Autumn Royalty

King mackerel invade the nearshore waters out of Charleston in September, resulting in plenty of nice fish like this one.

The waters off Charleston beckon when kings reign supreme.

The murky waters of the Intracoastal Waterway were a poor substitute for the blue serenity that awaited over the horizon for Capt. Robert Olsen and the crew of Knot@Work Fishing Charters.

But Olsen knew he needed to spend a little time near the Ben Sawyer Bridge on the Mount Pleasant side of the ICW to pick up some “insurance” before he made the run, which could be a long trek into blue water or just a short hop off the beach, to find king mackerel.

“We troll a lot of menhaden during the late spring and summer, and there’s still plenty around to be used for bait,” he said, “but with the mullet run in full swing, it’s nice to have some of those too in case the kings decide to get picky.”Click here to read more on Autumn Royalty

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Phillip Gentry of Waterloo, S.C., is an avid outdoorsman and said if it swims, flies, hops or crawls, he's usually not too far behind.

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