Flounder must be at least 12 inches to keep, and 20 per day is an angler's aggregate limit. Sheepshead like to hang out around jetties, piers and bridge pilings during summer months. They're very fussy eaters and usually will not bite anything other than the favored fiddler crab or live shrimp. Whether 5 pounds or 40, the black drum cannot resist a large piece of blue crab. Black drum connoisseurs insist that a fish heavier than 15 pounds will have coarse flesh and be less tasty.
Anglers can catch plenty in Grand Strand waterways.
Although they don't make spectacular runs like a king mackerel or perform graceful jumps like the tarpon, the crevalle jack is considered one of the toughest fish you'll encounter around these parts. At night or at dusk, jacks lurk around rips during ebb tide, feeding on their favorite fish. Best baits for jacks are surface popping plugs, such as the Striper Swiper, or swimming plugs by Redfin, Rebel or Rapala. Sought after mostly for sport, jacks are not good eating and should be released. Offshore Fishing From sea bass hugging underwater reefs to blue marlin racing through the Gulf Stream, the Grand Strand is a point of departure for a variety of offshore fishing opportunities.