We caught more gar than anything. Baurie said a fishermen left the river with some 80 pounds of catfish Thursday morning. Most of the fish are being caught with crickets and worms. In addition, many fisherman are having success catching blue gills and red bellies with Little Joe flies. Baurie and Peel said they caught around 40 nice blue gills earlier this week, tossing around 100 back into the water.
Local anglers call it the summer fishing doldrums.
Some species such as tarpon and jack cravelle seem to thrive in warm conditions while whiting, croker and flounder move into deeper, cooler bottoms and their feeding habits see ineffective. Offshore, king mackerel becomes scare but catches usually rebound by late Augusta. Spanish mackerel, blues, barracuda, amberjack and spadefish seem to thrive in high temperatures while most bottom species migrate further off the coast seeking cooler habitats. Charter captains continue to report exceptionally tarpon action. Captain Trevor Strever favors drifting live menhaden or mullet along the north-south bars just off bay point on the Port Royal side where tarpon can be seen schooling right up on the bar.