Fishing Report (Updated 9.2.2010)

Inshore: Captain Michael Rutenberg (843-685-2737) reports that fewer boats, less humidity and the abundance of live mullet makes the end of summer and early fall a great time for fishing.  Many inshore fish are now gorging themselves on the abundance of bait and/or gathering in large numbers to spawn.  This means more large adult fish are inshore than during the summer months.  In the shallow creeks and ICW slot-sized redfish, trout and flounder can all be caught on live mullet or mud minnows under a popping cork.  Cut mullet has also been landing black drum, whiting, and croaker.  A few big redfish can be caught in the surf along the shallow sandbars adjacent to the main channel using crabs, and in the next few weeks all lines will be focused on the jetties for the big spawning red drum.

Cherry Grove Pier (843-249-1625) reports that lots of bait is in the surf, and the most impressive bite has been for big flounder.  In the last week they've had multiple fish in the 4-5 pound range caught.  They've also had some big whiting, a 4 pound 14 ounce weakfish and a 7 pound 10 ounce spadefish caught.

Offshore: See the Grand Strand report. 

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