4-12 Report

Tybee Pier
Fished the big pier on Tybee yesterday evening until sunset. The winds from the past few days have died down, but the water was still dirty and the seas were up. The waves were in nice, big sets, and I think there were more surfers than fish out there! I worked the pilings for awhile for some sheepshead, but only had the ubiquitous yellowtails pecking at my bait. I saw a few whiting hauled in that were right at keeper size, but otherwise it was slow with lots of yellowtails and rays.
An older gentleman who's always at either the front or back piers told me that the moon cycles might have something to do with the slow action. The moon has been in a blood phase the last few days, and it has been rising right at sunset and setting at sunrise. This pattern apparently turns the fish off for a while.

Lake Mayer
I fished this elusive urban fishing hole in Savannah yesterday morning while it was cooler. Lake Mayer is a pond which is hard to fish during the midday hours because there is very little cover and the sun gets quite intense this time of year. Caught a few 2-3 pounders cruising the bank on Super Fluke baits. The whole bass population of the lake seems to be in post-spawn pattern now, and there are tiny bass fry all over the shoreside brush.

Stay tuned for fishing forecast tonight.