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Myrtle Beach Fishing Report

Updated Fri, Sep 4, 2026 from live gauge and weather data

Sixty miles of Grand Strand surf and piers, with Lowcountry creeks hiding behind the neon.

2/5
Slow. Work for them.Conditions favor short windows and patient fishing.
Next tide
Low 8:31 PM
Air / High
87 / 87 F
Wind
S 10 mph

Sources: NOAA tides 8661070, Open-Meteo, solunar calculated for these coordinates.

Satellite view
Friday
4
September 2026

Today's Fishing Report

Generated this morning from live readings: gauge, weather model, sun and moon. A fresh report is published here every morning.

2/5Slow. Work for them.Conditions favor short windows and patient fishing.

Myrtle Beach stays in its summer rhythm: early magic, midday siesta, evening reprieve. Today brings clear skies, wind S around 10 mph, rising pressure near 1016 hPa and a high of 87. Tides: high 1:21 AM and 1:52 PM, low 7:18 AM and 8:31 PM: the moving water either side of each change is when this place feeds. Water sits around 85 F for the season (estimated). With the last quarter, the solunar majors run 5:39 AM-7:39 AM and 5:39 PM-7:39 PM: plan around them and beat the heat.

The plan, species by species

Redfish (red drum)Excellent

Dawn topwater over grass flats and shorelines, then follow them to deeper guts and channel edges with gold spoons and paddletails. Look for wakes and nervous bait.

BluefishExcellent

Dawn and dusk metal: cast spoons and poppers where bait shows. Midday fish slide deeper off the bars.

Speckled troutGood

First light topwater over grass and shell, then deeper: free-lined live shrimp or croaker over 4-8 ft structure. The bite dies with the sun; night lights fish well.

Tomorrow: Similar at 90 F with a rain chance. The solunar majors shift about 50 minutes later.Next report: Sat, Sep 5, 6:30 AMHow this report is made →

Water and weather

Live readings.

Tides

NOAA station 8661070 (Springmaid Pier). Fish the moving water either side of each change.

Fri
HIGH1:21 AM4.7 ft
LOW7:18 AM0.5 ft
HIGH1:52 PM5.9 ft
LOW8:31 PM1.2 ft
Sat
HIGH2:25 AM4.7 ft
LOW8:25 AM0.6 ft
HIGH2:56 PM6.0 ft
LOW9:47 PM1.1 ft

Right now

Latest readings

Air temp87 F
High / Low87 / 77 F
WindS 10-12 mph
Pressure1015.5 hPa, rising
Sky / Rain0% cloud, 1%
Sunrise / Sunset06:51 / 19:37
MoonLast Quarter, 50%
Water temp (seasonal)~85 F est.

Bite planner

Hour-by-hour bite forecast for today. Tap a bar to see why.

5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PMsunrisesunset

Next 7 days

Tap a day for the detailed outlook.

Fri Sep 4 · Partly cloudy, 87/77 F, wind 13 mph, rain 1%

Fair or better. A 13 mph breeze puts a working chop on the banks it hits: fish the wind-blown side.

Species guide

The species that matter on Myrtle Beach: seasons, structure and how to fish each one. Today's ratings live in the report above.

Redfish (red drum) illustration

Redfish (red drum)

Best: Sep-Nov bull run

The copper-flanked king of the flats and surf: tailing in inches of water, schooling by the hundred in fall. Dawn topwater over grass flats and shorelines, then follow them to deeper guts and channel edges with gold spoons and paddletails. Look for wakes and nervous bait.

Speckled trout illustration

Speckled trout

Best: spring and fall

The Gulf coast's everyday obsession: soft mouths, violent topwater strikes and a fishery that lives by tide and bait. First light topwater over grass and shell, then deeper: free-lined live shrimp or croaker over 4-8 ft structure. The bite dies with the sun; night lights fish well.

