When docks are closed, fishermen must find other forms of entertainment
The boat landings on Daniel Island are closed. So, I have not been fishing. However, I have it on good authority that boat landings in Mount Pleasant and Berkeley County are still operating. If they remain open this week, I will endeavor to leave Daniel Island (say it isn’t so) to go fishing.
In the interim, I am thinking of ways to entertain myself.
Number 1: Write a fishing article that no one ever reads. On the bright side, given the lack of things to do, my readership may go up out of sheer boredom!
Number 2: Teach Brody, the amazing fish-finding dog, to back up a boat trailer. In order to do this, does Brody need a driver’s license? By the way, he has already passed the written portion of the driver’s test. However, Brody is not good at parallel parking. So, backing up a boat trailer may be asking too much.
Number 3: Eat my emergency food stash. I have a six-month supply of Cheez-Its. Some people hoard toilet paper. I hoard Cheez-Its. If things get really bad, you can’t eat toilet paper. Actually, I guess you can. But, you would have to be pretty hungry.
Number 4: Put together a nearshore fishing class for when this COVID-19 thing ends. Perhaps, for some time in May (let’s be optimistic). Thinking about designing the class around our summertime species — bull redfish, king mackerel, Spanish mackerel and spadefish come immediately to mind. If you would be interested in attending, please send me a note at captgregp@gmail.com.
Be safe. Be well. Then go fishing!
Contact Captain Greg Peralta at captgregp@gmail.com or call (843) 224-0099.