Fishing Report (Updated 11.11.2009)

Thanks to Ron Davis for this week's inshore report.

Spotted Sea Trout: Excellent. In the first and last hour of daylight each day topwater action for trout has been nothing short of amazing.  Look in creeks and rivers close to the ocean.  This bite should hold up for another week or two and then drop off when temperatures decline.  Shrimp are leaving the creeks and so live bait is becoming even less important – grubs and DOA shrimp fished 2-3 feet under a rattling float are working very well.   

Weakfish:  Excellent. This has been the best year for summer trout in the last ten to fifteen years.  50 fish days are not uncommon for anglers using bucktails and grubs around rocks and nearshore reefs.

Spottail Bass: Excellent.  The redfish bite has changed very little except that fish are bunching up in tighter schools.  Reds are feeding actively on all the flats adjacent to the big water in the entire ACE Basin and the North Edisto River. Look for reds pushing water around the shallow shell bars at low tide. Live shrimp and finger mullet will not be refused when a school is located, but those using artificials can do almost as well with Gulp! shrimps and other scented soft plastics fished on 1/8-1/4 oz. jigheads. During the windy days, large numbers are also being caught well up in the smaller creeks around the deep bends where wood or rock structure is prevalent.  

Sheepshead: Good. Lots of 2-3 pound sheepshead are being caught around the dock pilings in Big Bay Creek on live shrimp and fiddlers, especially the concrete pilings. Quarter moon tides seem to be the most productive as it is easier to keep the bait close to the structure with the slower moving water.

Flounder: Good.  Flounder are starting to leave the creeks in preparation for making the move to the reefs where they will winter.  Water is clear and lots of fish are being gigged at the mouths of inlets.  Average size if very good right now and 18-22 inch fish are prevalent.

Offshore: Edisto Marina (843-869-3504) says that recent winds have kept most boats docked.  

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