Added on Thursday, June 12, 2008  Gary Hurley

North Myrtle Beach June 12, 2008

Mark, of Shallow Minded Guide Fishing, reports that the spadefish are still schooled up thick at the General Sherman wreck. Anglers can hook up with the spades on strips of jelly ball after luring the school to the boat by suspending several of the jelly balls below the boat.

The flounder bite just keeps getting better at Tubbs Inlet. Anglers are landing double digit numbers of flounder while drifting the inlet with Carolina-rigged peanut pogies, and plenty of the fish have been keepers.

Anglers are also catching some larger flounder while fishing with live baits around Cherry Grove and in Little River Inlet.

Red drum are feeding around the Little River jetties, and anglers caught reds (up to 32″) on live shrimp last week. A few trout are also still falling for the shrimp at the jetties.

Anglers fishing live shrimp around Sunset Beach Bridge are landing a mixed bag including some speckled trout and black drum.

 

Patrick, of Capt. Smiley’s Fishing Charters, reports that inshore fishing in the area has been excellent over the past week. The flounder bite has been solid in the Cherry Grove area, with most fish keepers.

Even more flounder have been coming from Tubbs Inlet, where anglers are hooking up while drifting over deep holes and small ledges with Carolina-rigged tiger-side minnows. The action has been best on a falling tide.

Live shrimp rigged under popping corks have been producing good numbers of speckled trout around the Sunset Beach Bridge.

Trout and some red drum are falling for Gulp baits and live shrimp under popping corks around drains in the ICW and Bonaparte Creek.

More specks and some larger reds (24-27″) are feeding around the Little River jetties, and anglers are scoring results with them while casting tiger minnows and Gulps into the rocks.

Spanish mackerel are feeding in Little River Inlet as well, and anglers can cast Maria jigs and other lures to the breaking fish while trout and drum fishing near the rocks.

 

Drew, of North Myrtle Beach Offshore Adventures, reports that while the dolphin bite continues to be excellent throughout the blue water and boats are landing some wahoo, the big story is last week’s hot billfish action.

Boats released several sailfish and a number of blue marlin last week, especially around the 100/400, where big numbers of dolphin and flying fish seem to be attracting and holding the bills.

While the dolphin and sailfish bite has been best in 200′ of water and less, the marlin are feeding further offshore in 40+ fathoms. Most boats are targeting the dolphin early, putting some meat in the box, and then heading offshore to look for the blues.

Skirted ballyhoo should appeal to any of the Gulf Stream predators.

Some dolphin are moving inshore of the Stream, and boats hooked up with them near the BP-25 last week.

The king bite has been steady (but not red hot) around the Jungle.

Bottom fishing at offshore ledges has been producing good numbers of grouper, and amberjacks are schooled up at wrecks like the Ennis and Belky Bear.

 

Annie, of Cherry Grove Pier, reports that plug casters are hooking up with spanish mackerel and bluefish.

Anglers fishing with live greenbacks have landed a decent number of speckled trout this week.

The water temperature is 84 degrees.