Inshore: Captain Smiley Fishing Charters (843-361-7445) reports that October is often the best month of the year on the north end. Trout, redfish, flounder and black drum should all be gorging on bait before it gets harder to locate later in the season. During October the trout will get bigger and live shrimp will work inshore and at the jetties as long as it’s available. When shrimp get hard to find anglers can switch over to DOA shrimp and Gulp! baits. Redfish will continue to eat mullet and shrimp around oyster beds or grass lines, and flounder will be caught on mullet around creek mouths and depressions. Bigger flounder will almost certainly be caught this month – although September was already fantastic. Black drum will eat shrimp and crabs at the jetties as well as at random spots. Through the middle of the month bull red drum should remain in the inlet and off the beaches, and to start the month the action should get better each day.
