Capt Rick Hiott

We did good the other day with five fish caught on the edge of the shipping channel. Largest fish was 46" long. Bait was live, and cut menhaden.

To be honest,,,,I don't remember why I stopped going up there??? I haven't talked to any body in a while about the fishery up there, but I'm sure they are still there.

Jeff,,,You asked, Do you use a slip sinker and a circle hook? Like a Carolina rig? Yes, I do What size circle hook? How much leader? I use short shank 6/0 live bait hooks with 3' of 50 or 80lb mono leader. I have never fished for reds but maybe one day. Do you go after false albacore in the fall?I did years ago in Beaufort NC. I sold all of my fly stuff.

The bite was a little slow,,but we did end up with a big one! This fish hit a live menhaden on the bottom while fishing in about 40' of water with 30lb tackle. After I vented the air bladder on the fish, he was released in great shape.

Here is more "Crap" from BP! Click on the first video,,, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/07/12/adam-dillon-bp-contractor_n_642894.html Even more! http://www.breitbart.tv/64-cop-bullies-411-videographer-as-she-videos-a-bp-worker-taken-away-in-ambulance/

Check this out! http://blog.alexanderhiggins.com/2010/07/11/bp-gulf-oil-spill-photos-show-bp-real-reason-constitution-suspended/

I took the wife out in the boat today just to ride around and enjoy the day. Here is just a few... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 (All images are copyrighted)

Nelson,,If you want give me a call. I painted for about 30 years and I'm sure I can help you. Certified PPG, DuPont and Sherwin Williams............. Ill "PM" you my contact info.

Sorry,,,I read it wrong. I thought you were talking about the water tube that runs from the foot to the powerhead..............................

,,,,,,,,,,,,,"can the motor be run with out the tube?" NO You have to get the water from the foot to the powerhead with this tube.

A motor in a 32 Plymouth is a lot different than a outboard motor, and 20 years ago they didn't put all the ethanol "crap" in the fuel. Staybill does work, My 2003 Yamaha 2cycle wont idle without it if it has ethanol in the fuel. But like you said,,I would pump all that fuel out. Go through your inspection hatch where the sending unit is to get most of it out. I used a section of soft copper hose on the end of a rubber hose to get all of my fuel out of my 50gal tank. You can bend the soft copper to make it go where ever you want!

They make all kinds of products you can spray on there to stop that. Your Auto Parts store will have something.

Thanks guys! Yeah,,I like it when I can go offshore and do this in my little 21' bay boat

How deep is the water four miles off Hollywood beach ?

Yes Sir! It was a good day to be in the ocean. We started out catching small to medium sized menhaden in front of Morris island. Our next stop was at the outside of the north jetty slow trolling four rods in an easterly direction. Well the fun started early with the second place Spanish hitting the first rod I put in the water (and still had three more to bait up). Nothing on the lines for a while, so we headed out to Chas 60 for some Amberjack fun. (Charlie had never caught AJ's before) The ocean was pretty calm allowing us to run at about 25mph in the 21'bay boat. Well when we arrived at the sunken barge, I started throwing live menhaden in the water. It wasn't long before the AJ's were exploding at the surface with one even hitting the side of the boat! Charlie just looked at me and said "Dam, he hit his head on that one". Ha-Ha-Ha-Ha! He was liking the top water action! I baited his rod up with a big menhaden and tossed it in the water with about 15 feet of line out, it wasn't long before he was hooked up! We did this over and over until Charlie wanted to go in and fish for Kings again. I even got a chance to get one on the new light tackle Pflueger Arbour spinning reel. Performed flawlessly! (You can see the rod bent over his right shoulder in this picture while I was busy with the camera) Well we headed back inshore checking some of the channel markers for Cobia with no luck spotting one, but did throw a few menhaden at a hungry Crevalle jack. Arrived in an area where the birds were picking up the scraps of glass minnows that the Spanish were chomping on. I put three of the four rods in and started slow trolling again,,,,wasn't long before the rod started screaming!! FISH ON! Charlie was quick to the rod while I cleared all the others out of the way and also the downrigger. Didn't take but a few seconds for him to get on the bow to settle into the fight that lasted about 15min before coming to the gaff. I told Charlie,,,"I think you just caught the winning fish" while watching it flop around on deck. He looks at me and says,,"That's the largest fish I have ever caught". I laughed,," I said that if we didn't get first place, we stand a good chance at second". We were one of the first boats to the scales with a two hour wait after we were on the board......(That can wear on your nerves) Long story short,,We ended up winning first place King and second place Spanish! What a great Tournament for the Vet's here in Charleston! I was glad to donate a day and be a part of this outing! I'm sure this will be even a larger tournament next year with only 16 boats fishing it this year. http://www.kingsforvets.com/Page_2_B6Y1.html (All pictures are copyrighted)

I would like to see pic's of the Sea Hunt 22 or 24 Bay Boat with F250CXA Please Sir. Sea-Hunt will be my next boat

Have you fished on all of the charter boats out of Georgetown TheEDude?

When was the last time you changed the spark plugs or set the gap on them????

Stand by Larry,,,I "Think" I have sold them all. Hang on and let me check something.

Sold one,,,now Im down to two

You should find all the info you need on here,,, http://www.seaschool.com/

Remember guys,,,as the size of the spool decreases, the drag increases.....

PM sent Shallows..........

Thats right, I have "three" brand new, never seen the water Cabo CSP50PTS reels for sale. (Still in the box) Never had line on them! As you can see these reels sell for 219.99 at Cabela's! Ill take 150.00 each for them. 400.00 for all three. http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templates/links/link.jsp;jsessionid=T5CQ31ZU21N33LAQBBKSCO3MCAEFAIWE?id=0023587317091a&type=product&cmCat=froogle&cm_ven=data_feed&cm_cat=froogle&cm_pla=0800602&cm_ite=0023587317091a&_requestid=94098

Thanks Tim. Photography is addicting (and expensive) It reminds me of racing, the faster you wanna go,,,the more it cost.