Redfish school in November along Carolina coastlines
November brings cooler temperatures to the Carolina coastlines, and that triggers activity among inshore fish that offers numerous options for anglers.
“The nighttime temperatures drop the water temps to around the 70-degree mark, which is ideal for inshore fishing,” said Capt. Ronnie Kinner of All in One Charters in Charleston, SC. And the same holds true up and down the coastlines of both states. “This results in the fish schooling up, and it makes them hungry.”
Kinner is mainly talking about redfish and speckled trout, and these two species will keep anglers busy throughout the remainder of fall and into the winter months.
Another big change brought about by the cooling weather involves the availability of bait. Basically, there is less of it this time of year, as many species of live baitfish move offshore or will gather in different places than they do throughout the rest of the year.
This limits feeding opportunities for redfish and specks, so it’s tougher than ever for them to turn down a meal, even it that comes in the form of soft plastic shrimp.
“With baitfish scarce, anglers can have a lot of success with everything from topwater lures to live bait under popping corks, with plenty of options for soft plastics as well,” said Kinner.
Many anglers choose to start the day with topwater lures, using them through the early morning until the sun gets up. And once the sun is up good, he either switches to live shrimp or mud minnows under a popping cork, or he heads into the shallow rivers to fish along grass banks, oyster beds and old docks where he said fish will bite several options: either live bait on a Carolina rig, under a popping cork, or artificial lures. ■
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