Charleston just made Huge Fly Fisherman’s recent most overrated fishery list. As if that means a lot.
In the video he says “What are we doing here? Are we fishing or doing a photo shoot for Turtlebox?” and “I’m not going to plan my entire summer around two evenings, I’ll fish when the water is wet”.
I still want to fish it someday.
@Sublime i thought it interesting to see the Sports Illustrated did the article.
Come on up. It’s en experience!
Just what Charleston needs another article written about how great it is…
I get his opinion, So many people get so tunnel vision on being here for the floods that they miss the other great opportunities.
Ken did a good job in the article explaining why it is worth a visit. It’s a good fishery in a great city. Not an unbelievably word class fishery in the middle of nowhere.
I’ve fished Charleston a couple dozen times. Over rated!! Best place in winter time is Zephyr Cove with @Smackdaddy53
Fishing in Charleston, particularly fly fishing, is EXTREMELY overrated. Charleston is overpopulated and overpriced. Please do everybody a favor and spread the word! Tell everybody you know.
Honestly, the winter is the only time us southerners get any reprieve from the chaos. Let us have some time to ourselves, please.
Wow; SI is doing angling again? My dad was an enthusiastic charter subscriber to SI, and I read every issue back in the day. In the beginning they covered a wide array of sporting activities; hunting, fishing, sailing, shooting sports, and others. But within a few years the publication evolved into a team sports journal. Football, baseball, golf, hockey, tennis…… Fishing and hunting were dropped. Other than the annual Swimsuit Issue, it seemed like the focus was on football and golf. I quit reading it many, many years ago (Dad was a golf nut. I consider golf to be a criminal abuse of real estate). Dad finally quit subscribing. I’m kinda surprised that they acknowledge angling now. New management?
Or did they Finally realize putting dudes dressed as ladies on the cover wasn’t gonna cut it..
Preach my friend!
Oh my… LOL 
Fishing has declined here over the last 30yrs for sure- too many damn people. Where you used to see one or two skiffs now there’s 20. Another great thing ruined by social media.
My wife and I have really enjoyed the past year plus since moving here from South Florida. It’s been an adjustment… and holy heck the fishing has been an adjustment (tides are NO JOKE). But it’s been a lot of fun exploring and learning.
With so many folks from this area on the forum… We should do a SkiffHQ meet and greet at the next Casts & Drafts!
@bitesize same can be said for anywhere. Not unique. Key’s, Flamingo, 10K & Everglades City, SWF, the list goes on and on. Do our part, be good stewards, help out those who seek it. Be the angler you would want to meet on the water.
I have thought about this, @iMacattack - 2we did the cape fear meet up and it was a lot of fun. 3 hrs isnt that bad a drive for us NCers if the trip included some fishing. I could probably convince @Birdyshooter @ncfly07 @Goose @on_the_fly, @CoffeeRun.Jeff and others to make the journey if there was beer, cigars (or pipes for us refined folks) and foshing!
We could do something before, then end the day at Casts & Drafts. I’d need to discuss it with the folks that run that event and see if there would be any objection or possible issues. They schedule their events with the brewhouse, I would not want to step on their toes. They are great folks, running a fun event and I would want to mess that up.
Let me get back to y’all.
I don’t disagree- it’s everywhere.
Social media is not to blame as much as the internet as a whole. Fishing was not as popular before 1994. I can’t complain, if the number of skiffs being sold was the same as the 80’s and 90’s I would most likely not have a job in the industry and we probably wouldn’t have this community.
Yes, it’s everywhere. Not just the south. I have a friend who lives on the Henry’s Fork of the Snake River in Idaho. Over the last 10 years, we’ve seen a massive increase in the fishing pressure there too. They’ve had to limit the number of boats each guide group can send through sections of the river each day.
Alaska fishing trips are booked a year in advance now.
I fish in some pretty skinny water in areas north of Charleston I won’t even fish on weekends anymore.