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Things to do

FISHING

Yes, a fishing license is required for all fishing, Wal-mart has everything you need. Fishing at Hilton Head.   These are my thoughts and details to fish when you don't have a boat.   My favorite place is  the address:  "One Shelter Cove Lane", Hilton Head island.  There is a bathroom and store where this location is for fishing and has a bench and chairs and tables at the waters edge.  It has all the things I like, free parking, safety, bathroom, store, great view and scenery and sometimes fish that are biting.   It is salt water fishing and I catch small and larger of the following fish:  Mostly pinfish, whiting, and redfish and stingrays and crabs,   occasionally flounder, blue fish, black drum, croaker, salt water trout.   I fish on the bottom mostly with shrimp.   I fish like I am pond fishing on bottom with a little more weight on line due to movement of tides.   My best fishing is in October as far as catching a lot of fish.  The best time to me is to fish is high tide and better about t hours after high tide going down.   The bait i use is shrimp mostly.frozen with heads on or off.   The bigger  fish seem to go after shrimp with the heads on.   I get the shrimp bait at Walmart (cheaper) or at the store there at "one shelter cove lane".

You can also fish with bobbers and will catch some but I have caught more on the bottom.   Try both. 
 
I fish like we would at a south Georgia pond as far as hooks and weights.  The hooks do not need to be bass size but bream size or a little larger.  Most mouths are small.   You will need needle nose pliers incase you catch stingrays or toadfish.   At Walmart the fishing section is the extreme left hand far corner.  They have some fishing rigs that hold 2 or 3 bait hooks on each line for about $1.36 each. that is what I use.  
 
I like the above place the best because of feeling safe fishing here, meeting and talking with people and and you don't have to walk far and if the fish are not biting there area boats and kayaks coming in or out.  I hope this has been helpful.  Have fun fishing.  If you see a grey herring bird, it is my fishing friend "Stretch"  He will take a shrimp if you toss it to him or a small  two  inch fish if you catch one. 
 
There are other places to fish but are not as safe to me or as beautiful and convenient and relaxing. 
Here are some other places:

There is a boat landing and a dock on Helmsman Way directly underneath the Cross Island Pkwy next to Palmetto Bay Marina. I see people fishing there all the time.

When you are arriving on HHI by car, notice the island between the two bridges when you cross over from the mainland. This is Pinckney Island and there is a pier on the west side of 278.

There is also Old House Creek fishing park

dnr.sc.gov/fish/fishingsites/beaoldhouse.html

Here's a list of fishing piers in the area:

saltwaterfishing.sc.gov/piersbridges.html

The closest ocean fishing pier is on Tybee Island.

I'm not a fisherman by any stretch of the imagination so I can't help you determine what is considered "good"!

Good luck and report back after your trip

Delton

THRIFTING
There are some great Thrift Stores on the island.  Click on the List2go pic.   will pull up a guide to Thrift Stores on HHI. 

My favorite Thrift Stores are:
The Litter Box
Bargain Box
Church Mouse
St. Francis
Hospice Thrift
Goodwill several on the Island