fishingwithblue
Junior Member
I got your replies, thanks for the info. I guess I'm good to go and as far as the route goes I plan on leaving from Ft. Mac public ramp. Pretty much a straight shot.
Hey Tsubaki
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fishingwithblue
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Oh, I was looking at something else, not a straight shot.
I plan on running out through Hell Gate make a right and on to Odingsell. Is the dock up Wassaw Creek? Any tips or goodies for my route?
I plan on running out through Hell Gate make a right and on to Odingsell. Is the dock up Wassaw Creek? Any tips or goodies for my route?
tsubaki
God
Here are some old NOAA maps of the location showing the normal bars and stuff.
Coming from Ft McAllister downstream to Hells Gate.
Hells Gate and the bars at Delegal and Adams Creek.
This is Little Wassaw/Pine Island, Ossabaw Sound and Adams Creek to Odingsell River.
This is the bar at the mouth of Odingsell.
Coming from Ft McAllister downstream to Hells Gate.
Hells Gate and the bars at Delegal and Adams Creek.
This is Little Wassaw/Pine Island, Ossabaw Sound and Adams Creek to Odingsell River.
This is the bar at the mouth of Odingsell.
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tsubaki
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Basically look for the bars coming from Ft McAllister toward Hells Gate. Be EXTRA sure to follow the markers through Hells Gate, it is a huge mud flat with a NARROW channel through it.
Once past Hells Gate, you have a lot of options depending on the weather and or tides.
Option 1 would be to go straight to the R"12" marker (note the sandbar to the north of it) then to the R"10" (note the bar to the south of it) and on to the G"9" and G"7" can (also note the bar South of these two cans). Cut due North from the G"7" to the Southern tip of Wassaw (note the narrow channel and bar at the mouth of the Odingsell River.
Option 2 would be to go to shoot ENE to the channel between the bar at the R"12" marker and the bar that dumps out at Delegal Creek toward Adams Creek. Keeping in deeper water but well away from the shallow water of the bars in Ossabaw Sound and Little Wassaw/Pine Island flats, on to the G"7" can and then Odingsell.
Option 3, if the sound is very rough, take Adams Creek (note the mud flat just before it), then to Odingsell, up to Wassaw Creek.
Once in Wassaw Creek it will be the first dock you come to.
Best thing to do, is plan a day to run each of these routes so you can get familiar with them depending on the situation needed.
Forgot option 4.
You could forego all of these and run straight to Bradley Point down the South Channel, then all the way to the R"4" bouy, then cut to the G"5" and G"7" cans, to Odinsell. IF the waves ain't bad, they usually are.
Once past Hells Gate, you have a lot of options depending on the weather and or tides.
Option 1 would be to go straight to the R"12" marker (note the sandbar to the north of it) then to the R"10" (note the bar to the south of it) and on to the G"9" and G"7" can (also note the bar South of these two cans). Cut due North from the G"7" to the Southern tip of Wassaw (note the narrow channel and bar at the mouth of the Odingsell River.
Option 2 would be to go to shoot ENE to the channel between the bar at the R"12" marker and the bar that dumps out at Delegal Creek toward Adams Creek. Keeping in deeper water but well away from the shallow water of the bars in Ossabaw Sound and Little Wassaw/Pine Island flats, on to the G"7" can and then Odingsell.
Option 3, if the sound is very rough, take Adams Creek (note the mud flat just before it), then to Odingsell, up to Wassaw Creek.
Once in Wassaw Creek it will be the first dock you come to.
Best thing to do, is plan a day to run each of these routes so you can get familiar with them depending on the situation needed.
Forgot option 4.
You could forego all of these and run straight to Bradley Point down the South Channel, then all the way to the R"4" bouy, then cut to the G"5" and G"7" cans, to Odinsell. IF the waves ain't bad, they usually are.
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tsubaki
God
One saving grace for this hunt are the tides being near high when you are planning to arrive and leave.
Wednesday it is high at 8:23AM with an 8.4 foot tide and Sunday it will be high at 12:05PM with a 7.8 tide.
So hopefully with this, the sand bars shouldn't be an issue.
I'll try to color some of these routes on the pictures.
And sorry about most of the pictures being crappy, couldn't fit everything needed and get good zoom too, not to mention NOAA wasn't cooperating.
Wednesday it is high at 8:23AM with an 8.4 foot tide and Sunday it will be high at 12:05PM with a 7.8 tide.
So hopefully with this, the sand bars shouldn't be an issue.
I'll try to color some of these routes on the pictures.
And sorry about most of the pictures being crappy, couldn't fit everything needed and get good zoom too, not to mention NOAA wasn't cooperating.
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fishingwithblue
Junior Member
Good deal! If I can't get there with a GPS and all your pics I guess I don't deserve to go.
tsubaki
God
blue, you might wanna hit Adams Creek instead of running the sound the whole way. On Wednesday it's supposed to be 20kt winds from the NE and up to 5 foot seas.
Once in Adams Creek, you will notice PVC poles with NWR signs on them in the edge of the marsh every so often. Keep them to your right as passing other creeks, if you ain't sure just look farther ahead for the next pole. It will be easy to confuse the correct route at high tide.
In case of fog, mouth of Adams Creek 31'52'38.3 x 81'03'22.1
Once in Adams Creek, you will notice PVC poles with NWR signs on them in the edge of the marsh every so often. Keep them to your right as passing other creeks, if you ain't sure just look farther ahead for the next pole. It will be easy to confuse the correct route at high tide.
