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I was wondering if anyone has any tips on beach or pier fishing in the Myrtle Beach area. We are headed there the end of this month. Although I'm a serious freshwater fisherman, I have never done any saltwater fishing. I plan on purchasing a saltwater reel and rod for the trip. Any tips or advise would be greatly appreciated. THANKS....

We were in North Myrtle last summer and had great fishing. Caught a few mackerel from the pier but mostly whiting, sharks sheepshead and spots. Went out a few miles with a guy in a big center console and caught cobia, shark, amberjack, kings and barracuda then the weather started getting up so we ran back in and finished the day inland catching flounder and trout. Wish all my fishing trips were as good as that one. Let me know if you have any interest in going out for a full or 1/2 day and I'll dig up the guys name we went with, very reasonable and super nice guy.

We always had a lot of success off the Cherry Grove pier.

world record tiger was caught off that pier considered by many to be the greatest rod and reel record of all since it was caught from a pier

I spent my entire summers there. The State Park at South Myrtle Beach as well as Murrels Inlet provide for good fishing down south. As for North Myrtle you're best off hitting the piers all the way up to Calabash. If surf casting be ready for anything from sharks to stingrays. That fishing is best done overnight. If you don't have access to a boat most all of the beaches have back creeks. Find one with a sandy bottom and you'll catch flounder. Use a Carolina rig with peelers, shrimp or mud minnows. Sand crabs also work well.

Be sure to grab a casting net for bait and shrimp. Look for blue crabs around dock pylons.

Which part of Myrtle Beach are you visiting?

fish a couple of rods with one ounce pyramid weights and about one or two foot of thirty pound leader close to the pier pillings with mud minnows and dead shrimp on a number two kahles hook, fish another with a live bait mullet or menhaden about twenty yards from pier. Hold on the fish are biting well.

Holy schniekies.....Look at the size of that reel!

16/0 penn i have two of them

I am headed down to surside this weekend. Will be there through the week. It should about be time for the Bluefish run. I really enjoy catching them on Gotcha plugs. Does anyone know if the run is on schedule this year?

+1 Cherry Grove Pier!!

If you have to be on the beach while fishing the piers are OK. I would go to the Murrells Inlet pier (free, few tourists know about it). Or to Huntington Beach State Park and walk to the south jetty (paved on top) and fish the mouth of the inlet for red drum, sheepshead, trout, flounder, black drum.

scfishingreport.com then click on the Grand Strand Fishing Report orange dot.

I concur 100%. The Murrells Inlet pier is a great kept secret. Also there are several fresh seafood markets there that take in most of the daily catch. Love the State Park too. I like South Myrtle.

Fished Murrells Inlet this past week. Caught two spotail bass on the outside of the north jetty (20" and 23"-fun with 6lbs. test), 3 ladyfish, 1 flounder that went 3 lbs., some croaker,seabass, a bunch of spots + pins, and two sharks that went 8-9 lbs. Also fun with 6 lbs test and 3" shrimp Gulps.

Someone in an earlier post on another thread asked about the Murrells Inlet Pier. This is the one. Good fishing as the tide is coming in.