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Myrtle Beach: Captain Dick's Water Sports, Murrells Inlet
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Bottom fishing is fishing on the bottom for fish that typically feed on the bottom, such as grouper, snapper, triggerfish, grunts and amberjack. Various bait is useful in this type of fishing. Most frequently used is squid, but sometimes Spanish sardines, ballyhoo, cigar minnows and other types of bait are employed. Bottom fishing is accomplished by lowering a weighted line with baited hooks into the water until the hooks reach bottom or near bottom. Bottom fishing can be done from most types of boats, including sportfishing boats. More typically bottom fishing is done from the deck of a "HeadBoat", or "Party Boat". These are bigger boats which can accommodate many more passengers, usually departs on a published schedule and selling tickets on a per "head" or individual basis, hence the name "HeadBoat". HeadBoats may also be "chartered" privately for large groups.
Trolling, known also as sportfishing or gamefishing, involves pulling bait or an artificial lure on a line from the back of a boat. The bait or lure is positioned so that it glides thru the water on the surface or just below the surface. Typically, the boat is under minimal power moving at a speed of only a few knots. The fish sought with this method are usually predator fish, such as King Mackerel, wahoo, cobia, marlin, sailfish and dolphin (a fish, known sometimes as "MahiMahi" from the Polynesian term, NOT the bottle nose dolphin mammal, like Flipper). The boats used for sportfishing are typically 6 passengers maximum, although some sportfishing boats which are "certified", can carry up to 16 passengers.
Sportfishing boats usually depart on a "private charter" basis. A "private charter" means someone or a group has chartered an entire boat for a specific date and time and trip and paid a charter rate for the boat for the trip. As sportfishing charters are relatively more costly, the charter fee is prohibitively expensive when you have only 1 or 2 persons wishing to go. In order to make sporfishing available to individuals who don't have 6 people in a group to split the cost of a charter, Capt Dick's offers sportfishing on an individually ticketed basis. With this program, Capt Dick's can "make up" a sportfishing trip by matching up individuals to go on a sportfishing "charter", selling tickets individually. Ask a reservationist about this if you are interested in more detail.
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- Captain Dicks Marina
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- Murrells Inlet SC
- United States 29576
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