Albert Prescott caught 31 catfish on liver. On Sunday, we checked 14 boats anchored at the Highway 170 Broad River Bridge and 10 cobia weighing up to 42 pounds had been caught. On Tuesday, action around the bridge slowed, but a party in a boat fishing the Broad River rips near Parris Island took six, the largest weighing 62 pounds. A variety of baits are being used including live eels, whole squid, cut shad, live shrimp and any small live fish. Surprisingly, whole squid fished on the bottom seem to generate the most strikes.
Some successful anglers employ a treble stinger hook several inches behind the main hook.
Sharks and speckled trout are scarce, but whiting catches are strong, particularly off Lands End in Port Royal Sound. Charter captains continue to score nice catches of redfish on the flats. A 57-pound black drum was caught on a blue crab near Port Royal Sound Markers 24 and 25. Offshore bottom fishing reports from the North Hole are encouraging. Whiting feed best two hours before to an hour after low tide.