North Myrtle Beach May 27, 2010
Paul Pancake and Nick Palombi, from Conway, SC, with four of eight keeper flounder they hooked while fishing in Cherry Grove with Capt. Keith Logan of Feedin' Frenzy Charters.
Mark, of Shallow Minded Inshore Fishing Charters, reports that the flounder bite remains solid in the area (and anglers landed fish to over 5 lbs. last week). Live pogies are the best baits for the flounder, which anglers can find around ICW structure and near the inlets.
Red drum fishing has been good lately in Dunn Sound and off the ICW. Live mud minnows, pogies, shrimp, and Gulp baits will all fool the reds. The fish seem to be on the move, and anglers can catch them at one spot one day and return the next to find it devoid of action. The fish won’t have moved far, however, so all it should take is a little searching to find them again.
Spanish mackerel have shown up strong, and they are feeding heavily at the shoals around Little River Inlet. Casting MirrOminnows and Clark Casters has been producing fast action with the mackerel.
Patrick, of Capt. Smiley’s Fishing Charters, reports that the area’s speckled trout bite has picked up a bit. Anglers are finding action with the trout (to around 4 lbs.) around Tubbs Inlet, Sunset Beach Bridge, and in Dunn Sound. Live shrimp are the best baits, but anglers can substitute Gulp shrimp with success as well. Working the shrimp under a popping cork over submerged shell beds and along grass lines is the best way to locate the specks.
Some black drum are also falling victim to the live shrimp.
Red drum are feeding in the usual places inshore, like Dunn Sound and along the ICW, and anglers are hooking them on Gulp baits and live mud minnows.
The flounder bite remains solid around Tubbs Inlet, where anglers are finding action with the flatties while fishing live mud minnows and Gulp baits along the bottom. The flounder bite’s been best toward the beginning of a falling tide lately. The reds and trout are doing better at lower water, so anglers can flounder fish until the middle of the tide and then go looking for some other action.
Melissa George, from Gaffney, SC, with an 11 lb., 2 oz. striped bass she hooked in Cherry Grove Inlet on a live mud minnow.
Sue, of Fish-On Outfitters, reports that the flounder bite in Cherry Grove is still excellent and the store is selling out of mud minnows almost daily as big numbers of anglers get in on the action.
Anne, of Cherry Grove Pier, reports that anglers are hooking up with spanish mackerel and bluefish on mackerel tree rigs and, to a lesser extent, Gotcha plugs.
Bottom fishermen are picking up a few flounder and whiting on shrimp.
The water is 78 degrees.
