South Carolina DNR Saltwater report 4-3

Minor River – Grand Strand – Charleston – Beaufort – Tides – S.C. marine recreational fishing laws (PDF file). Saltwater Fishing License website.

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Minor River

* No new reviews.

Grand Strand

* Perry’s Bait and Tackle reviews that some spottails are getting caught in the Murrells Inlet-location creeks and black drum are currently being caught close to seawalls and out at the jetties. No flounder have showed up yet. Dogfish, sharks and toadfish are about all that’s in the surf, but sheepshead have been caught at the ten Mile and Pawley’s Island reefs, as effectively as at the Georgetown jetties.

Charleston

* Sheepshead and Black drum: Great to very good. Haddrell’s Position reviews that large sheepshead and black drum are nonetheless currently being observed at the nearshore reefs. Inshore sheepshead fishing has also turned back again on about jetties, bridges, and rock piles positioned close to deep water accessibility. Fish fiddler crabs or clam pieces vertically on a Carolina rig.
* Spottail Bass: Fair to excellent. Haddrell’s Level reviews that flats redfish have started out to break up out of the big wintertime educational institutions, and they can also be found close to docks and rock piles. Dwell shrimp, mud minnows, cut mullet, Gulp! Jerkshad, Mirrolures and Zman Rain MinnowZ have all been productive not too long ago.
* Trout: Improving. Haddrell’s Level reviews that a couple of trout are by now currently being caught in 6-10 feet of h2o making use of suspending baits (these kinds of as the Mirro-Lure MirroDine or Bomber’s Ba-Donk-A-Donk SS series) or finesse fashion soft plastics.

Beaufort

* Spottail Bass: Good to quite very good. Bay Street Outfitters in Beaufort reports that, typical for March, flats fish are starting up to break out of their huge winter-time universities. Some really significant fish have been caught on the flats, and a single fish was even noticed tailing The population seems very sturdy, and fish will consider a selection of bait and artificials, like flies. Captain Dan &quotFishin’ Coach&quot Utley in Hilton Head reviews that fishing continues to be productive. Fish are extremely ready to consider a jighead tipped with Gulp! shrimp, and on lower phases of the tide sight fishing has been productive. Trout: Bay Road Outfitters reviews that the trout fishing ought to begin to choose up soon.