Saltwater fishing in Mount Pleasant, SC 3-7-09

Here is The Grissom Family Adventures vol. 2 "Saltwater fishing in Mt. Pleasant"




We had to drive down to Mount Pleasant, SC on Saturday morning because Matt had some work to do there... So, of course, it was only natural that the boat tag along for the journey. We checked the fishing reports and the word was that the trout and sheepshead were biting.

After launching the boat at Buck Hall Landing in a little town just above Mt. Pleasant, we traveled to some of the little creeks just off of the Intercoastal Waterway. There were very few boats on the water because it was 10-20mph winds. We tried casting in a couple of creeks and then we saw the most AMAZING site... BOTTLE NOSE DOLPHINS!

They were so beautiful! It was breath taking to watch them just swim around the creek... but before long there were at least 5 of them in the water. They began playing and barrel rolling on the top of the water! Splashing around and creating such a scene! I grabbed the camera and could not really get a good shot... So I gave the camera to "the master" and Matt got several pics. I wanted to video them playing in the water because it was just unbelievable! They didn't seem to be scared of us at all. The stayed at least 50 yards away until one became extremely curious. I missed it but Matt said one of them came VERY close to the boat. He said it lifted it's entire head out of the water, turned it's head from side to side checking us out. Matt said he looked the dolphin square in the eye! Then he went under and came back up with his pod. It was absolutely amazing! We were so excited...

But you know what it means when there are dolphin in the area you want to fish in... NO FISH! They are scared away... We ended up only fishing for a few hours that day but it was nice to be able to get outside and enjoy the warm temperatures. Until next time!