Heading to IOP

Saltwater Surf / Pier Fishing
1

Heading to IOP 18 -27 to do some surf casting, looking for flounder and /or redfish any advice , I have some experience fishing but only once a year on surf casting , i have had some luck reading the troughs , not sure where and when tide wise to fish for the reds are they in close , any advice would be appreciated, thanks Glenn

2

Appreciate y’all help!

Glenn Shiplet

3

Doesn’t look like you got any advice . . My advice for the reds would be to stick to the creeks and backwaters using live bait rather than fish the surf. I’ve caught very few reds in the surf. I could count them on both hands. For the flounder find a rock jetty that sticks out from the beach. There’s two on isle of palms that I know of and several on Sullivan’s. Fish live Mudminnows, mullet or small menhaden on the bottom next to those rock jetties and you will find a flounder or two. Sheepshead are there also but you’ll need fiddlers. I could tell you alot about areas over on IOP because that’s where I learned to fish. I promise you that you will catch more reds if you stick to the creeks instead of the surf. A wild dunes guest pass would help you immensely. There’s alot of areas in there that hold tons of reds. Good luck. Hopefully this helps

Capt. R. Killin
“Day Tripper”
Shamrock 20 cuddy
Ford 351W

4

Steameready, the summertime bite is on HOT and heavy. IOP, is no exception. Whiting, Bluefish and Sharks prevail. Speckled Seatrout can be found in the deeper troughs when the tide is moving, live minnows will work well. Fresh shrimp on small hooks is my preference this time of year. As for the Reds? I have not hook one off IOP since March. Flounder are hit and miss most of the time. If you want to try and target Reds this time of year from the surf on IOP, get some Blue crabs, twist all there legs and claws off, snatch the shell off, cut it in half, get a 6/0-8/0 circle hook, feed it through a couple of knuckle holes and chunk it out. Will weed out all but the Bonnethead sharks. My best advise, regardless of tide, get on the beach early…EARLY, the bite will be better and by 10:00am you have lots of folks around you…man…October can’t come fast enough.

Good luck!

5
quote:
Originally posted by killinR

Doesn’t look like you got any advice . . My advice for the reds would be to stick to the creeks and backwaters using live bait rather than fish the surf. I’ve caught very few reds in the surf. I could count them on both hands. For the flounder find a rock jetty that sticks out from the beach. There’s two on isle of palms that I know of and several on Sullivan’s. Fish live Mudminnows, mullet or small menhaden on the bottom next to those rock jetties and you will find a flounder or two. Sheepshead are there also but you’ll need fiddlers. I could tell you alot about areas over on IOP because that’s where I learned to fish. I promise you that you will catch more reds if you stick to the creeks instead of the surf. A wild dunes guest pass would help you immensely. There’s alot of areas in there that hold tons of reds. Good luck. Hopefully this helps

Capt. R. Killin
“Day Tripper”
Shamrock 20 cuddy
Ford 351W

Glenn Shiplet

6

thank you both

Glenn Shiplet

7
quote:
Originally posted by Steameready

thank you both

Glenn Shiplet

I believe we have a wild dunes guest pass already with the pool thanks

Glenn Shiplet

8
quote:
Originally posted by dparker677

Steameready, the summertime bite is on HOT and heavy. IOP, is no exception. Whiting, Bluefish and Sharks prevail. Speckled Seatrout can be found in the deeper troughs when the tide is moving, live minnows will work well. Fresh shrimp on small hooks is my preference this time of year. As for the Reds? I have not hook one off IOP since March. Flounder are hit and miss most of the time. If you want to try and target Reds this time of year from the surf on IOP, get some Blue crabs, twist all there legs and claws off, snatch the shell off, cut it in half, get a 6/0-8/0 circle hook, feed it through a couple of knuckle holes and chunk it out. Will weed out all but the Bonnethead sharks. My best advise, regardless of tide, get on the beach early…EARLY, the bite will be better and by 10:00am you have lots of folks around you…man…October can’t come fast enough.

Good luck!

No kidding man. Way to many people once you get past 930-10. Of course they get mad at me when I’m casting because they set up next to me hahaha. I turn to look for an open spot and all of a sudden I just see swimmers everywhere… time to go home haha. late summer and early fall hurry up!!!