It's best to avoid shrimping during weak tides

Fishing and shrimping have a lot in common. More specifically is the fact that catching is never assured. However, extremely positive sampling reports from the Department of Natural Resources had me thinking that catching a cooler full of shrimp would be easy. So my good friend and shrimping buddy (Julian Levin) and I decided to try it on the first night of the season.

Things started out well. The weather was perfect when we set the marker poles in our favorite spot near Crab Bank. While we waited for the sun to set, we made bait balls (about the size of a golf ball) using Bait Binder. After watching a beautiful sunset, we tossed a couple of the bait balls at the base of each marker pole. So far so good. Everything was going according to plan. Unfortunately, the next step (where we catch lots of shrimp) never materialized.

In the past, Julian and I have avoided shrimping during weak tides. Our theory being that the reduced current flow keeps the shrimp from moving around. Friday was a very weak tide. We knew better but our enthusiasm got the best of us. We did not catch a lot of shrimp but we did spend a great evening on the water. In retrospect, it was a good evening after all.

Contact Captain Greg Peralta at captgregp@gmail.com or call (843) 224-0099.

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