Hey all,
We have been going to St. Simons and Jekyl for our anniversary trip in May for years now and have finally decided to just move there. (closing mid Sept.) We have always hauled the small boat down and fished the salt marshes and creeks for redfish and specs, with a few close in charters for shark. But in anticipation of moving there, we have purchased a nice Hydra Sport 25 WA with twin 150 Hondas. I also supplemented my arsenal of inshore and surf rods with a pair of Connley 7' Kinfish rods and Penn Fathom FTH40LWs spooled with 40lb mono.
My question is, what would be a good way to start in mid Sept. off the GA coast? I know how to find Blacktips and Spinners behind the shrimp boats in spring and early summer, and have some idea about how to find some bull reds in the inlets in early fall. But we would like to try our hand at something a little offshore - maybe some trolling for Spanish or Kings or some bottom fishing. But I know very very little (might as well say nothing) about what is out there, what to look for, or what techniques to use. Some reports are great , but assume one already knows how to fish the area and most of the videos on You Tube are just "Watch us catch fish" with very little in the way of explaining techniques, why the fish are there, or even time of year so that one might begin to get an understanding of how to figure things out.
So, any advice on what might be a good starting point for the GA coast in fall- species and technique wise - would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks and tight lines!
We have been going to St. Simons and Jekyl for our anniversary trip in May for years now and have finally decided to just move there. (closing mid Sept.) We have always hauled the small boat down and fished the salt marshes and creeks for redfish and specs, with a few close in charters for shark. But in anticipation of moving there, we have purchased a nice Hydra Sport 25 WA with twin 150 Hondas. I also supplemented my arsenal of inshore and surf rods with a pair of Connley 7' Kinfish rods and Penn Fathom FTH40LWs spooled with 40lb mono.
My question is, what would be a good way to start in mid Sept. off the GA coast? I know how to find Blacktips and Spinners behind the shrimp boats in spring and early summer, and have some idea about how to find some bull reds in the inlets in early fall. But we would like to try our hand at something a little offshore - maybe some trolling for Spanish or Kings or some bottom fishing. But I know very very little (might as well say nothing) about what is out there, what to look for, or what techniques to use. Some reports are great , but assume one already knows how to fish the area and most of the videos on You Tube are just "Watch us catch fish" with very little in the way of explaining techniques, why the fish are there, or even time of year so that one might begin to get an understanding of how to figure things out.
So, any advice on what might be a good starting point for the GA coast in fall- species and technique wise - would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks and tight lines!