North Myrtle Beach August 11, 2005
Mark Dickson, at Shallow Minded Guide Fishing, reports excellent flounder fishing in the Little River Inlet. Drifting live baits will catch plenty of fish, but the bigger fish (in the 3 to 5 lb. range) are along the rocks and out in the ocean on the nearshore reefs.
Spanish and kings are still eating everything, and one day this week at the 410/510 the bite was so good that topwater plugs were used to catch both.
Sheepshead are along the jetty rocks and nearshore structures. Try using the mussels that grow on the rocks, or catch fiddler crabs at low tide. Redfish and speckled trout are still biting, but they are small and only eating early in the mornings.
Grouper fishing has been good from 90 foot of water on out.
Patrick Kelly, at Captain Smiley’s Fishing Charters, reports live baits in the Little River Inlet will most certainly catch flounder this time of year. Other catches in the inlet this week have been undersized cobia, bonnethead sharks, and acrobatic ladyfish. The three mile areas are producing sea bass and sheepshead.
The redfish bite that has been so good is now inconsistent, but the fish should still be in the usual places.
