Charleston Inshore Fishing Report

The SC Coast has endured an extremely cold winter thus far. Water temps have dipped into the mid 30’s for the first time since the winter of 2010-2011. What does this mean? It’s a cyclical pattern that has been happening for thousands of years. Some of the fish suffer. The majority of those are sea trout. The DNR has not released “trout kill l” estimates as of yet but I’m guessing it’ll be somewhere around 75%. Which is huge. It will take a few years to get back to Good but it will get back there thanks to conservation efforts  by SCDNR and the recreational fishing community. In the meantime, our redfish, black drum, and sheepshead populations are doing just fine and the fishing is great. So don’t let the “trout kill” talk keep you off of the water. Get out there and enjoy it! Before you know it, it’ll be 1000 degrees again and there’ll be so many boats on the water that you can’t find a spot to fish. 

Capt. Jamie Hough
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