North Myrtle Beach August 1, 2013
Bill Denzler, of NJ, with a 5 lb. speckeld trout that bit a live mud minnow under a popping cork near the Little River crossroads. He was fishing with Capt. Patrick Kelly of Capt. Smiley’s Fishing Charters.
Mark, of Shallow Minded Inshore Fishing Charters, reports that anglers are catching solid numbers of speckled trout around the Little River jetties. Most are falling for live shrimp pinned to float rigs and drifted along the rocks with the tide.
Some large red drum are also looking for meals along the rocks, and live menhaden fished on the bottom have been tempting them to bite.
The flounder bite has gotten much better in Little River Inlet. Smaller live menhaden and mullet are the way to go for the flatfish.
Anglers are also starting to catch good numbers of flounder around the Jim Caudle Reef and other nearshore structure within a few miles of the beachfront. Live baits or Gulp-tipped bucktail jigs will fool the flounder in the ocean.
Inshore, anglers are finding plenty of red and black drum feeding around oyster rocks and potholes in the backwaters from Little River to Sunset Beach. ICW structure like docks and the Sunset Beach Bridge is also producing good numbers of both drum. Live and cut mullet or shrimp will fool the drum into biting.
Brian Richard, of Shallotte, with a pair of spadefish that bit pieces of cannonball jelly outside the Little River jetties while he was fishing with Robert Hughes and Todd Helf on the “C Scout.”
Patrick, of Capt. Smiley’s Fishing Charters, reports that there’s been some solid speckled trout and flounder action in Bonaparte Creek recently, with the best bites around oyster beds and grass banks. Live shrimp and mud minnows fished under popping corks are producing most of the action with both fish, but anglers are also hooking up with Gulps and the same live baits pinned to 1/4 oz. jigheads.
Flounder and red drum are feeding around the oyster rocks and docks in Tubbs Inlet, and both species will pounce on the live baits or Gulps.
Some larger red drum are feeding in Little River Inlet, and anglers fishing live and cut menhaden on the bottom have been hooking up with them.
Speckled trout, bonnethead sharks, and other species are feeding in the inlet as well, and they’re taking an interest in live shrimp fished under floats and on the bottom.
Ronnie, of Cherry Grove Pier, reports that anglers have been catching some sea mullet and black drum while bottom fishing with shrimp. An 8 lb. red drum was also hooked early in the week.
The water is 81 degrees.
