North Myrtle Beach August 2, 2012
Andrea Scandariato, of Greenville, NC, with a barracuda that struck a tube lure at the General Sherman wreck off Little River Inlet.
Mark, of Shallow Minded Inshore Fishing Charters, reports that there’s been some excellent action nearshore in the ocean lately.
Dropping live finger mullet and menhaden on Carolina rigs to structure like the Jim Caudle Reef is producing fast action with flounder and gray trout, and (surprisingly) some healthy speckled trout, with some fish to 4 lbs.
Spanish mackerel and some schools of jack crevalle are feeding in the same areas, and both will pounce on metal casting jigs like Deadly Dicks worked quickly around surface activity and diving birds.
Some cobia are still hanging around the General Sherman and other nearshore structure in the area, with many following stingrays and tiger sharks (several are smaller fish but some to 48” were landed last week as well). Bucktail jigs with soft plastic trailers and live baits will tempt bites from the cobia.
Luke Ward, of Statesville, NC, with a red drum that fell for a live shrimp under a Pop-it float in Bonaparte Creek while he was fishing with Capt. Patrick Kelly of Capt. Smiley's Fishing Charters.
Barracuda are also patrolling the nearshore reefs, and they will take a hearty interest in tube lures or live baits.
Red drum are still feeding around Little River Inlet, and it’ll soon be time for the biggest reds of the year (20-40 lbs.) to be feeding around the rock jetties there. Live menhaden are excellent choices for the big reds.
Smaller red drum, speckled and gray trout, bonnethead sharks, flounder, and more are also feeding in the inlet and will pounce on live shrimp drifted along the bottom.
Patrick, of Capt. Smiley’s Fishing Charters, reports that fishing remains solid inshore in the area. Tubbs Inlet continues to be one of the best spots, with anglers hooking flounder and red and black drum while fishing around the inlet. The docks and adjacent creekmouths are hosting most of the action, and live finger mullet and shrimp are producing the bites.
More red and black drum have been feeding around oyster rocks in Bonaparte Creek, where live shrimp and mullet fished under popping corks are tempting them to bite.
Capt. Mark Dickson, of Shallow Minded Inshore Fishing Charters, with a flounder that bit a live menhaden in Tubbs Inlet.
There’s been a decent speckled trout bite in Dunn Sound over the past week as well, with most of the fish falling for float-rigged live shrimp fished along the channel edges.
Lily, of Cherry Grove Pier, reports that bottom fishermen are running into some spot, sea mullet, pompano, stingrays, and more while fishing shrimp on double-hook rigs.
Some spanish mackerel and bluefish are falling for Gotcha plugs and mackerel tree rigs worked from the pier.
