June 13
Saltwater Fishing Trends:

Little River - Grand Strand - Charleston - Beaufort - Tides

S.C. marine recreational fishing regulations (PDF file). Saltwater Fishing License site.

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

Little River

Cherry Grove Pier reports that they have been catching a good number of sub-keeper flounder off the pier as well as lots of bluefish in the 2-3+ pound range. Numbers of whiting are down but the fish that have been landed have been big fish in the 3/4 – 1 1/2 pound range, and some spot have started to run. There have been no kings landed but a 31 and a 33 pound cobia were recently caught off the pier.

Grand Strand

Nearshore: King mackerel have been caught at Belkie Bear as well as off the beaches, and at the 3 Mile Reef spadefish and Spanish mackerel are doing well.
Offshore: Georgetown Landing Marina reports that fishing is as good as it gets offshore. Dolphin and black fin tuna have been prolific, and some nice tilefish, grouper and a big hogfish have been caught. Several blue marlin have been hooked and released.

Charleston

Offshore: Haddrell’s Point reports the dolphin bite is wide open, with very strong numbers of fish in the 5-25 pound range and fish as shallow as 90 feet and as deep as 1800 feet. The wahoo bite remains decent in 130-250 feet of water, and numerous blue marlin have been seen and quite a few released.

Beaufort - Hilton Head

Offshore: Captain Wally Phinney reports that some nice messes of dolphin have been caught in the Gulf Stream out of Beaufort.