05-23-2007, 01:35 AM
Hello,
This summer my family has rented a house out on Kiawah island and there are a few of us who love to fish. The problem is we don't know much about the waters down there and getting a charter is simply an extra cost we don't have. We were down in Kiawah about 4 years ago and we fished the river that went around the island. We caught a bunch of fish that I thought were reds, only in the 8 to 10 inch range. The largest fish was a weakfish about 16 inches. We did some surfcasting too, but got nothing. Since then I have read of the huge fish that are in the Charleston area and I am wondering how we might be able to get nearer to them. Are there fishing piers if we drove somewhere off the island? Are there shallows or small inland estuaries for small boats/canoes that we could fish from? What do we fish with? I am a New York fisherman who fishes for salmon, lake trout and bass. But I grew up in Connecticut fishing a bit for stripers and blues. We will be there at the end of July, so I don't know what kind of fish that puts us in... Sorry for asking a question that might get asked by someone new every week. And thanks to any who reply.
This summer my family has rented a house out on Kiawah island and there are a few of us who love to fish. The problem is we don't know much about the waters down there and getting a charter is simply an extra cost we don't have. We were down in Kiawah about 4 years ago and we fished the river that went around the island. We caught a bunch of fish that I thought were reds, only in the 8 to 10 inch range. The largest fish was a weakfish about 16 inches. We did some surfcasting too, but got nothing. Since then I have read of the huge fish that are in the Charleston area and I am wondering how we might be able to get nearer to them. Are there fishing piers if we drove somewhere off the island? Are there shallows or small inland estuaries for small boats/canoes that we could fish from? What do we fish with? I am a New York fisherman who fishes for salmon, lake trout and bass. But I grew up in Connecticut fishing a bit for stripers and blues. We will be there at the end of July, so I don't know what kind of fish that puts us in... Sorry for asking a question that might get asked by someone new every week. And thanks to any who reply.