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August 29, 2026

A sheepshead’s powerful jaws and dental work can make quick work of terminal tackle that’s not up to the task.

Safety first

Sheepshead fishing at the Winyah Bay rock jetties can be some of the most-exciting of all summer fishing, but the jetties can also be treacherous for both inexperienced and experienced boaters. […]

Wes Barbour catches plenty of speckled trout along spoil islands, created by a dredging the Cape Fear River shipping channel.

Spoil island specks

Craig Holt

It seems odd to find spotted seatrout 10 miles north of the mouth of the Cape River and approximately 3 miles inland from the Atlantic Ocean, but that’s possible near Carolina Beach. […]

Put some “pop” in your fishing

Craig Holt

Popping corks have been around for many years, and they are still just as effective as they’ve always been. […]

Guide Rick Patterson has been putting plenty of flounder into his livewell in the waters around Swansboro.

Inshore bite great around Swansboro for flounder, redfish

Jerry Dilsaver

According to Capt. Rick Patterson of Cape Crusader Charters in Cape Carteret, summer has been good for fishing along the Crystal Coast. […]

Redfish, along with speckled trout and bonnethead sharks, are making summer fishing trips great for a lot of anglers in the Charleston area.

Inshore action in Charleston has been as hot as the weather

Brian Cope

Saltwater anglers looking for some hot action are finding it around Charleston. Redfish, trout and bonnethead sharks are eagerly biting a variety of baits throughout the inlets, creeks, and jetties of the Holy City. […]

Weedless spoons should be a major part of any inshore fishermann's tackle box; they catch most popular species.

Weedless spoons? Don’t leave home without them

Jerry Dilsaver

Most saltwater fishermen have an array of soft plastics, jigheads, topwater plugs and floating- or popping-cork rigs in their tackle boxes, but often, one of the most-important and productive lures is missing: weedless spoons. […]

Flounder fishing has been fantastic in the waters around Georgetown, and Capt. Jordan Pate believes runoff from rain associated with Hurricane Arthur will make the action even better.

Flounder, redfish action great in Georgetown waters, should get better

Jeff Burleson

For the past few weeks, the inshore bite around Georgetown has taken a turn into the right direction, with double-digit catches of big flounder and redfish as estuaries are chock full of every king of forage imaginable. […]

Nice upper-slot drum aren't in big schools, but they're plenty aggressive in the waters around Sneads Ferry.

Red drum, trout action is topping out around Sneads Ferry

Jerry Dilsaver

Capt. Allen Jernigan of Breadman Ventures in Sneads Ferry said the inshore fishing is as hot as the weather, and that the summer heat has fired up flounder, red drum and speckled trout in the area. […]

Speckled trout are one inshore species that will hit a multi-hook rig like the Vudu V-Rig (below).

Is one lure not enough?

Brian Cope

Offshore anglers have used teaser rigs for decades, showing fish like dolphin and billfish multiple lures swimming together. […]

SCDNR officials figure more than a million fish, a huge percentage of them menhaden, died in a weekend fish kill around North Inlet.

SCDNR officials say North Inlet fish kill will have no lasting effects

Brian Cope

Some Georgetown County boaters and beachgoers got a scare late last week when they noticed a mass fish kill near North Inlet at the upper end of Winyah Bay, but according to the S.C. Department of Natural Resources and S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control, the fish kill, and its apparent cause, is as common occurrence that poses no threat to humans. […]