish today. We are experiencing black gill with some of the bait shrimp this year. This disease causes the shrimp to die much quicker than normal. Every day is different and so are the shrimp. Some days we are getting bait with no black gill and other days they all have it.

08/30/2013
Capt. Jeremy had a 2 person 6 hour trip today with George and his son in law Steve. Weather was a little rough out with winds out of the Northeast. Water was stained and the water temp was mid 80's. They fished the last 3 hours of the outgoing and the first 3 hours of the incoming. Most fish were caught on live shrimp from Adams, but George suggusted trying a spoon. That produced some redfish that were just under the slot and 1 very nice flounder. George also, caught his first flounder on a live shrimp, but it was short. Capt. Jeremy had to find some creeks to get out of the weather. You can see how rough it is in some of the pictures. Capt Jeremy reported that they had several redfish that were just short, and that they lost a few speckled seatrout. Considering the weather they had a great trip! Hopefully they can come back in the fall when we shift into the fall pattern. Currently we are experiencing the start of that season, but tomorrow the winds are predicted to shift from the South, southwest at 3 knots.

08/18/2013
Capt. Rick had a 6 hour 3 person trip with Russell and his son Brandon and friend Mike. We have had nonstop rain for the last 3 or 4 days, however we did catch a break from the flooding. We departed the Marina at 6:20 am and headed out to Wassaw Sound. Wind was stiff out of the east. So we had a wind blowing from the east and the tide trying to run. This caused the water to be more muddy and choppy than we hoped for.

Water temp was in the low 80's. We did have action most of the day with it tapering off during the last hour of the outgoing. We caught several speckled seatrout, but most were just undersized. Also caught 20+ redfish that were still below slot size. Caught some ladyfish, blacktip sharks, bonnethead sharks, and some whiting, croakers and bluefish. They kept 1 bonnethead shark, 2 croakers, 2 whiting and one 17.5 inch trout. Plenty of action for this time of year. Brandon lost a speckled seatrout at the boat, larger than the one that Mike caught.

08/15/2013
Capt. Jeremey had a 6 hour 2 person trip today with Lee and his son Britton today. Weather was less than perfect with stiff northwest winds and rain off and on. Water temp was in the lower 80's and stained.

However they did catch fish all day , but most were just under the slot limit to keep. They caught some speckled seatrout, puppy drum redfish, bonnethead sharks and ladyfish. Capt. Jeremy reported that they were good anglers an fun to fish with.

Capt. Jeremy also said that Britton had a lot of questions, which is very good. Its been my experience that when a 7 year old asks alot of questions, then he is having a good time and will remember more than he forgets.

08/11/2013
Capt. Rick had a 6 hour 3 person trip today with John, his son John and Jimmy from Pennsylvania. Water temp was 85.5°and stained today. Wind was stiff out of the west so the water wasn't as clear as it had been during the last couple of days. They were also good anglers and caught alot of croakers, bluefish,ladyfish and a blacktip shark as well as a bonnethead shark. All sharks were released, but they did keep 5 nice speckled seatrout. It was a pleasure to fish with this group!

08/10/2013
Capt. Jeremy had a 6 hour 4 person trip with Chris and his wife and 2 friends. They departed the Marina at 6:30 am with 3 quarts of live shrimp from Adams Baithouse. Water temp was 84.5°and clear today. They fished 5 hours of incoming and 1 hour of outgoing. Capt. Jeremy also reported that they were also excellent anglers, which makes his job easier!

We are coming off a new moon, so tides are still running fast. They had a great day catching large flounder, 1 was 6lbs and speckled seatrout, redfish and bonnethead and spinner sharks. They also caught a couple baby cobia, some croakers and 1 young jack crevalle. All in all a great day of inshore fishing. The largest keeper Redfish was a hair over 22.8 inches.

08/09/2013
Capt. Jeremy had a 6 hour 2 person trip with Mark and his son Luke. Capt. Jeremy reported that they were both excellent anglers and a pleasure to fish with. Water temp was around 84.5°and clear to stained. Finding clear water is a key to catching fish on our coast. They fished the last 3 hours of the incoming and the first 3 hours of the outgoing. Notice the picture of Luke holding his flounder. It changed colors to match his camoflauge shirt. All fish were released unharmed today. They caught some speckled seatrout, flounder,ladyfish and a couple bonnethead sharks. The croaker were out in force as well. All in all a great day on the water.

08/03/2013
Capt. Rick had a 6 hour trip with Amanda and Ben and their 4 children today. Water temp was in the 80's and mostly clear. The water was relatively calm today and we started off catching some Speckled seatrout, croakers and ladyfish. However after the 1st couple of hours Amanda didn't feel well. We took a break and went to a marina and offloaded and took a break for a few minutes. Went back out into the sound and started catching some redfish and a few blacktip sharks and 1 huge bonnethead shark, before Amanda indicated that she really didn't feel well. So we almost made 4 hours. We caught a lot of fish in a short time and her kids were very well mannered and a pleasure to fish with.

08/01/2013
Capt.Jeremy had a 2 person 6 hour trip with Brody and Morgan. They had a lot of action and caught quite a few undersized redfish, as well as bluefish and some speckled seatrout. They also caught a few bonnethead sharks that were released. Water temp was in the mid 80's and stained. Capt. Jeremy reported that they were excellent anglers.

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