In case of fog, mouth of Adams Creek 31'52'38.3 x 81'03'22.1
fishingwithblue
Junior Member
Thanks Benny, one of my boys has H1N1 and we are kinda freaked out,,,,still planned on going and all gear is ready just waiting to see if mother in law is coming to stay and help.
Perfect timing.
Perfect timing.
tsubaki
God
Dang, hate to hear that blue. Seems everyone at least knows somebody that has contracted it. Hope everything works out alright.
Well you missed a strange hunt but perfect weather.
Temps low 70's to low 40's, 15mph winds, moonlit nights with no clouds or rain, bugs were tolerable.
The total number of hunters was the second lowest since keeping records, 20. But the success rate was 100%.
The strange part was the harvest ratio. Out of the 20 taken, this is how it broke down.
A 200lb boar hog with 2" cutters (first hog taken in over 30 years)
A 3 point
2 does
And a combination of 16 others that were spikes or button bucks.
The largest deer was 93lbs.
The biologist was dumbfounded and had no answers for the almost identical harvest for each hunter, normally it's a good mix from yearlings to deer weighing near 135lbs (the record is 141lbs).
I ended up with two spikes weighing 88 and 78lbs, missing a doe and seeing 5 others but had no good shot.
Didn't have any pictures worth while, this is all I got.
The camp and meat in the cooler.
Getting to take a REAL shower after 4 days will be a treat! Those bucket baths get old quick!
Think about the hunt in December, the 10th - 12th.
Even though it's a gun hunt, you can still hunt with the bow.
Hope everybody turns out well at your house!
Well you missed a strange hunt but perfect weather.
Temps low 70's to low 40's, 15mph winds, moonlit nights with no clouds or rain, bugs were tolerable.
The total number of hunters was the second lowest since keeping records, 20. But the success rate was 100%.
The strange part was the harvest ratio. Out of the 20 taken, this is how it broke down.
A 200lb boar hog with 2" cutters (first hog taken in over 30 years)
A 3 point
2 does
And a combination of 16 others that were spikes or button bucks.
The largest deer was 93lbs.
The biologist was dumbfounded and had no answers for the almost identical harvest for each hunter, normally it's a good mix from yearlings to deer weighing near 135lbs (the record is 141lbs).
I ended up with two spikes weighing 88 and 78lbs, missing a doe and seeing 5 others but had no good shot.
Didn't have any pictures worth while, this is all I got.
The camp and meat in the cooler.
Getting to take a REAL shower after 4 days will be a treat! Those bucket baths get old quick!
Think about the hunt in December, the 10th - 12th.
Even though it's a gun hunt, you can still hunt with the bow.
Hope everybody turns out well at your house!
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fishingwithblue
Junior Member
AWSOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The first thing I said to my wife on Thursday morning was "man they have some PERFECT weather!" She listen to me moan and groan all weekend about not going but at least Henry, my youngest, fever has stabilized.
I'm glad you guys had a safe hunt and great weather. Any other hog sign other than the big one killed?
I'm glad you guys had a safe hunt and great weather. Any other hog sign other than the big one killed?
tsubaki
God
The resident manager has tried for three years to get that sucker, he told me "you don't want to know how many of your tax dollars went toward trying to kill him".
He was telling me that he shot at him using a 20ga with buckshot at 25 yards and apparently missed. The guy that killed him normally leaves a day early, he only gutted him and put him in the cooler. I told Peter (the manager) to give his phone number and have him call once he capes him out and to look for buckshot in the shield. Sure enough there was some there, healed over and no good penetration!
They are very concerned about having a (any) hog population on the island, due to the turtle nests and ground nesting birds. They have enough problems with the coons. Pete is very diligent about killing the hogs on other hammocks within the refuge. I think he said he has dispatched around 35 this year on one of the neighboring hammocks to stop their progress toward the main island.
Because this one has been eating good for so long on stuff other than marsh and snails, he should be edible. Any of the others away from the island shouldn't be fit to eat.
The hog sign I seen on this trip was about 1 1/2 miles from where I figure this guy shot him. Pete does not think there are any more but I find it hard to believe. They are like coyotes, if you see one there is usually at least 5 or 6 more.
Think about the hunt in December, hope the weather is as pleasant as this trip.
He was telling me that he shot at him using a 20ga with buckshot at 25 yards and apparently missed. The guy that killed him normally leaves a day early, he only gutted him and put him in the cooler. I told Peter (the manager) to give his phone number and have him call once he capes him out and to look for buckshot in the shield. Sure enough there was some there, healed over and no good penetration!
They are very concerned about having a (any) hog population on the island, due to the turtle nests and ground nesting birds. They have enough problems with the coons. Pete is very diligent about killing the hogs on other hammocks within the refuge. I think he said he has dispatched around 35 this year on one of the neighboring hammocks to stop their progress toward the main island.
Because this one has been eating good for so long on stuff other than marsh and snails, he should be edible. Any of the others away from the island shouldn't be fit to eat.
The hog sign I seen on this trip was about 1 1/2 miles from where I figure this guy shot him. Pete does not think there are any more but I find it hard to believe. They are like coyotes, if you see one there is usually at least 5 or 6 more.
Think about the hunt in December, hope the weather is as pleasant as this trip.
