The redfish are eating good and the sheepshead bite has really gotten better as the water has started cooling off, We are still catching some sharks as well in the river.

The nearshore reef has been really good lately as the waters are cooling off. We have been catching redfish, sheepshead, weakfish, black drum, black sea bass, ladyfish, and other bottom dwellers using crabs, shrimp or artificials such as Zman shrimp or gulps.

The waters are warming up and the summer species are starting to show. We are catching Bonnethead sharks on shrimp or crab in the rivers and still catching Sheepshead on the docks using fiddler crabs. The Trout fishing has been terrible but the reef fishing is really doing well with catches of Sheepshead, Black Sea…

Inshore fishing on lower tides has been productive for Sheepshead and some Redfish. The Sheepshead are eating fiddler crabs or live shrimp fishing around docks and pilings.

Inshore fishing on lower tides has been productive for Sheepshead and some Redfish. The Sheepshead are eating fiddler crabs or live shrimp fishing around docks and pilings.

This is a great time for reef fishing. In 3 hours Saturday, we landed over 80 fish. The biggest was a 35 pound red. It was non-stop action. You have to time it for the right tide, but if you do, it is a blast.

Fished the nearshore reef mid August and did well with live shrimp for bait. Couldn’t keep the large ladyfish off the lines which made for some exciting fishing. We also caught sheepshead, black sea bass and black drum.

I haven’t blogged lately. I had over 300 trips the last three months and I have only been home when the sun was up for 3 days since the beginning of June.  I will start again soon. This has been an incredible summer for boating. This has been the best year we have had.

Fished the reef this morning and saw spades, landed a small cobia and lots of small bsb. Came back inshore and caught some nice black drum and sheepshead around the dock pilings.

Planning on fishing one of the reefs off Kiawah Island in the afternoon.