07-17-2007, 07:09 PM
So far so good. Staying in Sea Pines and fishing the south end of the island. Trout are abundant in the early morning while the tide is still moving in and before the sun gets too high. I caught about ten this morning near grass/oysters on gold spoon and then on a Berkley gulp shrimp and red head jig. Just as the trout were winding down, I saw a huge school of menhaden just behind me in the bay. Trolled over there and caught about 40 or 50 in one cast! Next cast I caught about 10 and a small shark. I then went out to the south point of the island near the buoy and anchored up near the rip. Fished with egg sinkers and live Menhaden and caught shark after shark. Had a couple of big ones bite through the steel leader. Spanish were all over and kept running into my line and severing it. I put on heavier leader and larger hooks and next thing you know, we hooked up with a 38" 16lb cobia. Took about 20 minutes to land. The fish was tagged so I'm going to send the tag in.
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