Little River
RECEIVE FISHING REPORT UPDATES!
Rating - Excellent
Friday, May 02 2025
Inshore: Captain Smiley Fishing Charters (843-361-7445) reports that after a good late April they have high expectations for May, and redfish, trout and black drum should all continue to be caught inshore around structure as well as at the jetties. Live shrimp are hard to beat for all three species. The black drum fishing has been particularly reliable this spring about as good as they have ever seen it. The flounder were already arriving by the end of April, and this month more bigger fish should return. They will take mud minnows, and early in the season look for them closer to the ocean.Cherry Grove Pier (843-249-1625) reports that that his month they should continue to catch Spanish mackerel, bluefish and abundant whiting, and the flounder should get bigger. However, the real excitement is that water temperatures are already where they need to be for king mackerel and at some point very soon numbers of kings should arrive.Nearshore/offshore: Captain Smiley Fishing Charters reports that bluefish and Spanish mackerel fishing was phenomenal by the end of April, and it should stay good into this month. The tail end of the bonito fishing should last into early May while big weakfish should be around a bit longer. Cobia should arrive by about the third week of May.
Little River
RECEIVE FISHING REPORT UPDATES!
Rating - Excellent
Inshore: Captain Smiley Fishing Charters (843-361-7445) reports that after a good late April they have high expectations for May, and redfish, trout and black drum should all continue to be caught inshore around structure as well as at the jetties. Live shrimp are hard to beat for all three species. The black drum fishing has been particularly reliable this spring about as good as they have ever seen it. The flounder were already arriving by the end of April, and this month more bigger fish should return. They will take mud minnows, and early in the season look for them closer to the ocean.Cherry Grove Pier (843-249-1625) reports that that his month they should continue to catch Spanish mackerel, bluefish and abundant whiting, and the flounder should get bigger. However, the real excitement is that water temperatures are already where they need to be for king mackerel and at some point very soon numbers of kings should arrive.Nearshore/offshore: Captain Smiley Fishing Charters reports that bluefish and Spanish mackerel fishing was phenomenal by the end of April, and it should stay good into this month. The tail end of the bonito fishing should last into early May while big weakfish should be around a bit longer. Cobia should arrive by about the third week of May.
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