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July 15, 2026

Clothing, sunglasses, sunscreen and hydration are all ways to combat effects of the summer sun.

Take care of your hide

Most fishermen have experience with sunburn and sweat, a couple of things that result from fishing during the summer. […]

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. […]

Deep brush piles are producing lots of nice crappie at Lake Marion.

Summer pattern has Lake Marion crappie fishermen smiling

Terry Madewell

The crappie on Lake Marion have locked into the summer pattern and lots of fish, including plenty of slabs, can now being caught on deep water brush. […]

It's not always what's around a pier that makes it a fish magnet, but where it's located.

Magic piers? The key is location, location, location

Tony Garitta

Each year, Mr. Y sweetens his pier like a professional gardener. He strategically sinks around it brush treated with fish attractants, thins the brush out to limit snags, and leaves pockets within the vegetation to dunk his minnows and jigs. […]

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. […]