August 29
Morning surface water temperatures have dipped to about 79 at Little River and the water is still very dirty.
August 15
Morning surface water temperatures are around 83 at Little River, and the water is extremely dirty. Shrimp have gotten scarce but finger mullet are around.
August 1
Morning surface water temperatures are still in the mid-80s around Little River, and with so much rain the falling tide has been pretty dirty. Mullet and menhaden are showing up in really good numbers.
July 18
Morning surface water temperatures are still in the mid-80s around Little River, and the water has gotten very dirty. Bait is abundant.
July 11
Morning surface water temperatures are at least 85 around Little River, and sometimes higher.
June 26
Morning surface water temperatures are in the low 80s around Little River.
June 6
Morning surface water temperatures range from about 78-82 degrees around Little River and the water looks pretty clear. The mullet are mostly too small for bait but there are lots of menhaden around.
May 23
Morning surface water temperatures are around 73-74 degrees off the beach in Little River and similar inshore. Bait is scattered around with a few smaller finger mullet in the creeks and some menhaden in the waterways and off the beaches.
May 15
Morning surface water temperatures are around 71 degrees off the beach in Little River and 70-71 inshore. Bait is scattered around with a few smaller finger mullet in the creeks and some menhaden in the waterways and off the beaches.
May 1
Morning surface water temperatures are around 69 degrees off the beach in Little River.
April 25
Morning surface water temperatures are around 67 degrees off the beach in Little River.
April 19
Morning surface water temperatures are around 64 degrees off the beach in Little River.
April 11
Morning surface water temperatures are around 63-64 degrees off the beach in Little River.
March 27
Morning surface water temperatures are varying between about 58 and 62 degrees off the beach in Little River depending on wind and weather fronts.
March 20
Morning surface water temperatures are varying between about 58 and 60 degrees off the beach in Little River depending on wind and weather fronts.
February 28
Morning surface water temperatures are up to around 54 degrees off the beach in Little River and 52 in the creeks. Without a lot of rain recently the water has really cleared.
February 14
Morning surface water temperatures are around 52 degrees off the beach in Little River and 48 in the creeks. The water clarity is bad even out to the reefs.
February 6
Morning surface water temperatures are around 53 degrees in Little River and the water is still pretty dirty.
February 2
On the water today after a little time away, a new inshore fishing report will be following from Captain Buddy Love of Captain Smiley Fishing Charters (843-361-7445).
January 25
Morning surface water temperatures are in the low 50s in Little River and the water is still pretty murky.
January 4
Morning surface water temperatures are down to around 52 degrees in Little River and the water has cleared.
December 21
Morning surface water temperatures are down to the low 50s in the bigger water around Little River, and the creeks are even colder first thing. The water is very muddy after all the rain.
December 14
Morning surface water temperatures are down to about 56 around Little River.
November 29
Morning surface water temperatures are down to about 57 around Little River.