Fishing Report (Updated 5.14.2008)

Spottail Bass: Very good.  More and more bait is showing up everyday and tailing action is starting to get hot on the flats.  Lots of fish are also being caught in the ICW, creeks, and Wando River, with tons of 5-12 pound redfish being caught on live and dead mullet, shrimp and crabs.  The Harbor, inlets, and creeks are teeming with bait, and some monster spottails are being caught out around the Charleston jetties fishing cut bait.

Trout: Very good.  Fish are in the Wando, Cooper, and the creeks around Wild Dunes.  Early morning topwater action on Spooks has heated up, and during the day anglers should fish live shrimp under a float, or DOA and RipTide shrimp with a slow retrieve around oyster beds.  Night fishermen have also done well fishing DOA shrimp under well-lit docks.   

Flounder: Very good.  Most flounder have completed their migration back inshore and can be found throughout inlets, the ICW, and creeks.  Target flounder using live mud minnows fished slowly on the bottom.  Small flounder are also being caught in the surf.  

Sheepshead: Very good. Sheepshead are schooled up at the nearshore reefs such as Capers Reef and are also being caught inshore.  Reports of nice catches around inshore structure, as well as at the Charleston jetties, are common.  

Folly Beach Pier:  Some whiting, spots, pompano and a few trout are being caught, but pier fishing has yet to really pick up in the area.

Offshore: Out at nearshore reefs sea bass are still being caught in good numbers, and spadefish have started to show up as well as large bluefish.  Dolphin are abundant and being caught in large numbers (although the real bulls haven’t arrived), and wahoo fishing is great.  Barracuda are out in full force, and some tuna are being caught at the Georgetown Hole.  C-Level Charters reports having billfish in the spread but being unable so far to draw a strike. 

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