Capt Rick Hiott

Ya gotta have a few GIANT RED DRUM on this post, right? Come on up to Charleston,SC and get ya some!! Ya want more,,,,I got'em!! These pictures are Copyrighted.

Cooper river incoming tide. I had two buddies from Columbia today that wanted some trout for Thanksgiving. Well,,,A LOT of trout were caught (I guess around 40) and about 10 small red drum. Most of the fish were caught on "Gulp Alive" and the other on live shrimp. Here is a couple shots for ya.. Copyrighted

You might want to try this,,, http://www.cabelas.com/p-0011253316591a.shtml

Thats cool,,,, This is a lot better site than "the other one",,,we all know that! If you ever decide to come to Charleston,SC here is one for ya. www.gofishsc.com I post all of my reports on there also....

,,,,,,,,,,why even go there? You guys worry to much about that other site....................

,,,,,yes. Whenever you buy gas with Ethanol in it,,,,ALWAYS run a additive in it to treat the ethanol! ALWAYS!!!

Great pic's,,,,Im sure you spent hours editing them................................why so many?

No,,,Its not the water temp. These fish are caught in deep water (30') out at the jetty's. Im pretty sure sunlight and water salinity has a lot to do with there color. The fish here that are caught in shallow cold water have a lot more color. Also up the rivers where there is very little salt (brackish) they are real dark and rich in color.

Now that is too cool!!!

Even though I run my boat almost every day,,,,,I use a Ethanol treatment in the fuel! It wont idle with out it.

So what you are saying is that your electrical system stays hot all the time? What you have sounds complated and expensive. What would you do in case of a electrical fire? Do you have a main breaker that you could turn off? (We are talking about small boats here right?)

,,,,,,,,Im always early at work........Ha-Ha-Ha-Ha. Thanks Welder

Are you saying not to have battery switches Bill? I wouldn't have it any other way................

Hey Mike,,,,,they will be closing the ICW on Friday November 13th until Monday November 23rd at the Ben Sawyer bridge. (Sullivan's Island) Will this effect you? Here is more info..... http://www.waterwayguide.com/navupdate.php?area=5

I didn't take my camera on the trip, but Im glad my clients had there's. Here is some pictures they took (I added a little editing to them) They just e-mailed them to me last night..... All of the fish were caught on live or fresh cut menhaden while fishing in about 30' of water out by the jetty's.

That's right ,,,they will be closing the ICW on Friday November 13th until Monday November 23rd at the Ben Sawyer bridge. (Sullivan's Island) This is on the north side of the Charleston Harbor. Here is more info..... http://www.waterwayguide.com/navupdate.php?area=5

I blow mine out with the air hose,,,,but most of the time It dont get that cold here.

They could never find a replacement for him,,He was made for that show!

,,,,,,,steel spools? I didn't know they did that. You sure there not brass or bronze? Will a magnet stick to them?

Dont come to the east coast.............................There is nothing going on here (Ha-Ha-Ha-Ha) What a lie! Come on guys,,,the catching has to be hot down there.

Thats OK,,,let me know when you plan on coming back Trip. We'll try it again... Your probably right about the "getting in the way" Bill.

Yeah,,,They didn't even call me and let me know they wouldn't be there. The boat was in the water with six dozen shrimp in the small live well, It was a beautiful day, and I hadn't fish by my self in a long time, so I went anyway. I stayed close to the boat ramp at first (just in case they showed up). Went across the cut to the other side and on the first three cast, I caught three trout. Ha-Ha-Ha (thinking to my self, this is gonna be a good trip today) I then moved to another spot up the river I had not fished in a while and the fish were there waiting on me... Using live shrimp and Gulp shrimp under the rattle float I caught plenty of red drum in the 20"-22" range and also plenty of trout. A good sized flounder even made it in the cooler. All this in one area,,Man I was having a good time with the ultra light tackle! I got to thinking,,Im gonna leave these fish alone and go catch something else. So out to the end of jetty's I went. Man it was calm out there in the ocean! While looking for menhaden I was thinking about what to fish for next. After finding bait close to the end of the north jetty I rigged up two King Mackerel leaders. I had caught Kings here before with my last one at 38lbs. I figured I would make one pass in the current rip and if I didn't get any thing I would put some baits on the bottom for the big red drum. I had the motor in gear moving parallel to the rocks and put the first line out about 100' behind the boat, set the rod in the holder and went to bait the other one. I was letting out the second one when the fish hit, zzzzzzzz off he went almost burning my thumb! I turned the boat in the direction he was going so I wouldn't get spooled. Well after about 3-4 min the other rod goes off like its on fire! Im standing there laughing my but off. What in the hell am I gonna do now! I took my time fumbling around in the compartment that held the gaff while keeping the line tight on the fish. Got him in close and stuck the gaff in him,,Bam,,he was in the boat! Now for the other one that had the spool just about empty! This was a bigger fish that took a little longer to get to the boat. Once again I took my time and followed him to get the line back on the spool. It didn't take long and I was sticking the gaff in him! BAM! he was in the boat! Ha-Ha-Ha laughing again, Im thinking this is as much fun as you can have with your clothes on...... With a big mess on the deck, Im thinking,,,where in the hell am I going to put these fish. My bay boat was not made to hold kings in the cooler. I had to go in and get plenty of ice for the trip home. Man,,,what a great day! I was back at the dock by 2:30.............. Here is a pic of the largest king at 29.5lbs. The other was 17lbs.

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Long story short,,,I took the wife and a buddy of mine that works at Sea//Tow out fishing today. I tried a few new spots and the last one we went to paid off. We ended up with eight red drum, with the largest one at 40" long. The fish were caught on menhaden and mullet. All pictures are copyrighted.