Diverse catch reported from the local piers

Freshwater Fishing Report at Lake Moultrie

Largemouth Bass:

Fair, cast spinnerbaits, plastic worms and lizards along docks and structure. Also cast Rattletraps and Rapala lures around Pinopolis Point and Old Hatchery. Striped Bass: Fair, casting and trolling. Some schooling reported. Night fishing picking up. Crappie: Excellent, using crickets and small to medium minnows around fish attraction areas and brush piles. Some crappie being caught on the bed with minnows and jigs. Catfish: Excellent, 9 to 15 feet deep using cut herring, stink bait, chicken livers and shiners 9 to 20 feet deep near the bottom dike edges and around the dam. Bream: Excellent, try using crickets and redworms, nightcrawlers around fish attraction areas and banks. Shellcrackers: Good. Try using crickets and redworms along the banks in river runs and along points, possibly in canals.

Saltwater Fishing Trends
at the Piers

Winyah Bay Fishing and Observation Pier (Georgetown): Open 6 a.m. to midnight, seven days a week, with free parking and fishing. Visitors also enjoy great bird watching. A Freshwater Fishing License is required due to brackish water.

Hobcaw Point Observation and Fishing Pier: Whiting caught with cut bait. Sea trout, blues and flounder all caught with cut shrimp.

Folly Beach Pier: Open 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. April through Oct. Open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. in Nov. Open 8 a.m. through 5 p.m. Dec. through Jan. Spots caught with bloodworms and artificial bloodworms. Blues caught with cut bait. Perch and whiting caught with shrimp.