South Carolina DNR Saltwater report 7-24

Offshore fishing
July 21, 2011
Saltwater Fishing Developments:

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

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Minor River

Cherry Grove Pier studies that a handful of weakfish, spot, pompano, spadefish and little snapper have been caught, and a number of individuals targeting sheepshead have been possessing achievement.

Grand Strand

At the Murrells Inlet jetties black and red drum fishing has arrive on powerful, with tons of red drum. Lower mullet, menhaden or quartered blue crabs will all function, and black drum are ingesting sand fleas quite nicely. Sheepshead have also turned on at the jetties, particularly down in the direction of Georgetown and sand flea sales are taking off.

Charleston

Standard with the Lowcountry summer season fishing pattern, the inshore waters are offering a minor bit of everything right now. Redfish are scattered all through our estuaries and are conveniently taking live baits fished all around docks and rock piles around reduced tide, and decent studies of tailing fish up in the grass have been coming in the week. Modest trout are nonetheless offered to make a popping float go down, but the larger fish are nevertheless couple of and far among. Flounder keep on to be relatively regular utilizing dwell mullet, minnows, and chatterbaits near inlets and the edges of rock piles.

Beaufort

The redfish are more challenging to discover in the sizzling drinking water. The best bite is on the large outgoing tide around oyster mattress factors in deeper water than the cooler drinking water months. The redfish can be caught as deep as 4 feet. On the 1/2 tides find some fish back again in creeks with bends and construction like docks or trees that have fallen in the h2o, again the fish are holding deeper. The other scorching spots with a small window is to fish small feeder creeks off the main rivers on the 1st of the incoming tide and stick to the fish as they move in the creek. Mud minnows are working effectively as effectively as cut bait.