Massive Schools of reds in the land of no nets

Hit the Charleston area Friday and Saturday. If u don't think gill nets affect the NC inshore waters u need to take a trip to the low country for some inshore fishing. We really need to join together on this NC gamefish Bill to protect redfish, speckled trout, and striped bass. You can show your support by signing this letter: http://www.facebook.com/l/vAQGCcHcIAQH4OfLQrEAJ7ZUXD-CSrVfo5u5lDhnBUxXsUg/www.nc353.org
Anyway back to my low country trip. Within 2 minutes of powering down my skiff I saw two schools of fish. Unfortunately flipper showed up at the same time and began feeding on both schools. Not a problem because I was in south Carolina, IMO the best redfishing only second to the Louisiana delta. I eased my boat around a point only 400 yards from my first flat. The conditions Friday were perfect early with no wind and mild temps. To no surprise there were 3 schools separated by only 50 feet or so. I approached the first school and poled down. First cast I'm hooked up to an upper slot sc red. I caught two more from this school and moved on. I hit the next school and wacked two more, then I left the flat and left the other school alone. I was pre fishing for the upcoming low country redfish cup tourney Feb 4 so my mission was to locate as many fish as possible and narrow down the area in which to fish on game day. I made a move about a mile away from the first spot and located several pods of fish including two more massive schools of slot and overslot reds. Caught as many as I wanted and left them biting. Hit a flat about five miles away and found another 75 fish school. Did this the rest of the afternoon and called it a day.
The next day was nasty with rain overnight and high winds. I decided to fish a totally different body water on this day. I started off slow given the water was dirty and the conditions were horrible. Even so I started off with a 27" fish followed by a 31" fish in back to back casts at my third spot. Hit five or six other spots and caught several more reds before I called it a day. Even though the fishing was not as fun as day one pitching baits to large schools of Reds in ultra skinny clear water, I was able to find some protected areas holding fish in the event it is nasty on tournament day.

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