Jetties on Edisto

To the South Edisto
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Still researching my April trip to Edisto and saw all the jetties on the beach at Edisto. Do these hold fish? Can you fish them from the beach? What holds on them, sheeps, trout? Thanks again for any tips.

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Those are called groins…jsyk.
Yes, you can catch stuff…mostly sharks and rays at EB though. Fish up in the rocks of the groins and you might get lucky and pick up something better…we have caught some decent black drum…and fishing up in the rocks seems to be better than in the surf. Be sure and have lots of extra tackle on hand though…you will break off a lot in the rocks.Sometimes you can pick up a wandering red drum in the surf.
Get a crab pot and put it out…you’ll probably do better catching crabs than fish.
Get some good shrimp for bait…you can use a cracked half or quarter crab also. Good luck

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the groins don’t really run out into the water like they used to since the big re nourishment. I don’t usually see people fishing them like structure.

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Originally posted by deofc

Those are called groins…jsyk.
Yes, you can catch stuff…mostly sharks and rays at EB though. Fish up in the rocks of the groins and you might get lucky and pick up something better…we have caught some decent black drum…and fishing up in the rocks seems to be better than in the surf. Be sure and have lots of extra tackle on hand though…you will break off a lot in the rocks.Sometimes you can pick up a wandering red drum in the surf.
Get a crab pot and put it out…you’ll probably do better catching crabs than fish.
Get some good shrimp for bait…you can use a cracked half or quarter crab also. Good luck

I don’t see too many crab pots on the front beach. Too many people swimming in the surf and it may be bad for the sea turtles trying to come ashore to lay eggs. It is best to place the pots in the back creeks or just go to Edisto Seafood and get a dozen or so.

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EB - My bad, haven’t fished the beachfront since the re-nourishment and wasn’t clear on the crabpots…my brother and a friend have houses and are there a lot more than I am…they do keep crabpots on the beach front before it gets crowded with people.