Fishing continues to be very good. This is a great time to introduce your children to fishing. Temperatures are more comfortable and everything with fins is feeding voraciously. Live shrimp under a float or on a jig head will produce instant and non-stop action. Fishing over shell bottom in 3 to 6 feet of water will produce large numbers of a variety species. Many of the fish will be something other than a flounder, trout or redfish. However, in my experience, the kids don’t seem to mind.
Put down the TV remote, pick up your fishing rods and go catch some memories.
Daniel Island Fishing Report
Early morning continues to be the most productive time to fish. Trout are hitting top water lures pretty well before sunrise. Once the sun gets up and the top water bite slows down, a live shrimp suspended below a rattle float will keep you catching fish. Working the float like a top water lure (with a twitch, twitch, pause retrieve) attracts fish to your shrimp. Lately, this technique has been working best around oyster bars and ledges that drop off into deeper water. The transition zone between two and 10 feet is where most of the bites are happening.
Fishing is definitely better in the morning
Daniel Island fishing report
Triple digit day time temperatures and high water temperatures are making fishing pretty challenging. So much so, I am abandoning late afternoon trips until things cool off a bit. This week, the most productive trips have been early in the morning with an incoming tide. These conditions make fish and fishing more comfortable. The rising tide brings cooler water into the creeks and the fish seem to bite better in the shallows. Working the same locations where the evening top water bite was nonexistent, trout and ladyfish are putting on a show early in the morning. Light conditions are about the same, but the water temperature is 3 to 5 degrees cooler and the air temperature is 20 degrees cooler!
Fishing is definitely better in the morning. Launching at 5:30 and returning before 10:00 allows you to avoid the summer time heat and crowds. It also has you fishing during the most comfortable and productive period of the day.
