October 13

Morning surface water temperatures around Beaufort have gone back up to about 71 degrees inshore, and on high tides the water has been pretty clean considering the heights of the tide. On low it has been fairly dirty. 

October 6

Morning surface water temperatures around Beaufort have plummeted to 67 or 68 degrees inshore!

September 30

Morning surface water temperatures were still about 78 inshore around Beaufort as of yesterday and the water is still heavily stained. That won’t change any time soon!

Through this week the fishing patterns were still about the same in the Beaufort area, but looking ahead to after Ian Captain Tuck Scott with Bay Street Outfitters (843-524-5250) reports

September 16

Morning surface water temperatures are down to about 78 inshore around Beaufort and with still more rain the water is heavily stained. 

It’s a broken record to keep reporting how much rain there has been in the Lowcountry, but Captain Tuck Scott with Bay Street Outfitters (843-524-5250)

September 8

Morning surface water temperatures are about 84 inshore around Beaufort and with still more rain the water is heavily stained. 

With water temperatures actually rising a degree or so in the past week Captain Tuck Scott with Bay Street Outfitters (843-524-5250) reports

August 31

Morning surface water temperatures are about 83 inshore around Beaufort and after a ton of rain the water is heavily stained. 

It’s been (almost) all about the redfish on his boat for the last two weeks in Beaufort, and Captain Tuck Scott with Bay Street Outfitters (843-524-5250) reports

August 19

Morning surface water temperatures are about 83 inshore around Beaufort.  As will be the case for some time, there is a ton of bait around. 

Everybody expected the full moon tailing tides to be really good last week, and they were, but Captain Tuck Scott with Bay Street Outfitters (843-524-5250) reports

August 4

Morning surface water temperatures are in the mid-80s inshore around Beaufort, and the water is still dirty. There are also still an incredible number of shrimp around.   

The plentiful shrimp are a mixed blessing with the redfish, and from what Captain Tuck Scott with Bay Street Outfitters (843-524-5250) is seeing

July 22

Morning surface water temperatures have dropped to about 83 inshore around Beaufort, and with all the wind the water is even muddier. Tons of shrimp are around.   

When you are often fishing in chocolate milk you need something the redfish can see, and Captain Tuck Scott with Bay Street Outfitters (843-524-5250) reports

July 14

Morning surface water temperatures are about 84-85 degrees inshore around Beaufort and the creeks have gotten very muddy in places.  The rivers are now flooded with shrimp.   

With the full moon and high tides all eyes are on focused on tailing redfish this week in Beaufort, and Captain Tuck Scott with Bay Street Outfitters (843-524-5250) reports

July 1

Morning surface water temperatures are 83-85 degrees inshore around Beaufort.  Shrimp and finger mullet are prolific in the creeks. 

With warm water temperatures there are plenty of migratory species around right now, and Captain Tuck Scott with Bay Street Outfitters (843-524-5250) reports

June 24

Morning surface water temperatures are still about 84 inshore around Beaufort.  Shrimp and finger mullet are prolific in the creeks. 

Even though it’s hot and bait is extremely abundant the redfish are still eating pretty well in Beaufort, and Captain Tuck Scott with Bay Street Outfitters (843-524-5250) reports

June 17

Morning surface water temperatures are about 84 inshore around Beaufort.  Shrimp and finger mullet are prolific in the creeks. 

Despite the summer heat redfish are eating around the tide cycle in Beaufort, and Captain Tuck Scott with Bay Street Outfitters (843-524-5250) reports

June 10

Morning surface water temperatures are about 82 inshore around Beaufort.  

The cobia fishing was just never very good this year, and even though there are still some fish around right now Captain Tuck Scott with Bay Street Outfitters (843-524-5250) reports

May 25

Morning surface water temperatures are about 78 inshore around Beaufort.  Between wind and a significant amount of rain a couple of days ago the water is muddier than normal, even though tides have normalized. Very few shrimp are around so far. 

It’s been a decent bite for redfish this week, and Captain Tuck Scott with Bay Street Outfitters (843-524-5250) reports

May 19

Morning surface water temperatures are up to the mid-70s inshore around Beaufort.

While tides aren’t as far above predictions this week as last week, Captain Tuck Scott with Bay Street Outfitters (843-524-5250) reports

May 12

Morning surface water temperatures are about 69 degrees inshore around Beaufort and the water is dirty from the wind. 

While there has been wind and more wind in Beaufort this week, Captain Tuck Scott with Bay Street Outfitters (843-524-5250) reports

May 4

Morning surface water temperatures are about 72 degrees inshore around Beaufort and baitfish are flooding into the area.   

As of yesterday Captain Tuck Scott with Bay Street Outfitters (843-524-5250) had to report

April 21

There have been some contradictory signals coming out of Beaufort, and Captain Tuck Scott with Bay Street Outfitters (843-524-5250) reports that even though there have been some cold overnight lows they saw a tripletail yesterday. 

April 8

Morning surface water temperatures are about 64 inshore around Beaufort and water clarity is starting to drop off. 

Difficult weather conditions have limited fishing this week, but Captain Tuck Scott with Bay Street Outfitters (843-524-5250) reports

April 1

Morning surface water temperatures are about 62 inshore around Beaufort, and the water clarity is still pretty high. 

Even though we’ve had some up-and-down weather this week, Captain Tuck Scott with Bay Street Outfitters (843-524-5250) reports

March 17

Inshore surface water temperatures were about 61 this morning around Beaufort, and the water clarity is down a little.

It’s still the March Madness transition period for redfish in the Lowcountry, but Captain Tuck Scott with Bay Street Outfitters (843-524-5250) reports

March 11

Morning surface water temperatures have been as high as 60 degrees this week around Beaufort, and the water clarity is down although that may just be the result of wind and cloud cover.

We are getting into the transition period known as March Madness in the Lowcountry, and Captain Tuck Scott with Bay Street Outfitters (843-524-5250) reports