I’m headed up next week for family vacation, looking for some relaxing yak fishing. Can’t decide if I should just toss it in the creek behind the house or load up and go somewhere.
Give me some spot pointers please.
I’d rather not fight all the traffic at the jetties.
I have never fished MI in a yak but plan on doing this year when I take my family vacation. I would say avoid jetties due to the boat traffic. Try hitting the creeks & flats South of the DNR landing or the ones North of the marsh walk area. You can also pack up & head to Pawleys Island. Let me know how it goes…
Too Busy,
South of Murrell’s on Hwy 17 before you get to the Huntington Beach State Park there is a small dirt road that is a SCDNR Oyster Recycling center drop off(look for the brown sign). Pretty bare at low tide but decent flats to float around on. Gates closes at dusk so don’t get locked in. I suggest you scout this area before committing to it.
Pawley’s Island, North side, there is a boat landing where you can launch from. Ride the tide back in towards the North Causeway and back out if you time it right, or hang a right out of the landing and hit the docks, the north tip of Pawley’s and along the rip-rap/rocks. (current gets strong here though, so watch out).
Litchfield, there is a kayak landing located at approx 491 Sundial Dr. Pawleys Island, 29585. Hang a left and head towards midway inlet (the inlet between Litchfield and Pawley’s. Feeder creeks off that main drag as well as big sand bars in the middle of the creek that become dry at low tide. Good ambush points and oyster rakes all along this stretch of water.
The north end of Murrell’s there is a landing at the end of Stanley Dr. off of Hwy 17 Business across the street from Advanced Auto Parts. I’ve never used this landing before, just know about it.
Good Luck!
Thanks for the info
Car is loaded, yak on top, bikes on the back. Ready to roll sometime late tomorrow morning
Boat drinks, Waitress I need 2 more boat drinks!
{quote]South of Murrell’s on Hwy 17 before you get to the Huntington Beach State Park there is a small dirt road that is a SCDNR Oyster Recycling center drop off(look for the brown sign).
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It’s been a few years since I was last there but, this is a pretty yak friendly place. Looked fishy. Tight lines Tommy!
“Apathy is the Glove into Which Evil Slips It’s Hand”, but really, who cares?
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Originally posted by DFreedom{quote]South of Murrell’s on Hwy 17 before you get to the Huntington Beach State Park there is a small dirt road that is a SCDNR Oyster Recycling center drop off(look for the brown sign).
</font id=“quote”></blockquote id=“quote”>It’s been a few years since I was last there but, this is a pretty yak friendly place. Looked fishy. Tight lines Tommy!
“Apathy is the Glove into Which Evil Slips It’s Hand”, but really, who cares?
[/quote]Well if Too Busy get to the Oyster Recycling center he might see this .
If the water is down
0r if the water is up
Catch em up Tommy !
Yeah, I do recall a guy had his truck actually backed into the water and was sitting in a lunge chair fishing fro the bed. Would not have wanted to buy a used truck from that guy. Looks a little like Copahee at low tide. Not sure I saw it at dead low.
“Apathy is the Glove into Which Evil Slips It’s Hand”, but really, who cares?
I never knew about the Litchfield or one at north end of MI. Look pretty secluded back in thise comunities. Sure they are public landings?
Yup they are public landings.
http://saltwaterfishing.sc.gov/boatlandings.html#horry
Under Horry County, the last bullet point before you get to the “private landings” section is referring to Stanley Drive site. I have no clue about the parking situation there.
The one in Litchfield is not listed, but it is public.
Just be aware of where you are parking and not to block any driveways. There’s a couple of parallel parking spots right in front of the litchfield landing.
Thanks. I would hate to get towed.
I am probably late to this but watch the high tides at the shell landing. Predicted +4.5’ or higher you do not want your car in there or at the least stay close enough so you can get back and take a look to see if you need to move. I have seen more than one get water inside and quite a few get the bottom of the vehicle in water.
I can tell you some out of the way spots if you are still here.
Not sure if it is too late for Too Busy but I am planning a trip end next month. If you know any other good spots to put in a kayak please pass them on.
I fished the shell dump a couple of days ago with moderate success. Yesterday was a bottom bumping trip with Crazy Sister (formerly Capt Dick’s). Today, pool, beach, sun, and cold beer.
may fish tomorrow, but haven’t decided yet.
Boat drinks, Waitress I need 2 more boat drinks!
Thinking of putting in my yak at Morse Park Landing south of the DNR landing next to Nance’s Restaurant. I know it goes dry at low tide but do you know how long it stays too dry to get in & out of before & after low tide. I want to fish low tide so just wondering how soon need to be there before low in order to get out of there.
I put my limit at +2 feet tide level for Morse park. Naturally you will have more leeway on the incoming. One time missing that is all it took for me to learn to pay attention. That is the pluffest of pluff mud. Anyhow check the tide charts with graphs of the level so you can see when it will be +2’ you should be good.
Maybe trying to go out of that landing at low tide is not a good idea. ha…
Might try it at High tide then.
Thanks for the help.
You are welcome. Tomorrow, Wednesday, you could hit it by 7 and get back in after 12:30 or by 1 I would think. It’s the best landing for Charlie Cut, some of Oaks, and if you want to get to the jetties and you car will stay dry on the real high tides that make the shell landing risky or undoable certain hours of the day.
Is Charlie cut the one about halfway between Morse & the DNR & is right where the coordinates for Smiths Dock Tides are?
I used Smith Docks tides and looks like low is at 10:56am so looks like around 1:30pm would roughly be a +2 feet tide.
Sorry I missed that but I don’t know anyway. I always use Oak Creek 0.5 miles above entrance and have a decent idea in my mind about how to adjust for nearby areas.
