Inshore:
While redfish continue to be numerous and spread out all over our inshore estuaries, the most exciting reports have been on speckled trout.With the past 2 winters being extremely cold, it was a given that we had lost a portion of our trout stocks to the cold water. That being said, the past week we have gotten numerous solid reports of captains catching 15-40 trout in a 4 hour trip.Lack of rain has our salinity levels way up right now, and the better numbers of trout have been found well up river from the harbor. Though the majority of the trout have been small juveniles, this is still a great sign. Keep in mind that the DNR is still asking anglers to practice catch and release only on trout until the end of September, all in an effort to help out trout stocks recover in much shorter time period. "Let 'em Live, Let 'em Spawn"!!!!! Sheepshead are still being found in good numbers, with the better reports coming from the jetties this week and from around heavy rock piles. Spanish and bluefish have been schooling well along the beaches, just look for the birds working on the water surface and have a #00 clarkspoon rigged and ready anytime you venture out past the rocks!
Offshore:
The beginning of June is providing the same type action the past two weeks of May has provided us with. A solid dolphin bite continues to constitue the bulk of our offshore fishery, though there have still been some decent wahoo lingering around as well. In addition to the meatfish, very strong numbers of white marlin and good numbers of blue marlin are being reported almost daily. Though it changes daily where the fish have been holding, most consistent trolling reports have been coming in from 400-1200ft. While most of the offshore fisherman have been taking advantage of the good weather and venturing out to troll, those that have been dropping down to the bottom have been reporting back with good catches of vermillion snapper in 80-120ft of water, and solid grouper numbers in 130-200ft of water. Don't want to mess with bait on the bottom? Drop a "Roscoe" jig down and hold on....these things work! Congrats to the crew of the "Rock Doc" on 2 tremendous Gags last week caught while jigging, the photo can be found on our family photos section.
Personal Report 05/29/2011:
Believe it or not I actually got out and did some fishing again! With a great weather forecast, we fueled up the little boat and headed to the blue water for the first time since June of 2010. Being we decided to take the little boat, we made the decision to stay in relatively shallow and fish up to the north at the Red Banks. Ocean was great, and made the 32 mile run with ease. Ocean turned out to be fairly lifeless at the red banks, and we pulled around there for 3 hours without even a kingfish cut-off. My ADD was kicking in pretty bad at this point so we pulled the riggers in and made a 15 mile run down to the south. Long story short, we fished 3 more hours down there with more slow results. Ended up with one nice cow dolphin,and had some peanuts in there, as well as the ever prevalent bonita. Coolest part of the day was right before lines in we had a White Marlin cruise through the spread not 30ft off the transom, but he never would light up and just lazily swam through. Shallowest I have ever seen a white, 118ft of water. All in all still had a good time fishing with my brother Chad and good friend Nick, and when the ocean is that pretty it has a way of making up for a slow day of fishing! If you see my brother Chad out and about, be sure to ask him about his "Run In" with a seagull.....you will not be dissappointed

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