Sounds like a blast! Grossy... no training is really needed, JIHOPA (Jump In Hang On and Paddle Away) Thats how I learned
... as for the area... we have 3 major rivers dumping into Charleston Harbor and those rivers go a long ways up and are pretty salty most of the way. There are so many flats around to fish I have been yakking for a year now and still have only hit about 10% of them. If you want shallow water inshore on flats and tidal creeks we can do that, if you want to get on the beach and paddle aroud there we got that too... I wuld suggest figuring out what you want to target and then decide where to go. If you guys want to chase big reds I suggest the sounds and flats off the ICW and over by Folly beach, if you want trout the rivers up a ways and tidal creeks will produce well... There are about a bazillion places to fish but VERY few to bank fish from, unless you mean beach/surf fishin then you're set. Although we have more water than Carter had liver pills, 99% of it requires a boat and some cases only a yak can get into them. Our tidal marshes make it dang near impossible to get to the water due to the pluff mud. Y'all figure out what you want to fish for and I'll start scouting and hitting up my buddies for a good place to stay. I know a little south is Hunting Island park and they have camsites and showers and stuff... we do the BARF ( Beaufort Area Redfish Flotilla) meetups there twice a year, that may be a perfect time to come down, anyhoo... I'll get more info and post it as I get it... feel free to mail me at
ken.bergmann-02@charleston.af.mil
Ken