S.C. Grand Strand fishing report for early June

Offshore and inshore fishing still on fire

The Grand Strand fishing report has been top notch for several weeks, and it just seems to get better by the day.

Brian Reynolds of Conway, S.C. and several friends hit the salt earlier this week and found a weed line packed with dolphins. They boated more than 50, and kept 35, including multiple gaffers. And they weren’t very far out.

“You wouldn’t believe it but these were all caught about 4 miles offshore of the scarp on a weed line, and no other boats were around. I told another buddy to go there and they caught over 30,” said Reynolds, who said they left the fish biting to search for yellowfin.

The Grand Strand fishing report is about as hot as an angler can hope for

Capt. Jay Sconyers with ACES UP Fishing (843-997-3270) out of Murrells Inlet has been having success with numerous species. On one trip this week, his anglers caught wahoo, tuna, mahi, and mackerel. Over the weekend, he found plenty of cobia on menhaden. He’s also been putting his anglers on spadefish, snapper, triggerfish, weakfish, bonito, bluefish, and some chunky black sea bass.

The Murrells Inlet Fishing Charters (843-798-9100) crew are keeping their anglers busy both offshore and in the inlet. The flounder are still stacked up in huge numbers throughout the inlet. And they are feasting on live bait and artificials. Offshore, their anglers have caught cobia, grouper, and big amberjacks. Plenty of mackerel are also still biting.

Lots of speckled trout are also biting in the inlet. Mike Lipinski of Murrells Inlet was fishing earlier this week and caught 11 specks on topwater plugs, all in one small honey hole.

Along the jetties outside Winyah Bay, anglers are catching some bull redfish along with lots of bluefish, black drum, and sheepshead.