Well, summer officially came around 3 weeks ago, but you would never think that based upon the temperatures that the South has been experiencing since late May. I cannot remember the last day that the high was less than 90 degrees. But, I love the heat.
It has certainly been a strange year fishing. There have been very few King Mackerel caught this year near the coast in SC. Fish that are typically caught in the fall, such as Spots, have been running in the past few weeks. And there have been lots of slow days on the water.
We were fortunate to spend some time on the boat in June with a friend and went out to The General Sherman wreck. We need more experience finding smaller wrecks / reefs as we had a hard time actually locating the wreck. Even though we never could anchor up directly over it, we did manage to catch a good number of black sea bass, but all were too small to keep. Overall, it was a great day on the water. Wind and waves have kept us from heading out in the boat lately, but hopefully as the month goes along, we will have the chance to go out some.
Also have fished with Grown Dawg's son and his wife and caught a good number of spots and whiting. Lots of fun fishing with them, that is for sure! Even got to see one of the large sharks that hangs out a Cherry Grove Pier feeding on scraps. Always entertaining.
On the non-fishing side of things, we have had a purple martin couple build a nest on our front porch. We officially have four babies in the nest and a couple of very attentive parents that are caring for them. It was amazing watching the adult birds build the nest as well as check on the progress of the babies every few days. Can't wait to see them get big enough to fly!
Hopefully we will have better fishing and boating news in the next few weeks. But the water and wind has to cooperate!
