North Myrtle Beach June 2, 2011
Mike Arruda with a 52" bull dolphin that attacked a skirted ballyhoo near the Winyah Scarp while he was trolling with Capt. Kevin Walter on the "Blue Water."
Mark, of Shallow Minded Inshore Fishing Charters, reports that there’s been some solid fishing in Little River Inlet over the past week.
Anglers are catching flounder while drifting through the inlet. Live baits like mud minnows and Gulp baits will both attract attention from the flatfish.
Red drum, black drum, sheepshead, and some speckled trout are all feeding around the jetties at the inlet. Live baits are excellent choices around the rocks, and drifting them on a float rig is the way to go to avoid snagging up.
Spanish mackerel and bluefish are feeding in the inlet and along the beachfront on either side. Trolling Clarkspoons and casting metal lures like Deadly Dicks will fool the spanish and blues.
Spadefish are schooling up at nearshore structure like the General Sherman. Anglers can use jelly ball jellyfish to chum the spades up from the structure, and then use small bits of the jellies as hook baits to tempt them to bite.
Patrick, of Capt. Smiley’s Fishing Charters, reports that the Tubbs Inlet flounder bite remains excellent. Anglers are hooking solid numbers of the flatfish while drifting through the inlet and working Gulp jerk shads and shrimp in new penny and white.
Red drum are feeding in the shallows of Bonaparte Creek and Dunn Sound, and they will take an interest in Gulps, live mud minnows, or chunks of crab.
The same baits are attracting attention from reds, flounder, and black drum near the Little River Crossroads.
Mike Trost, of North Myrtle Beach, with a 9 lb., 2 oz. flounder he hooked near Little River Inlet while slow-trolling live baits with Steve Buck.
Steve, of Cherry Grove Pier, reports that anglers are still catching good numbers of spanish mackerel and bluefish from the pier while working Gotcha plugs and gold hook rigs.
Some spadefish and pompano are taking an interest in shrimp pinned to bottom rigs.
Plenty of flounder are coming over the rails, but most are on the small side.
Anglers dangling fiddler crabs and other crustacean baits near the pilings are connecting with some sheepshead.
The water is 76 degrees.
