South Carolina DNR saltwater fishing report 12-29

(Sporadic reporting because of to winter problems)

Little River – Grand Strand – Charleston – Beaufort – Tides – S.C. maritime recreational fishing rules (PDF file). Saltwater Fishing License site.

Fishing trends courtesy www.SCFishingReport.com. Check the site for recent updates and in depth reports.

Tiny River

No new report

Grand Strand

No new report

Charleston

Offshore: Haddrell’s Point studies bottom fishing carries on to constitute the greater part of the offshore fishing reviews lately, but a few boats did make it out to do some trolling the past week and reported back again that there are even now a couple of wonderful wahoo hanging in 150-250 ft, specially if you can uncover a great &quotedge&quot with a temperature break on it. There are sound studies of grouper that have been coming from ninety-160 ft with some good triggerfish mixed in when you drop down some smaller baits.

Beaufort

Spottail Bass: Great to extremely very good. Bay Street Outfitters in Beaufort reviews that redfish are schooled up in massive winter colleges and sight fishing at very low tide in skinny drinking water is catching fish. On the fly LC Shrimp and Razzmatazz designs are working, and on spinning tackle reside shrimp, Redfish Magic, and Gulp! are effective. When the drinking water is moving on the soaring or falling tide fish can be caught around shell points and on the sides of creek drains in which they can ambush prey with out expending considerably power. On the dropping tide fishing along the edges of the grass can be quite good. Captain Dan &quotFishin’ Coach&quot Utley in Hilton Head studies that when the wind lays down on the flats fish will be located in massive universities and will feed very properly on very low tide or when the h2o is out of the grass. Quarter ounce jigs or gold spoons are really successful. On higher drinking water fish the edges of the grass with reduce mullet, Gulp! Shrimp or mud minnows on a rattling cork and 18 inch leader. Equally incoming and outgoing tides are strong. When the wind is as well negative to fish on the flats fish can be caught in the backs of some creeks with steep banking institutions and fallen trees in the h2o on the final two hours of the outgoing and initial two hrs of the incoming. Mud minnows and Gulp! Shrimp fished on the bottom are excellent in this circumstance.