Inshore: Captain Smiley Fishing Charters (843-361-7445) reports that after a good late April they have high expectations for May, and redfish, trout and black drum should all continue to be caught inshore around structure as well as at the jetties. Live shrimp are hard to beat for all three species. The black drum fishing has been particularly reliable this spring – about as good as they have ever seen it. The flounder were already arriving by the end of April, and this month more bigger fish should return. They will take mud minnows, and early in the season look for them closer to the ocean.
Nearshore: Captain Smiley Fishing Charters reports that bluefish and Spanish mackerel fishing was phenomenal by the end of April, and it should stay good into this month. The tail end of the bonito fishing should last into early May while big weakfish should be around a bit longer. Cobia should arrive about the third week of May.
