South Carolina DNR saltwater fishing report 1-13

(Sporadic reporting owing to wintertime circumstances)

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

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Little River

No report.

Grand Strand

A number of spottails have been caught, but the trout have been challenging to track down.

Charleston

Redfish: Excellent. Haddrell’s Stage reports fantastic quantities of redfish (at times one hundred+ fish in a school) have been schooling up on the reduced tide flats and are eagerly using all types of baits such as Gulp! jerkshads, Gulp! swimming mullet. The old stand-by baits such as mud minnows and reduce mullet are also really efficient this time of 12 months.
Sheepshead: Good. Haddrell’s reports fish are nevertheless feeding greatly along composition in eight-20 ft of water with fiddler crabs, oysters, and barnacles being the top rated bait options.

Beaufort

Spottail Bass: Excellent. It’s been cold enough for fish to college and there are a number of bait fish about (mullet). Find the school on the flat and you are very good. Artificials and minnows are producing.
Trout: Reasonable. Come across the deep holes. DOA Shrimp and spoons will the two operate.