Weakfish are providing plenty of action for guide James LaVanway and his November clients in the Charleston area.These fish, which LaVanway describes as looking “like seatrout without the spots,” are also members of the drum family, and are currently congregating in large numbers around nearshore reefs.
“We’ve been catching them as fast as we can drop a mullet — or a mud minnow or cut bait,” LaVanway said. “Apparently they’re not too picky.”
LaVanway (www.reelfishfinder.com, 843-697-2081) has been working artificial reefs off the edge of Sullivan’s Island, just a couple miles out from the end of the jetties. The action is coming while using 12- to 20-pound-test line in 30 to 35 feet of water. He advises staying on the edge of the reefs.
“Be sure you keep to the edge — if you don’t you’re going to get tangled up on every cast, especially if you’re using mud minnows because they’ll swim around and tangle you up,” LaVanway said. “I’ll drop it straight down, then pull it back up a foot or so. I’ll also throw a couple rods with cut bait out the back, but the bite has been so good lately that it’s hard to keep more than two rods out.”
LaVanway said the weakfish are ranging from 1 to 4 pounds and keeping all anglers busy.
“We’ve been catching good numbers of them,” he said. “It makes it exciting when you catch 25 weakfish in an hour.”
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