Inshore:
Typical with the lowcountry summer fishing pattern, the inshore waters are offering a little bit of everything right now. Redfish are scattered throughout our estuaries and are readily taking live baits fished around docks and rock piles around low tide, and decent reports of tailing fish up in the grass have been coming in the week. Small trout are still available to make a popping float go down, but the larger fish are still few and far between after the freakishly cold winter we endured.Remember "Let em live Let em Spawn"!!!! Flounder continue to be fairly steady using live mullet, minnows, and chatterbaits near inlets and the edges of rock piles. Spanish mackeral have provided some great reports the past week around the tips of the jetties, castle pinckney, stono inlet, and especially south edisto area. A #00 clarkspoon rigged with a 3/4oz trolling sinker 2 ft ahead of it is still by far my most productive rig for these bullets. Even with water temps pushing into the upper 80's, the sheepshead bite has also still been pretty consistent using fiddlers and clams around the jetties and docks with heavy barnacle growth on the pilings.
Offshore:
Rough weather conditions took away one day of fishing for the MegaDock billfish tournament, but did not cool off the fishing. Solid reports of sailfish continue to come in, with many boats getting 4 to 8 shots a day. Spotty reports of blue marlin are still coming through the door as well, and a big congrats to my buddy Tommy King and the crew of the Stretched Out for their first blue marlin release caught on a St Thomas prowler lured custom rigged in HPT! They fought the big ole girl for almost 4 hours before releasing her estimated 450 pound body back to fight again another day. Wahoo, have been the more exciting reports lately with good numbers being found in 150-250 ft of water.

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