From the Little River Reef near the North Carolina-South Carolina border to the Whitewater Reef off Hilton Head Island, plenty of nearshore and offshore reefs lie just off South Carolina’s coast. Many of them will hold sheepshead year-round, and February is a great month to target any of these reefs.
Most reefs are marked with a buoy, and the GPS coordinates for them are available from the S.C. Department of Natural Resources (www.dnr.sc.gov), along with a brief description and details about each one. The depth, size and type of structure all vary. Some are wrecks, and some are decommissioned ships or other objects obtained and sunk as part of the South Carolina Artificial Reef Program, which encourages artificial reef building.
Some of the more interesting objects that make up some of these reefs include decommissioned U.S. Army armored personnel carriers, subway cars from New York City and bridges that were removed from the state’s highway system.
The one thing that all these reefs have in common is that they attract and hold fish, including sheepshead.
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