Bluefish illustration

Bluefish

Best: Sep-Oct blitzes

The ocean's most honest fish: when blues blitz bait on the beach, everything with hooks gets bit. Dawn and dusk metal: cast spoons and poppers where bait shows. Midday fish slide deeper off the bars.

When to come: the Myrtle Beach calendar

Activity by species and month, and how the water warms through the year. Tap any cell.

Species activity by month

1 = slow, 5 = peak. Current month highlighted.

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Redfish (red drum)
Speckled trout
Bluefish
SlowPeak

Water temperature through the year

Typical surface temperature for this water type; today is around 85 F (estimated, not a reading).

5060708090JanMarMayJulSepNovSep, ~85 F now

Angler reports

Real reports from real anglers, reviewed before publishing. The water log below tracks each day automatically.

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Water log, last days

Auto-logged from live data
Thu, Sep 3

3/5 Fair. Fish early or late. Heat pins the bite to the dawn and dusk windows. Redfish (red drum) led the card at excellent. High of 87 F, wind to 9 mph.

Wed, Sep 2

4/5 Good. Solid day ahead. Stable-to-falling pressure and workable wind line things up. Redfish (red drum) led the card at excellent. High of 90 F, wind to 10 mph.

Tue, Sep 1

3/5 Fair. Fish early or late. Heat pins the bite to the dawn and dusk windows. Redfish (red drum) led the card at excellent. High of 88 F, wind to 9 mph.

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Before you go

License

South Carolina requires a valid fishing license for adults. Buy online from the state agency; one-day options exist for visitors.

Regulations

SC saltwater license (piers usually carry blanket licenses: check each). Redfish: 15-23 inch slot, 2 per day. Confirm with SCDNR.

Access

Apache, 2nd Ave, Surfside and Garden City piers; Murrells Inlet jetty walk; Huntington Beach State Park surf.

About this water

The Grand Strand, Horry/Georgetown counties, SC. Sixty miles of beach between Little River and Winyah Bay.

Fishing Myrtle Beach: the full guide

More than the boardwalk

Myrtle Beach reads as a resort town, but the Grand Strand fishes: a string of classic wooden piers (Apache, 2nd Avenue, Springmaid rebuilt, Surfside) producing kings in summer and spanish on every calm morning, steady surf whiting and pompano, and, behind the beach, Murrells Inlet's spartina creeks where redfish and trout live like it is still 1950.

Pier and creek rhythm

Summer: dawn spanish and blues on the piers, king rigs soaking off the ends, sharks after dark. Fall: the mullet run brings bull reds and big blues to the surf; the inlet creeks turn on for trout. Winter-spring: sheepshead on the jetties, black drum in the creeks, whiting year-round on the bottom rigs.

Beyond the piers

Myrtle's fishing extends past the pier postcard: the jetties at Little River pull sheepshead and reds; Murrells Inlet's marsh serves flounder and trout to kayakers behind the tourist strip; and winter surf whiting keep bait-soakers busy when the boardwalk sleeps. Offshore, half-day boats reach live-bottom black sea bass within sight of hotels: a resort town with a real working fishery attached.

Common questions

Which Myrtle Beach pier is best?

They all produce: Apache is the longest, the jetty end of Murrells Inlet adds structure fishing, and Huntington Beach State Park offers the wildest surf. Pick by crowd tolerance: the fish rotate everywhere.

Can you still catch flounder around Myrtle Beach?

Yes, within tightened SC seasons and limits: check current DNR rules. The inlets' creek mouths on falling tide are the proven drift: mud minnows or Gulp on jigheads.

Is fishing good at Myrtle Beach right now?

Check the daily report at the top of this page: it is regenerated every morning from live data. Today's read: Slow. Work for them. Conditions favor short windows and patient fishing.

Nearby waters

Murrells Inlet13 miSantee River60 miCape Fear River61 miCarolina Beach62 miWilmington65 miLake Moultrie72 mi
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