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WILDLIFE ON KIAWAH ISLAND
FISH
Town of Kiawah Island
21 Beachwalker Drive
Kiawah Island, SC 29455
(843) 768-9166
21 Beachwalker Drive
Kiawah Island, SC 29455
(843) 768-9166
Kiawah Island's brackish and freshwater ponds, creeks, and rivers are home to a wide variety of fish species. Fishing is a popular
pastime on the island, with red drum, flounder, spotted sea trout, and largemouth bass being the most sought after species.
For additional details on some of our more prominent species, please click on the pictures below.
43 inch red drum from Egret Pond
Send us your fishing pictures from Kiawah Island and we will post a select few on the website. Be sure to let us know the date
and location of the catch and any other pertinent details. Good luck fishing!
Kiawah Island Fishing Report
Summer 2010
Summer is a good time to get out fishing on the island and surrounding waterways. The best luck will typically come early in
the morning or late in the day as the weather cools. Our local fish will all be very active in the next few months
as they search for food. Spotted sea trout can be caught along marsh edges and oyster bars using popping corks and 1/4
oz DOA shrimp or with curlytail grubs. Red drum can be caught using the same set up above, but lures such as jerk baits
and spinnerbaits can be effective as well. Flounder are very active during the summer months and the best success will
come using mud minnows and finger mullet slowly trolled or drifted along the bottom in creek mouths and along the edges of oyster
bars. Good luck fishing and let us know how you do.
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