So far i have fished the breach inlet and sullivan’s island. The breach just isnt the place i want to fish too much current and never catch anything. I love sullivans island but the warmer it gets the more people. We have moved further south on the island and its helping for now. Can anyone point me in the direction of a more secluded beach front in the area or surrounding area. Wouldnt mind driving a bit further for more of a fishermans beach. Thanks
One fix for you that will work is to fish at night if your willing to do that. Thins out the beach pretty good.
Yeah as a general rule, never shark fish where there’s people anyway. I have yet to fish a beach in SC that doesn’t at least have some sharks. Look on google maps and find somewhere you can access and I almost guarantee there’s fish there.
Edisto Beach isn’t that crowded. Go to the 3200 block of the main road there, Palmetto Blvd I think, there’s a beach access there. Most of the people are down on the park side.
Ya know, it must be nice living in Neverneverland. Remind me to come visit you, when I need a break from reality.
I’ll have to agree with night sharking. Daytime shark fishing, could cause problems for me, and I don’t shark fish.
its been a good couple years since ive been to sullivans, but if you go to places that only have a few parking spots for access, those tend to be less crowded. going at night will also drop the numbers of people by a good bit, but of course not necessarily to zero. where i live at now is nowhere NEAR as touristy as charleston (jacksonville draws away all the tourists), but of course gets its crowds in the summer. undoubtedly if you do hook up with a few people around, at least for me most people are interested to see the shark since wherever they came from they dont get to see stuff like that. when landed, try to make it a positive experience for people that see it. so far this year ive only had 1 lady gripe and groan that i was taking pictures of my 6.5 foot sandbar, but quit whining once she realized i wasnt going to kill the shark in front of a couple dozen people but instead put a NOAA tag at the base of the dorsal and safely released it. this one seemed to be more of the peta police type than the theres no sharks in the ocean at the beach/ocean is my personal swimming pool/holier than thou type. smashing the barbs of your circle hooks also makes unhooking WAY easier and a lot less bloody for onlookers. even when beach combers walk by and see the size of the gear im using, they are often surprised to hear sharks are so close until i point out the school of bait nearby and ask why they wouldnt go where food is lol. as for wondering if im worried about being bitten while being in the water, i also point out even during a bad year theres MAYBE 100 shark bites to millions of beach goers…vs how many car accidents per day in the immediate surrounding area. i never have anyone argue against that one 
all that being said of course im not setting up where i know a ton of people will be swimming and dont like dealing with the crowds myself, but when people do undoubtedly see me each a shark, do what i can to not give shark fishing a negative image.
Fish the inlets most are no swimming. Or early am or night. The best bite is am until 1030. No ones on our beaches in the am. Don’t be a idiot and you will be fine. I fish away from people and a few strays will show up and swim right next to my line. I tell them I’m fishing as a warning and to be careful. I swim when I shark fish or fish every time unless it’s a no swimming are. Point is evaluate the situation. Fishing by people doesn’t matter what kind of fishing it is, it is a no no. But if all the fishing attracted sharks how come nobody is ever bitten by the pier which is a 1200ft shark attractor.
Breach inlet can be good at dead high and dead low tide. always fish it as the tide begins to go out just slightly (high-barely-moving-out or low-barely-moving-out). This will keep your sharks running towards the ocean when hooked, instead of towards the bridge. Use a sputnik weight that spikes into sand. Only give that spot an hour on each side of the tides (high/low) after that it rips really hard and gets annoying.
No matter how many variables I have control over, I never expect a bite. I only hope.