Hit up the Mount Pleasant Pier with clams and shrimp fish bites on Friday. Got one tiny whiting over 4 hours. The fella just to my right pulled in several black drum and one was pretty good size. He was fishing live shrimp. So yesterday I picked up live shrimp and once my honey dos were done I took the boys fishing and the Palmetto Island County Park pier. No keepers but several trout. Tried a the shrimp bites and a few soft plastics, only thing with hits was the live shrimp.
Yessir ,live skrimps is hard to beat
I actually like fresh shrimp better. Stays on hook longer. Mostly all fish like it. Dont need aerator bucket. I think I have caught more fish with fresh shrimp than any other bait.