Inshore Fishing

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Dawn is speck light

Jeff Burleson

The summer sun beats down and bakes South Carolina’s inshore waters, but even though the heat can be rough during daylight hours, each day starts off a little cooler under dawn’s early light. […]

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Catch Bulls Bay’s trout and redfish with these tips

Brian Cope

“We’ll give this area about 10 minutes and if we don’t get any action, we’ll move on to the next spot. The fish are definitely here, but that recent storm and king tide has them real moody, so we’re not going to spend too much time in any one place if we don’t get a bite pretty quick,” said Capt. Garrett Lacy of Mt. Pleasant. […]

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Southport minister catches huge Cape Fear flounder

Jerry Dilsaver

Before he received his calling to the pulpit, pastor David Mammay of Southport was one of the premiere inshore-nearshore guides around Southport, and it appears that he hasn’t lost his touch, as evidenced by a 13.02-pound flounder he caught on June 14 in the Cape Fear River. […]

Inshore Fishing

Southern flounder are left handed

John Gribb

Flatfish, which lurk on the bottom and have both of their eyes on one side of their head, are widely dispersed throughout the world’s saltwater environments, but they are not all the same. […]

Inshore Fishing

Practice casting before the tailing redfish tides arrive

Jeff Burleson

Every year, anglers check tide tables to see when they can target redfish tailing on skinny flats, and opportunities are limited, with only a few days per month when the tide rises above the 5.7 threshold when the sun is out. And shots at fish during the flood can be limited, making casting ability ever-so-important. […]

Inshore Fishing

Don’t clog up redfish on-ramps around tailing flats

Jeff Burleson

The flood tides that affect the coastal region provide easy meals for redfish in the marsh. For anglers who have studied how reads move onto the flats, some of the best places catch a red during the tailing tides is in their staging locations in deeper water. But anglers targeting those areas can ruin their future tailing action.   […]

Inshore Fishing

Get reds on top before they move up on tailing flats

Jeff Burleson

Tailing redfish is one of the most exciting ways to stretch a line in saltwater. It is often more like hunting because anglers are looking for fish across the grassy flats and stalking ever so stealthily. If sight-fishing in shallow water isn’t enough, throwing surface flies to reds will sure get an angler’s blood flowing.  […]