Fishing around fripp

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While we mostly fish with soft plastics on a 1/4 oz jig head, you may find it easiest to use live bait instead.

We have a minnow trap in the garage…its pretty simple to put together and already has a string attached to it…you will see a small creek that crosses under the boardwalk right before you step onto the dock…just drop that trap down into the middle of that creek for a few hours and you should be able to catch a bunch of mud minnows to use as live bait. You can also buy mud minnows at the marina and they will live for days in a bucket in the garage.     

Any rod and reel with 10-15 lb line will work fine.  In fact, we use freshwater rods and wash them well when we leave.   For tackle get some 1/0 size circle hooks, some swivels and some barrel weights that are 1/4 oz….Walmart should have all of that…but the Grayco hardware or the tackle shop right before you get on the island will have all of that for sure.  Put a barrel swivel on your line, then tie the swivel so that the sinker can slide up and down the line.  Then tie your hook onto a 18” leader line onto the opposite end of the swivel.   Hook the minnows between the tail and their dorsal fin and toss them straight out or down to the right side of the dock in the middle of the current.  The best time to fish is from mid tide down to low and from low tide up to mid tide…you can try high tide but I usually don't catch as many.  Dead low tide is awesome but you have to be an accurate caster  to cast the bait far to your right as there is always a pool there that has fish.   Most of the trout and redfish will be out in the main current…the flounder lay in the mud closer to the dock.  If you really want to catch fish, the absolute best time is right at daylight when the wind is really calm…especially if that time of day coincides with anything other than high tide.  

Make sure you know the size and creel limits for the various species of fish and have a valid SC Saltwater  fishing license.  Check the SC DNR Website here.