Fishing Trends 9-23-2008

[The Local Bite]

Charleston

Flounder: Good. Most fish are being caught on live mud minnows or finger mullet fished under piers and around feeder creek mouths and some are being caught against shellbanks.
Trout: Good. Best trout fishing is coming using live or DOA shrimp under a rattling float against grass and around creek mouths on moving tides; look for oyster beds.
Spottail Bass: Fair to good. Spottail bass continue to be in a summer pattern, scattered throughout the creeks and estuaries. Use live or cut bait and Gulp! shrimp around docks with heavy barnacle growth on the pilings and especially those with deep holes underneath.
Tarpon: Fair. Tarpon reports continue to come in from the north end of Bulls Bay, Stono Inlet and around the north of Edisto Inlet. Fish large live mullet, blue crabs, or menhaden in 6 to 15 foot deep slews between the sandbars.
Folly Beach Pier: Fishing is slow, and only occasional whiting and small black drum are being reported.