Inshore:
If you have not splashed your boat and/or wet a line the past couple weeks, you have certainly been missing out! Our fall trout bite is in full swing, and we are finally seeing some good size fish in the 18-22" range. Most have been targeting the trout with artificials, such as DOA shrimp and ZMAN soft baits,the new Ba-Donk-A-Donk SS series and they will still certainly inhale a live shrimp. Best reports have come from shell rakes and creek mouths in 3-6ft of water. Reds are chomping at the bit almost everywhere you turn. Docks, rock piles, low tide flats, etc. have all been holding fantastic numbers of redfish. Reds have been very aggresively feeding lately and are taking almost anything from live shrimp, to Gulp! baits, Zman crabz, etc. This past weekend most likely marked the end of our "Tailing Tides" for the year, but great sight fishing can and will still be had on shallow mud flats around low tide. Sheepshead have turned wide open around almost an bridge,rock pile, or nearshore reef. A couple pints of fiddlers and some mosquito hooks should be all you need for these convicts!
Offshore:
Bottom bumping for black sea bass time! Though the wind has been blowing lately, a few short weather windows have allowed for some anglers to slip out and do some bottom bumping. Great reports of black sea bass and triggers have been coming in from 55-90ft of water using squid and cigar minnows. Still hearing reports of some grouper being found using butterfly jigs from 90-180ft. For those not completely up to date on bottom fishing regs, be aware that Vermillion snapper can not be kept as of Nov 1 for their seasonal closure.

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