North Myrtle Beach June 17, 2010
Eric Snover caught amd released this sailfish in 450' of water offshore of the Same Ol' Hole while fishing with Chandler Rose, Gary Teer, Jamie Kipkie, and Jonathan Rose.
Mark, of Shallow Minded Inshore Fishing Charters, reports that the area’s fishing has come around strong from last week.
Spadefish have shown up on the General Sherman and other nearshore structure, and anglers can hook them by chumming with cannonball jellies, then using a small piece of the jelly as a hook bait.
Some healthy cobia (30-40 lbs.) are also cruising around the Sherman, and anglers can tempt them to bite bucktail jigs with soft plastic trailers or live baits.
There’s been an excellent variety bite a bit closer to the beaches at the Jim Caudle Reef, where anglers are hooking up with flounder, bluefish, spadefish, banded rudderfish, some small sharks and cobia, and more. Small pogies fished on the bottom have been attracting plenty of attention there.
Inshore, the flounder bite is still solid in Tubbs Inlet and other spots. Small pogies or mud minnows will attract attention from the flatfish.
A few speckled trout and other fish are feeding around the Sunset Beach Bridge and falling for live shrimp under floats.
The speck and red drum bite is once again on at the Little River jetties. Float-fishing live shrimp is attracting most of the attention along the rocks.
Bait has been relatively easy to come by lately. There are plenty of live shrimp in the creeks for cast-netters, and schools of peanut pogies have taken up residence in most of the local marinas.
Tim Gallimore with a red grouper that fell for a butterfly jig at some bottom structure 50 miles south of Ocean Isle Beach while he was fishing with Daniel Simmons on the "Reel McCoy."
Patrick, of Capt. Smiley’s Fishing Charters, reports that there’s been some excellent action while fishing deeper shell beds in the area creeks lately. Anglers are picking up good numbers of red drum (most 16-22”) and speckled trout (several to 5 lbs. lately) while casting live shrimp under popping floats and free-lining the shrimp into the current.
Higher stages of the rising tide have been producing the most action in the creeks.
The speckled trout and red drum bite has turned on around the rock jetties at Little River, and anglers are hooking most of the fish while drifting live shrimp beneath floats.
Anglers are still catching good numbers of flounder in Tubbs Inlet, and they’re also finding flatfish action in Little River Inlet and around Sunset Beach Bridge. Drifting with live minnows on Carolina rigs is the way to find the fish in the inlets, while pinning the minnows to a jighead has been producing best around the bridge.
Bryan, of Fish-On Outfitters, reports that beach and pier bottom fishermen are finding some action with croakers, whiting, and smaller sharks while fishing with shrimp and cut baits.
The flounder bite is still on in the Cherry Grove marshes, though a lot of small fish are still mixed in with the keepers. Live mud minnows are fooling most of the fish.
Offshore, anglers are finding excellent dolphin fishing while trolling ballyhoo out at the break.
Mike, of Cherry Grove Pier, reports that anglers have been picking up some quality flounder lately. Red drum have also been providing some action, and both fish are falling for live shrimp and mud minnows.
Bottom fishermen are decking a few whiting and croaker on cut shrimp.
Spanish mackerel and bluefish are falling for Gotcha plugs that anglers are working from the pier.
Live baiters hooked a large tarpon last week.
The water is 80 degrees.
