Been coming out to Edisto for a few years now but not much luck fishing off the surf at night. I usually also go to St. George Island in Florida(gulfside) and have loads of luck using a basic shrimp bait with a large weight on it with shelled shrimp as bait. Not working as well on the Atlantic side and I figure its probably due to the roughness compared to the panhandle. Anybody have suggestions?
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I don’t know of many folks who surf fish at night on Edisto. Your rig will work for whiting and sharks. An occasional pomp, red, or trout might bite too. I’d mix it up with some mudminnows too. Not many sandfleas around–you’ll have to go up the Grand Strand for those.
Are you targeting sharks? If you ask your question in the beach/pier section you will probably get more tips. I know some of them will kayak big baits out a few hundred yards and have caught some big ones. RACRX for example.
I have had some luck fishing at night from shore in the fall for big bull reds, but have not tried this time of year.
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Try some cut mullet or dead menhaden. Cast past the breakers. Hold on, those sharks and stingrays pull hard. For Pompano, throw some small pieces of fresh shrimp in the surf on small hooks. Red fish and trout are abundant in late summer and fall anywhere on the beach throughout South Carolina.
I’m a native Floridian and have found the surf fishing pretty similar to South Florida. The same methods I used down there bring the same luck here. The species are not as plentiful here as they are in South Florida, but the quantity of fish caught is just as good.
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I have done the best from the surf when the lowtide falls close to sunrise but a low tide in late evening is good too but the early morning is by far the best. A big peice of bluefish can get you on a fish you cant handle sometimes. I always have at least one rod in the water w/ big cutbait but my other lighter rod will usually have cut shrimp or live mud minnows. Usually they fall prey to bluefish but some nice whiting will hit sometimes and a trout will hit about every three years.
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