Kingfisher Guide Service's Blog

Early March Fishing

Administrator — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 06:04:56 +0000

March is generally 1 of the toughest months here to catch redfish, especially on flies. The weather is unstable and windy, the schools have been fished hard for 3 months and the water temp fluctuates. The reds have been on 1 day and schizo the next, sometimes both in same day! The last week has brought extra angling pressure as tournament anglers from all over southeast have been prefishing for the upcoming tournament in Charleston. I usually fish in areas not frequented by anglers from Chas., but some of these tournament boats run upwards of 70mph, making nearly everywhere in coastal s.c. within an hour run from Chas. Still managing to catch some fish. Patience is paramount when the wind is blowing and the sky cloudy limiting visibilty, and often the first 3 schools of fish are not willing to each fur and feathers, only to find another group chasing mullet and crawling around in inches of water. Still finding black and purple to be effective (easy for them to see in cloudy water).

David Kagey with his first red on fly.

Tim Hileman of Charlotte with a nice Cape Romain Redfish

Recent Report

Administrator — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 03:06:56 +0000

The last couple of days have been interesting, to say the least. Weather forecasters have been enthusiastically incorrect, with temps cold, clouds prevalent and winds breezy. On their behalf, there have been a few minutes of 60 deg temps, bright clear skies and light winds, but its still early march of the coldest s.c. winter in recent history. Conditions have made the fishing tough, not impossible, but sightfishing has been a difficult endeavor. Yesterday afternoon anglers were on schooled reds for 4 hrs, with only 3 to boat, not the greatest, but ok. The reds were only intersted in stinky gulps, and then only slightly interested, with many more fish spooking from the neutral colored, highly scented artificials, than eating. Had a busmans holiday with friends Hunter and Andrew, both ninja caliber fisherman. We had plans of scouting new areas in search of adult reds. We found none. We did find some topnotch areas for tarpon later in season. Caught 16-17 reds up to @8lbs in areas where fish have been caught in the past, none were otf, but with no sun, high tide in middle of day, and cold, variable, and often gusty winds, there werent many options… Waiting for warmth and stable winds and clounds.. oh yeah, most fish were caught during bright windless periods. go figure.

My 3 yr old has taken up flytying, will make a dad proud!!

notice the hookless skitterwalk and plastic koi with fly in mouth

Welcome

Administrator — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 21:41:42 +0000

Welcome to our new blog. I’ll start us off with the “greedy redfish”.

Mullet for dinner and a fly for dessert!