While fish can still be caught inshore around Edisto Island, Captain Ron Davis, Jr. (803-513-0143) reports that right now the trout and spottail bass (redfish) fishery just isn’t where it was a few years ago. It’s unclear why but the redfish numbers aren’t as good as they used to be, particularly out on the flats. […]

Thanks to Ron Davis, inventor of The Chatterbait, for this inshore report. Sheepshead: Very good. The sheepshead bite is very good around docks at low tide in 5-15 feet of water. Bits of clams, oysters, and mussels are the top baits. Spottail Bass: Good. The redfish bite has picked up on the flats. Mud minnows […]

Thanks to Ron Davis, inventor of The Chatterbait, for this inshore report. Ron reports that for now the bite remains unchanged from a week ago, but if warm temperatures stay then things will surely pick up soon. Spottail Bass: Fair. Redfish remain in winter mode, and with cold water temperatures they are in even tighter […]

Ron Davis has been fishing around the Edisto Island area for 18 years, but he only considers the last 3 to have been productive. The first time that Ron ever fished Edisto he was visiting his wife’s parents who had a second home on the island, and he headed up a creek and had a […]