South Carolina DNR Saltwater report 7-31

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

Fishing trends courtesy www.SCFishingReport.com. Check out the internet site for current updates and detailed reports.

Minor River

Cherry Grove Pier reports that some red drum, black drum, flounder, sheepshead, spot and whiting have all been caught. Absolutely nothing is hot – apart from for the climate and catches of modest sharks.

Grand Strand

Flounder: Really excellent. Perry’s Bait and Tackle in Murrell’s Inlet reviews that flounder fishing in Murrells Inlet remains very powerful. Cast or troll Carolina rigged stay mud minnows on the bottom about sandy bottoms and about tough framework. Fishing is often greatest for a couple of hours both side of low tide. Some quite big flounder have been caught at the nearshore reefs.
Red and black drum: Great. Perry’s studies that redfish in the creeks have slowed down a minor in the earlier few of weeks. The greatest inshore fishing is either facet of very low tide about oyster shells, feeder creeks and depressions.
Reside mud minnows, dwell finger mullet, dwell shrimp and a variety of synthetic lures will all work.
Sheepshead: Perry’s reports that at the Georgetown jetties and all around the nearer reefs sheepshead fishing is sturdy. Fish fiddler crabs vertically on a Carolina rig.
Surf and Pier report: Whiting are close to in great numbers and tiny to medium sized bluefish and Spanish mackerel have also proven up off the piers. Spanish are also getting caught appropriate off the shorelines and outdoors the North Murrells Inlet Jetty. Flounder fishing is slow off the piers but sharks are almost everywhere.

Charleston

Red drum: The Charleston Angler reviews the redfish bite has been great early in the mornings and late in the evenings. For the duration of these times the topwater bite has been great and is always an fascinating way to goal these fish. Delicate plastics have also been productive as the sun arrives up and into the early early morning. As the day goes on and with our report scorching temperatures, it would seem that reduce or reside bait has been significantly much more productive targeting docks and deeper creeks. All of the estuaries all around Charleston are keeping lots of bait this sort of as shrimp, finger mullet, and menhaden. All of these baits have been extremely productive at coaxing these overheated fish into biting.
Trout: The Charleston Angler reviews he trout bite has been slower than typical because of to the previous number of harsh winters we have had, but as of the previous number of weeks we have been viewing some excellent amounts of fish in the deeper creeks and off the seashores. The early early morning bite has appeared to be the way to go with these fish and they have also been actively feeding on the topwater plugs. As for fishing the deeper creeks and off the shorelines or piers, shrimp or mud minnows have appeared to be the bait of option for most anglers.
Flounder: The Charleston Angler reviews flounder guides in the Charleston region say this has been one particular of the best many years for flounder they have noticed in a long time. They have been chasing bait on the mud flats as effectively as actively feeding on sand flats and over any varieties of submerged rocks. Brilliant coloured gentle plastics have appeared to do the trick for most and as constantly a Carolina rigged mud minnow or a mud minnow under a popping cork have also made fish.
Tarpon: The Charleston Angler reports the tarpon bite has been a important focus for numerous anglers in the Charleston location. Fishing about a lot of of the more substantial bays or any of the inlets that are directly connected to the ocean have been quite productive. Most of these fish have been caught by both bigger mullet on the bottom or menhaden floating in direction of the surface area of the water. 1 of the most important items to look for when attempting to catch the silver king is clean transferring h2o. These fish like the deeper channels that are largely located amongst sandbars.

Beaufort

Spottail Bass: Fair. Bay Road Outfitters in Beaufort reviews that the h2o has gotten so warm that the fish are a bit lethargic. Fishing with mud minnows on greater stages of the tide in the morning, when the water is a bit cooler, has been most productive. The dropping tide has been a bit much better than the increasing tide, and the greatest bite has been close to the edges of grass and about holes in thicker grass. On higher tide there has been some first rate tailing exercise and some extremely large redfish have been caught with crab and shrimp pattern flies on the flats. Captain Dan “Fishin’ Coach” Utley in Hilton Head concurs that redfish are harder to locate in the sizzling h2o. The very best bite for him has been on the large outgoing tide around oyster bed points a minor deeper than normal, up to four ft deep.
Flounder: Fair Bay Road Outfitters reviews that excellent numbers of flounder are getting caught in the creeks. Fish mud minnows on reduced levels of the tide close to great ambush details.
Tarpon and Ladyfish: Bay Street Outfitters reports that excellent numbers of ladyfish are all around and tarpon are currently being witnessed rolling. Massive menhaden colleges can be discovered in the Wide River on the proper days.
Hunting Island Pier: Some whiting and tiny bluefish are becoming caught, but sharks, rays and toadfish are far more prolific correct now.