Inshore Fishing Archives - Page 208 of 287

May 10, 2026

Ponds on Bear Island WMA are managed by the S.C. Department of Natural Resources and provide great fishing for freshwater and saltwater species alike.

Bear Island ponds are tops

Bear Island Wildlife Management Area is situated between the Ashepoo River and the Edisto River. […]

Redfish have broke out of big schools into smaller pods and are hitting both natural and artificial baits.

Good numbers of ‘gator trout’ being caught in Charleston waters

Anglers fishing the inshore waters around Charleston are having good luck with three different species of fish – with a fourth one just starting to show up. […]

Speckled trout are on the rebound in South Carolina waters two years after back-to-back winter cold kills.

Trout close to being back

Bryan Bowers

Back-to-back winter kills on spotted seatrout in 2009 and 2010 decimated the population and left anglers who love catching specks wondering when the fishery would once again be viable. […]

Flounder fishing has been great lately in the inshore waters of Murrells Inlet and Pawleys Island.

Flounder bite on southern end of Grand Strand has cranked up

Jeff Burleson

Mother Nature keeps slinging unsettled weather across South Carolina’s coastal area, yet guides in Murrells Inlet and Pawleys Island report steady catches of flounder. […]

Capt. Jimmy Skinner of Edisto Beach catches plenty of redfish on live bait.

Video gives tips for fishing cut bait for South Carolina redfish

Phillip Gentry

Despite the best marketing attempts of lure manufacturers, casting soft-plastic baits is not the only way to catch redfish. […]

Tanner Lynk shows off the kind of bluefish that have descended on the Cape Lookout area in the past week.

Chopper blues arrive on annual visit to Cape Lookout area

Jerry Dilsaver

Chopper bluefish have moved into the hook and drain at Cape Lookout, and the toothy critters are worthy and dependable adversaries. […]

Redfish are relative homebodies; until they’re large enough to spawn, they rarely leave a basic area.

Lowcountry 411 – Take these tips and catch Lowcountry redfish all the time, anytime.

John Gribb

Redfish are easy.Some freshwater anglers, especially those who focus on cold-water trout, disdainfully quip that “Catching bass is easy; anyone can catch one.” […]

Guides Stu Caulder shows off the kind of puppy drum that the marshes of Bald Head Island regularly produce for fishermen during May.

Bald Head Brawl – The extensive marshes north of North Carolina’s Baldhead Island offer great inshore fishing in the spring

Jerry Dilsaver

The small schools of minnows, swept down the little marsh creek on the falling tide, seemed to get nervous as it crossed a spot just a few yards inside the creek’s mouth. […]

The author caught this spunky largemouth bass in the upper reaches of the Ashepoo River in Colleton County.

Something for Everyone – Freshwater, saltwater fish abound along Colleton County’s Ashepoo River

Brian Cope

Originating under the moss-draped trees of the black-water swamps outside Walterboro in Colleton County, the Ashepoo River flows approximately 42 miles before emptying into St. Helena Sound. […]

Cover: May 2013 (NC) – Inshore

North Carolina Sportsman

Flounder and a handful of other inshore fish will make a big appearance in the Bald Head Island marshes this month, while bream are ganging up on the mayflies hatching at Mountain Island Lake. […]