All of the popular “fishing holes” around the Charleston Harbor jetties have been producing a lot of big fish over the past several weeks, but with school back in session and boat traffic far less, the action on bull redfish has been overwhelming, according to Capt. James LaVanway of Reel Fish Finder Charters.
“Everything has been biting, but we’ve been killing the big redfish, and we’ve been catching a lot of big sharks,” said LaVanway (843-697-2081). “Make sure you go with heavy tackle; don’t go with anything less. We had a 100-pound shark one day this week.”
LaVanway said that the “grillage” and “dynamite holes” around the jetties have been very productive. Those are considered “community holes” by a lot of fishermen, but they have been consistently productive.
“We’ve been catching them on an assortment of different baits – cut mullet, live menhaden. About the only thing they haven’t been biting has been crabs,” said LaVanway. “And just about all the redfish we’ve been catching have been bulls – 15 pounds or better. The biggest one I’ve had in the boat in the last little while bottomed out my 50-pound scales. And it was the first redfish that fishermen had ever caught.”
LaVanway said most of his big redfish – along with the sharks and an occasional tarpon – have been biting right on the dropoff into the harbor channel. Fish have been biting from the grillage and dynamite holes all the way to the red can buoy, and anywhere along the jetties.
“The fishing’s really been good; since school’s been in, there have been a lot fewer boats,” he said.
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