North Myrtle Beach – August 27, 2015
Mark, of Shallow Minded Inshore Fishing Charters, reports that anglers are still finding plenty of action with red and black drum while fishing around Tilghman’s dock and point. The spot has been crowded recently, but anglers are hooking plenty of both fish despite the competition. Live shrimp are fooling most of the black drum, and anglers are hooking the reds on live and cut mullet. Fishing both on bottom rigs with 1 oz. weights is the best bet for success.
Some speckled trout are feeding around the Little River jetties, where anglers can hook them while drifting baits along the rocks. Live shrimp fished under floats are the most effective offerings for the specks.
Some flounder have also been feeding around the jetties. Anglers are tempting the flatfish to bite live finger mullet fished on the bottom near the rocky structures.
Larger spanish mackerel continue to chase finger mullet in the inlet during the falling tides. Anglers can free-line the mullet on small treble hooks to connect with the mackerel. Casting topwater plugs around fish that anglers spot feeding on the surface can also provide some exciting strikes. With either technique, a few inches of a light wire leader will keep the fish from cutting off once hooked.
Jimmy Vasset, of Asheville, NC, with a black drum that struck a live shrimp near Tilghman’s Dock while he was fishing with Capt. Mark Dickson of Shallow Minded Inshore Fishing Charters.
Patrick, of Capt. Smiley’s Fishing Charters, reports that the speckled trout bite is on around Little River. Anglers are hooking solid numbers of the specks along flooded grass and shell banks and the rocks of the inlet’s jetties. Live shrimp fished under Pop-It floats are doing most of the damage on the specks.
Black drum are still on the feed around Tilghman’s dock. They’ll bite live or fresh shrimp fished on the bottom near the structure.
Anglers are still hooking some flounder and red drum in Tubbs Inlet and other marshy spots around the area (with some undersized fish but some keepers in the mix). Live finger mullet and shrimp or scented artificials like Gulp baits will fool both fish.
Ronnie, of Cherry Grove Pier, reports that bottom fishermen have been decking some sea mullet and a few big pompano while baiting up with shrimp.
Anglers working Gotcha plugs and mackerel tree rigs from the pier are hooking some bluefish and spanish mackerel.
The water is 84 degrees.
