Fresh Fripp Island Fishing Reports

Inshore: Captain Patrick Kelly **hidden content**) reports that in late July young-of-the-year redfish showed up in droves, which provide a ton of action for anglers and also indicate that it should be a really good fall for fishing. Anglers can still pick up some bigger fish in the creeks, particularly around creek mouths with oyster beds, but in August targeting tailing fish on the flats may continue to be one of the best ways to find a bigger grade of fish. July also saw good catches of trout on live shrimp, and the trout should only get bigger this month as we approach the fall. Expect the early August full moon to see some really nice trout caught over oyster bars and around grass lines. While legal fish are still relatively uncommon there have been more flounder caught this year than usual, particularly around structure. At the rocks they expect to continue to catch lots of black drum this month, while with fiddler crabs you can catch sheepshead. Later in the month more big ones should be landed if there is a little cooling. Migratory species like jacks, tripletail and tarpon should be around until the fall and, finally, don’t overlook sharks which can provide a ton of action for anglers.

3 nice sharks off the beach today! Dean brought his family out to get on some sharks for shark week and lets just say we got it done! 2 healthy hungry female black tips and a lowcountry bull shark around 6.5 feet! This crew got to feel the highs and lows of landbased shark fishing though because we lost a giant today! You win some and you loose some but this crew got exactly what they need to get thier fix for shark week!

3 nice sharks off the beach today! Dean brought his family out to get on some sharks for shark week and lets just say we got it done! 2 healthy hungry female black tips and a lowcountry bull shark around 6.5 feet! This crew got to feel the highs and lows of landbased shark fishing though because we lost a giant today! You win some and you loose some but this crew got exactly what they need to get thier fix for shark week!

3 nice sharks off the beach today! Dean brought his family out to get on some sharks for shark week and lets just say we got it done! 2 healthy hungry female black tips and a lowcountry bull shark around 6.5 feet! This crew got to feel the highs and lows of landbased shark fishing though because we lost a giant today! You win some and you loose some but this crew got exactly what they need to get thier fix for shark week!

Inshore: Captain Patrick Kelly reports that in July tailing redfish can be found on good flood tides when they are in the short grass eating fiddler crabs, and on moving tides fishing live or cut bait in areas where they ambush prey is a good bet. There should also continue to be a good bite on lower tides around docks and other structure. The trout bite was very good in June and should continue into July, and fish will be caught on both live bait and imitation shrimp drifted around grass lines and in front of shell beds in clean, moving water. Rock close to the ocean has also been a trout magnet recently. There should also continue to be a good topwater bite for multiple species early, and jacks and tarpon showed up in late June and should be around until the fall. Flounder fishing can be good with live finger mullet, mud minnows, or soft plastics, especially close to the ocean. Sheepshead are also around inshore, but generally they are on the small to medium side. Finally, keep your eyes open for tripletail in the rivers – especially closer to the ocean.

Just a few pictured we thought to grab on a half day trip to the edisto 40 that was cut short due to a storm.