Charleston Fishing Charters and Fishing Guides
Charleston is a major fishing city along South Carolina's many miles of coastline and is a major tourist stop for many traveling anglers. If Hilton Head to the south is the states most well known sport fishing city then Charleston and it great charter fishing is the second most well known. Charleston fishing charters can offer their customers a wide variety of game-fishing opportunities from fishing the jettys near Charleston Harbor to fishing any number of the reefs along and off the beach. Most of the inshore Charleston fishing charters and guides will fish areas like Kiawah Island, Seabrook Island, Edisto Island, or the Isle of Palms. Any or all of these spots around Charleston offer anglers a chance at big Tarpon, Redfish, Cobia and numerous other popular sportfish of the region.
Charleston Fishing Charters
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Charleston is loaded with great fishing hot spots so your charter boat Captain may decide to take you to any number of his "secret spots" to put you on the fish. He may run south to the Folly Beach area, hang right around Chrleston Harbor or make his way offshore to a wreck or reef in order to find and catch fish. |
Charleston sport fishing charters like this vessel offer anglers plenty of fishing room, comfort, and state of the art electronics gear for those long runs offshore for big game sportfish. | |
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Year Round Charter Fishing in Charleston
There is year round fishing in Charleston and any winter is very short lived so anglers can for the most part count on some decent fishing throughout the year. Obviously some seasons are better and more productive than others with the peak fishing season being from about March to October.
In the summer months most of the fishing guides and charter Captains fish around structure, be it man-made or natural such as boat docks and oyster bars for redfish. When fishing in shallow water or what the guides call "flats fishing" you will sometimes be able to sight fish. Sight fishing is exactly what it sounds like, you stand up on the boat and look for the redfish, sometimes tailing the water and simply cast to them (if you are experienced). Also in the summer and spring months you can expect to catch croaker, trout, spot-tail bass for the smaller species and Striped Bass, Cobia, and Tarpon for the larger species.
The month of November and early December is probably the best time for tuna and although trolling is the most used method for tuna fishing you shouldn't be surprised if your charter boat Captain may want to chunk for tuna during the fall months. Chunking can make for an exciting tuna trip if the fish are 'biting' as it can provide multiple hook-ups with the fish taking the bait very close to the boat. We have named only a small portion of the species roam the waters of Charleston Harbor, we have listed a few more below but for the full list of species you may want to visit the SC DNR website.
Charleston Fish Species
Charleston fishing can yield a wide variety of species. The head boats and party boats of the region will usually stay closer inshore and go after the smaller sized species, usually panfish like triggerfish or small snapper. But the charters of the region, especially the big sportfishers will head offshore for the real action which would include marlin, wahoo, dolphin, and different species of tune - depending on the season of course. Listed below are the most popular fish an angler will catch in Charleston regional waters:
- Inshore Near Charleston Harbor
- Flounder, Spanish Mackerel, Silver King - Tarpon
- Bluefish, Sea bass, Spadefish, Sheepshead
- Speckle Trout, Gray Trout, Triggerfish, Red Snapper
- Red Drum (Redfish), Black Drum, Cobia, Grouper
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- Charleston Offshore Species
- Yellowfin Tuna, Bluefin Tuna, Blackfin Tuna
- Wahoo, Dolphin, King Mackerel, Amberjack, Bonita
- Blue marlin, White Marlin, Sailfish
- Mako Shark, Atlantic Sharpnose
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