Piers:
Cherry Grove Pier: Open 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. seven days a week, 7 am to 2 am on Friday and Saturday. King and Spanish mackerel, bluefish, whiting and pompano.
Apache Pier (Myrtle Beach North): Pier and bait Shop open 6 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. seven days a week. Bluefish, flounder, pinfish.
Springmaid Pier (Myrtle Beach): Pier is open 6 a.m. to midnight seven days a week, year-round. Tackle shop open 6 a.m. to 11 pm. Pompano, whiting, bluefish and flounder.
Myrtle Beach State Park Pier (Myrtle Beach South): Open 6 a.m. to 9:30 p.m., 7 days a week. Whiting, flounder and bluefish.
Surfside Pier: Open 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. seven days a week. Croaker, bluefish and spot fish.
The Pier at Garden City: Open 24 hours a day for fishing. A few whiting, flounder and spot tail.
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. A second fishing pier on Winyah Bay has now opened called Hobcaw Point Observation and Fishing Pier. Slow fishing with heat keeping many anglers away.
Folly Beach Pier: Open 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. April through October. Spotted sea trout caught with live shrimp. Whiting caught with cut shrimp.
Hunting Island State Park Fishing Pier: Pier is open 24 hours
a day. The Nature Center is open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tues. though Sat. Flounder
with mud minnows. Sheepshead caught with fiddler crabs. Whiting also reported
caught.
Due to agency budget cuts and staff reductions, the Inshore and Offshore fishing
reports are being discontinued for the foreseeable future. We will continue to
provide the weekly pier fishing reports.
Reporters: The S.C. Department of Natural Resources' Marine Resource Division
thanks the following participants for their cooperation in compiling this week's
report: Cherry Grove Pier, Apache Pier, Springmaid Pier, Myrtle Beach State
Park, Surfside Pier, The Pier at Garden City, Winyah Bay Fishing and Observation
Pier, Folly Beach Fishing Pier, Hunting Island State Park.
- Written by Brett Witt -
For South Carolina marine recreational fishing regulations:
http://www.dnr.sc.gov/etc/rulesregs/pdf/saltfishing.pdf
Visit the Saltwater Fishing License Web site at http://saltwaterfishing.sc.gov