I’m from Surfside Beach been kayak fishing for a bit but always go around Myrtle beach to Pawleys looking for a calmer location to put in my Hobie Pa got caught last SaturdAy at a boat ramp for over an hour while boats basically ran over me and gave me a hard time about getting out no fun fishing when your fighting off the big boats can anyone suggest some good locations south of Pawleys Island out of the busy tourist traps?? By the way the big boat guys can sneer all they want me & my Hobie sneak into areas the big boys just can’t go and come out with the fish happy fishing ya’ll!!
I don’t think I would kayak at the landings I have been to in the Georgetown area, but there is probably something I don’t know about that. You could go farther S and hit Buck Hall or Garris. You might see two boats all day down at Garris but it’s a big area and Garris at least can be somewhat isolated. Best to go with another person. McClellanville sells yearly landing/parking passes.
I am thinking you are talking about Murrells Inlet. IMHO, as a kayak fisherman with well over a thousand trips, maybe 2k, and a small powerboat owner… kayaks do not need to be launched at the Murrells Inlet public boat landing. I’m certainly not doing it. In fact even though I live on the water very near there I don’t kayak in that area because it’s annoying, and can be dangerous to tell the truth. There are a few other places you can put in that are virtually made for kayaks. Shell Recycle, Morse Park, the N end can be accessed via Stanley Dr.
There are spots you can fish in Murrells Inlet where you will hear the boats raising hell all around the larger creeks but that is the only part of it that will bother you. You can fish in relative peace. You do have to plan to get in ahead of boats and maybe wait for the window, because boats do go in the back creeks but if you are already there the large majority of them will respect that.
Pawleys, great as well although maybe like a crowded public pool during tourist times. More than one spot to launch from there, parking is the problem so early is the best play.
Thanks for the info I totally agree with your input it’s nuts at the boat launch tomorrow I’m going to the recycling area I go there a lot thanks again
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You are welcome and the only thing to add, that you probably already know, is watch for tides of 4.5’ and up at the shell landing because of your vehicle, and to be safe, I look for 2’ of water when I am using Morse park. You can cheat on an incoming, maybe 1.5’ but that can screw you on a falling tide there. And it changes yearly, as the creek silts in. I haven’t put in there in a while so you should do your own calculations.
There is a link on the NOAA Springmaid pier page for water levels that can be useful, it has predicted vs actual observed levels so you can have a good idea if the predictions are running true (mostly they do but sometimes… no). ezfisn.com’s tide tables have graphs and HOURLY level predictions which you don’t see and are also very useful. I check them when I am out and try to get a feel for what 1’ looks like in a certain area, 2’, and so on. Helps knowing how long I can stay or when I can get in. For instance, there is an oyster hill out in Oaks that I use to determine whether I can make it across the flats to the shell landing or not, by how much of it is out of the water.