Myrtle Beach Fishing Anchor drag

Anchor Drag Myrtle Beach Fishing....

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Stirs Flounder Catch

April winds will blow. An early spring charter was being victimized by S 15 kts constant and gust of well over 20 plus.

Going "outside" was a no go not only for us but the bigger boats. Successive one to three foot white caps in the inlet. No Only a few brave souls in sight running inside, mostly john boats. Time to fall back into the shallower Murrells Inlet waters maybe getting some "wind cover" where the many beautiful creek front houses were. One of the big advantages we have with our Mckee craft is the ability to fish safely on the outside when conditions permit or fish , under power in less than two feet of water.

The tide had just flipped to outbound. We wound our way through the marsh weaving to a deep hole were the flounder bite often kicks in as the tide drops This is a pretty small area with room for only two or three boats. Arriving, a john boat with two fisherman had just anchored high on the south edge along the spartina grass line so their stern faced the deep hole. As we came in I asked Capt Jeff to drop anchor right mid-center, hopefully positioning the boat with line out at the North end so we could fish off the bow into the deep water and stay out of the other boats way. The wind was not helping . Intermittent strong gusts right in our face. Each time we tried the to get a hold the anchor would slide back not digging in. The stern drifting a little into the hole. After a couple futile attempts I told Jeff I was going on reverse throttle back dragging the anchor into the position we wanted. This time we finally got the right hold. I yelled above the blow telling the other boat "this wind is something". He yelled back, "now that you dragged the anchor we are getting out of here cause' we not gong to catch anything." My response was , "you can drop and anchor on a flounders head they will move five ft over and stay if their on the bite, that's what I've always found". They weren't even out of sight, as John , a repeat client , strictly a catch and release lawyer from the justice department threw in with a rigged mud minnow . He had a hook up on the first cast. Not a monster but a decent first flounder and subsequently caught several more. He jokingly exclaimed "It's a great day to go fishing with you again Capt Pete!" To all of our amazement he also hooked a neat shark before it was all over. A very nice "pull" on our light tackle.

I'll say that you can spook Sea Trout and Red drum , and yes even a flounder. But the flatties seem to be the most hard headed hungry bunch when they want to eat in the shallow marsh waters no matter what the conditions when you know the right spots!

Capt Pete

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