North Myrtle Beach August 8, 2013
Brody Hughes with a red drum he caught and released at the Little River jetties after it struck a live menhaden.
Mark, of Shallow Minded Inshore Fishing Charters, reports that there’s been a solid flounder bite going on at the Jim Caudle Reef and other structure within a few miles of the beachfront. Live menhaden are fooling most of the flatfish at the nearshore structure.
Anglers are also hooking a few flatfish around the Little River jetties.
Fishing live shrimp around the jetties is producing plenty of mixed bag action with speckled trout (to 20”), black drum (to 10 lbs.), red drum (to 36”), and more. Fishing the shrimp on float rigs and allowing them to drift past the rocks with the tide has been the most productive method.
Some larger reds (to 30+ lbs.) are feeding on the bottom in the inlet and will bite live, dead, and cut pogies. There are also plenty of sharpnose, bonnethead, and other sharks feeding around the inlet that will pounce on cut baits as well.
Chris Forehand with 22″ flounder and red drum that bit live mud minnows in Tubbs Inlet while he was fishing with Landon Brice.
Larger sharks are looking for meals along the beachfront and out to a few miles from shore. Dead and cut baits are tough for the sharks to turn down.
Patrick, of Capt. Smiley’s Fishing Charters, reports that there’s been some excellent fishing around Little River Inlet recently. Anglers are catching large red drum while bottom-fishing in the inlet with live and cut menhaden.
Good numbers of speckled trout, smaller reds, and a mixed bag of other fish have been feeding along the rock jetties at the inlet, and anglers are hooking all of them while casting live shrimp on split-shot rigs and letting them drift along the rocks.
Lindsay Yates with a 6 lb. spanish mackerel that bit a live menhaden under a balloon at the General Sherman wreck off Little River Inlet.
Inshore, there’s still a decent red drum bite in the marshes, where anglers are finding the fish feeding along grass edges. The water’s been dirty lately, so using either popping corks, cut baits, or both to give fish sound and scent to key in on seems to be helping anglers get more bites right now. Live shrimp, mud minnows, and finger mullet have also been effective lately.
More reds and decent numbers of flounder have been feeding in Tubbs Inlet. Live baits and Gulps have been fooling both.
Lily, of Cherry Grove Pier, reports that anglers are hooking some spot, sea mullet, and pompano while bottom fishing from the pier with shrimp.
A few large red drum are feeding along the surf zone as well.
The water is 81 degrees.
