Beaufort Area Redfish Flotilla - BARF 2008

I know it is a long ways from you all, but if in the area, or willing to travel out...

Here it is everyone, the official flyer and information.

 

Schedule of events:


Captains Meeting and Social Hour:
 
When:     7 P.M., Friday, 7 November 2008
Where:     Higher Ground of the Lowcountry
      2121 Boundary Street, Suite 101
      Beaufort, SC  29902
      http://www.highergroundofthelowcountry.com/


Award Ceremony and Frogmore Stew Dinner

When:      5 P.M., Saturday, 8 November 2008
Where:   Royal Oaks Park
      Port Royal, SC 29935



Entry Fee:     $25.00 per person. ($20.00 for CCA Members)
Proceeds going to Waddell Mariculture Center.  Fee includes T-Shirt,
Frogmore Stew Awards Dinner and chance to win prizes for largest
Lowcountry Slam (Redfish, Spotted Seatrout and Flounder).


For more information email YakontheFly@gmail.com
Or
Check out the South Carolina Kayak Fishing website at http://www.sckayakfishing.com/

In cooperation with

http://www.reeffoundation.com/

and our sponsors...


   



Beaufort Sign Co
  16 Salt Creek Dr E
  Beaufort, SC  29906


I look forward to seeing many of you at this event.  It is open to all Beaufort County Public waters, and will be a Catch, Photo and release tourney.

YotF

Yeah, I know, I know...  It is waaaaay to far away...  However, if you should happen to be in the area around 8 November....  Come join us....  I can get you a yak!

First Place Prize:

Unfortunately this year, the only prize....  Hopefully next year we can start having sponsors..

However, this year we will have this Framed Limited Print of a Redfish by Beaufort Artist William Rhett III.



Trust me, this will look good on any wall, and they sell for a pretty penny.

YotF

Yeah, I know, I know...  It is waaaaay to far away...  However, if you should happen to be in the area around 8 November....  Come join us....  I can get you a yak!

First Place Prize:

Unfortunately this year, the only prize....  Hopefully next year we can start having sponsors..

However, this year we will have this Framed Limited Print of a Redfish by Beaufort Artist William Rhett III.



Trust me, this will look good on any wall, and they sell for a pretty penny.

YotF

dagnabit...sorry YoTF, the closest i can get is Columbus / Ft. Benning week of 3rd to the 7th. i cant and dont make the trip reservations, so i'm kinda frelled on getting to ya.. dont i wish tho, haven't fished coastal carolina in almost 14 yrs.

Bummer....

You couldn't take vacation along with the trip?

Only a 5 hour drive from Benning...

YotF

Troy, what's the fishing like?  I've never caught a redfish.

-Allen

Allen,

   You need to make a trip out here and find out. 

   They usually run in the 15-30 inch range, but can be over 48" long offshore or along the beaches during the spawn.  They hit aggressively and run hard and long...  Tougher than Striped Bass in this sense.  I have taken almost 15 minutes to land 28" fish from a yak, and they gave me a sleigh ride for a couple hundred yards in the process...

   About the same type of fight as a Fresh Chum Salmon of comperable size.   They occasionally hit topwaters, like Largemouth Bass and Pike, but they are usually caught on live or cut bait or jigs/flies on the bottom.

   Definately worth a trip down here to fish for them...  Fall and Spring are best times of the year for them, though they can be caught year round.  Good eating too.

YotF

   

What airport would I fly into?  No promises, but I'll check if I can convert some FF miles, but one hitch is that I'm tentatively scheduled to be in Korea on Nov 10.

-Allen

Allen,

   Either Savannah/Hilton Head or Charleston, SC would work.  Both about the same drive time from Beaufort.

YotF

I used to be stationed in Charleston; I'd fly in/out of there.  You could use this opportunity to build some major WAF if you bring her with you and leave her in chucktown.  I truly miss living down there.

Bummer....

You couldn't take vacation along with the trip?

Only a 5 hour drive from Benning...

YotF

no, sorry i cant tho don't i wish!.. some karzy stuff goin on with my job right now, and they want me in 4 places at once

buena~ suerte, meijo..

I used to be stationed in Charleston; I'd fly in/out of there.  You could use this opportunity to build some major WAF if you bring her with you and leave her in chucktown.  I truly miss living down there.

Beaufort is better than Chucktown...  Less touristy  (Far fewer people, less traffic), more scenic.  Excellent Restaurants, art boutiques, and beach (Hunting Island State Park is the Gem of South Carolina.)

FY

Hmmm, my map says 3.5 hrs. That's not soooo far 
Wonder if I can get John Yaks Jax to carpool with me.

Hmmm, my map says 3.5 hrs. That's not soooo far 
Wonder if I can get John Yaks Jax to carpool with me.

He has kept commenting that he wants to make it up here.....  The Frogmore Stew (Lowcountry Boil) is worth the price of admission itself.

YotF