So the last time we caught a fish of any kind was Christmas day. And it’s not just us, no one has been catching anything since it got so cold. Turns out when the water temp gets below 50F, the fish stop biting. When they get cold, they don’t move much so the frozen bait we’re trying to temp them with, just isn’t doing it. Neither are shiny lures used to fish on the surface for the seatrout. On a few of the extremely cold days we heard that sea trout were even washing up dead in the local inlet. So we gave up on fishing and freezing our asses off with nothing to show for it, for the past couple of weeks.
Instead we’ve been keeping ourselves busy with lots of walking on the trails and the beach…just never know what you’ll see.
One nice day last week we took a day trip to Charleston. It’s only about 90 minutes south of here. We’ve been there before, back in Trip #2 in November 2009 and we enjoyed it so much back then, we were looking forward to wandering around again. Although a number of the buildings looked familiar, we did manage to stumble down some streets we missed last visit to see some different different buildings and architecture like this unusual pink church.
It still impressed us just how immaculate the historic district of the city is. The maintenance required to keep all these old building up, must cost a bundle. And we also noticed that every single renovation here had to be architecturally reviewed and approved, even reglazing of windows. We also saw same sort approval for just repainting.
But I guess that’s how they maintain the history and the character, so good on them.
If interested in taking in what we saw during this trip of Charleston, take a look at our pictures.
Oh yeah, although we had a good lunch in Charleston (discovered She-crab soup which is too die for!) we decided to beat the traffic back home and eat lunch closer back to the park. I wanted to try the local oyster roast that is “the thing" that Murrells inlet and area is known for in the fall and winter months so we decided to give the Hanser House restaurant a try. We opted for the steamer pot for 2 that included the oysters as well as clams, shrimp, potatoes, corn, sausage and of course crab. OMG it was messy and so delicious!
All that for $35! Took a while to eat and they even give you a bucket for all the bits you can’t digest. Apparently they go thru everything you put in it to make sure they recycle what they can. It’s really important to reuse the oyster shells because new ones grow on them. Not sure about the rest of the shells etc.
That’s it for now, we’re moving further south on Friday so will provide an update from the new place later. With any luck the fishing will improve!
Happy February y’all!