Inshore:
Entering into the heat of the summer, the inshore fishing has been about what you would expect. There is no one thing that is absolutely wide open right now, but there is a little bit of everything going on. Spanish are being found around castle pinckney early in the morning and late in the evening, and are readily taking gotcha plugs and #00 clarkspoons. Flounder have still been producing with consistency, taking mud minnows and finger mullet fished along the edges of rock walls and around our inlets. Redfish continue to hold in their same summer pattern, being found under docks at low water and along feeder creek mouths and rock piles. Though early, Tarpon reports are still coming through with regularity. North Edisto inlet, bulls bay, and off the front beach of morris island have been the 3 hot spots thus far. Baits of choice for the silver king are still going to be large live mullet or live menhaden. Trout are around, but most of them are small juveniles with only a few larger fish being found here and there.Keep in mind, DNR is still asking for the catch and release only of spotted seatrout until september in order to help our stocks recover from a brutally cold winter where we lost many fish. Sheepshead are still around in good numbers, and fiddler crabs fished around the jetties, bridges, and docks with heavy barnacle growth will be your best bets for those good ole convicts.
Offshore:
The beginning of July typically marks a slow down of "meat fish" on the trolling side, but usually leads to our billfish bite heating up. That being said, we are still getting some reports of 6-12 dolphin a trip anywhere from 130ft out to 400ft. Wahoo have been kinda few and far between, but the sailfish bite is turning on and we still here almost daily of the story of the "man in blue" coming in and crashing some baits. The MegaDock billfish tournament is next week and should provide some great action and reports on the billfish side. On the bottom bumping side, some very good reports of triggerfish have been coming in from as shallow as 50ft of water. In addition, large black fish (remember catch limit is now only 5 per person!) are being found from 60-110ft of water, as well as the prevalent amberjack and a few decent reports of grouper from 85-150ft of water.

Report By: Scott Hammond
Haddrell's Point Tackle & Supply
47 S. Windemere Charleston, SC 29407 (843) 573-3474
http://www.haddrellspoint.com