Inshore Fishing Archives - Page 172 of 287

July 13, 2026

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. […]

Kayak-bound fishermen can yak it up with sharks anytime and almost anywhere.

Plastic-boat sharking – Anglers fishing from kayaks can battle some awfully big sharks if they pay attention to detail

Phillip Gentry

In the movie “Jaws,” Capt. Quint takes on a 25-foot great white shark in his 55-foot boat, the “Orca,” and he loses. […]

Capt. Allen Jernigan has found that red drum and trout are apt to hit topwater baits in the middle of the day on the New River.

Top drum beat – Mid-day topwater bite is great summer feature for New River anglers

Jerry Dilsaver

The morning was so calm the fishermen could hear the clacking of the rattles in the topwater lures they were working across the shallow bay off the Intracoastal Waterway a few miles south of Sneads Ferry. Capt. Allen Jernigan was coaching the fishermen on correct speed and the “walking-the-dog” motion when he noticed a small wave appear behind one of the lures. […]