Inshore Fishing Archives - Page 126 of 287

July 15, 2026

Speckled trout can be caught in Wimbee Creek and its smaller tributaries on topwater plugs on high tide and cut shrimp or soft plastics on periods of lower water.

Tackle Wimbee Creek trout

Wiimbee Creek is one of the creeks above Lady’s Island in the Beaufort area that doesn’t get a lot of fanfare. It’s an unsung hero of sorts for inshore anglers, and March is a good time to focus on trout in the creeks leading into the main waterway. […]

Black drum in the Little River area are ready and willing to jump on pieces of shrimp or chunks of crab that falls in front of them.

Time to bang the drum

Jeff Burleson

March weather can be fickle along South Carolina’s coast, with some days close to freezing and others inviting T-shirts and shorts. Regardless, inshore anglers can count on a solid black drum bite in Little River’s waters. […]

Warming nearshore waters will bring baitfish and big, bull reds into the waters just off the beaches and to the mouths of inlets around Georgetown.

Set your temp gauge for 60

Jeff Burleson

During the third week of March, the vernal equinox occurs, creating an equal number of daylight and dark hours all over the planet. […]

Using a double rig can increase your chances of catching a flounder.

Double your rig to catch more flounder

Brian Cope

Everybody likes a two-for-the-price-of-one sale, especially on fishing equipment. Flounder like it too, so increase your chances at hooking up with them by using a double flounder rig. […]

Stan Warren and Spencer Fort of Requiem Fishing pose with a big tiger shark they caught while fishing from the beach. They are against shark fishing bans and are doing their part to keep shark fishing legal.

Folly Beach City Council bans shark fishing

Brian Cope

Folly Beach City Council has banned shark fishing in the Folly Beach pier area. The measure was voted on last night, March 8. It passed unanimously, and includes the area between Third Street East and Third Street West. […]

Federal authorities have announced a closure of the cobia fishery on a major section of the east coast will begin on June 20.

Feds announce June 20 closure of cobia fishery

From News Reports

The recreational harvest of cobia between the Georgia-Florida border and New York will close at June 20, 2016, and will reopen on Jan. 1, 2017, NOAA Fisheries announced earlier today. […]

The cobia fishery for both Carolinas will close on June 20.

Feds announce June 20 closure of cobia fishery

From News Reports

The recreational harvest of cobia between the Georgia-Florida border and New York will close at June 20, 2016, and will reopen on Jan. 1, 2017, NOAA Fisheries announced earlier today. […]

The size of redfish school have decreased in the North Inlet area over the past ten years, so one state representative is proposing to make it a catch-and-release only area.

Lawmaker proposes catch-and-release only for North Inlet redfish

South Carolina Sportsman

Rep. Stephen Goldfinch, who serves District 108 covering Georgetown and Charleston counties is proposing to make North Inlet a catch-and-release only fishery for redfish. […]

Cooler water brings more black sea bass closer to shore, which puts in them in range of more fishermen.

Winter Rx for sea bass – When grouper are off limits in winter and early spring, nearshore fishermen turn to black sea bass off Grand Strand beaches

Jeff Burleson

Between January and the late spring, offshore anglers lose the chance to catch several of their favorite bottomfish due to federal closures. […]

Butch Foster catches whiting two at a time when he finds them along the Cape Fear River’s shipping channel in early spring.

Cape Fear white out – Targeting whiting in the Cape Fear area this month

Jerry Dilsaver

One of the finest-tasting panfish along the Cape Fear coast has to deal with a bit of an identity crisis, but it might be a good thing, as stocks of whiting, aka kingfish, sea mullet or Virginia mullet, are in good shape and not managed by any regulations. […]