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Seahawk Inshore Fishing Report 4/12/10 Carolina Beach, Wrightsville Beach, and Southport fishing is heating up!!!

The inshore fishing has been good on most days and has shown a good sign of improving for the next couple of weeks. The water is warming rapidly and flounder are starting to make their move into the inlets and backwaters. There are also some black drum, and whiting around. The sheephead, bluefish, and spanish mackerel are not far behind.

The redfish are biting well on the flats, in the creeks, around docks and rock piles. Double digit days have been common and a trip on April 10th produced 25 to 30 reds, mostly upper slot fish and a 15″ flounder all on artificials. There are also some good sightfishing opportunities for schools of reds when the wind and tides cooperate. For children and those that are not comfortable throwing artificials we can catch reds and other species by using the simple methods of fishing live baits on float rigs and bottom rigs around marsh points, docks, and rock piles.

The whiting are biting in the lower Cape Fear river and we have been catching decent numbers of these tasty fish. The speckled trout fishing has been off and should be picking up over the next couple of weeks. Within the next week or so we will have a good variety of fish to pursue in the Cape Fear area. Check out the photos from the past couple of weeks. These are just a few of the good catches we have had lately.

Thanks,
Jeff Wolfe
Seahawk Inshore Fishing Charters
NC Inshore Fishing Blog
910-619-9580

The flounder are starting to show up and are always a nice surprise when throwing artificials for reds and trout.

These are a couple we have caught in the past couple of weeks.

A late March 2010 redfish that was caught on a rockpile with a popping float and a gulp shrimp.

John with a nice red he caught on a jig on 3/26/10

Kevin with a upper slot red he caught on 3/26/10

John with a lower slot red he caught on a jig on 4/2/10

4/3/10 Carlson, Martha, and Brandon with four of the fifteen reds they caught along with some clams, blue crabs, and stone crab claws.

4/4/10 Keith, Margie, Carter, Philip, and Madison had a great trip catching reds and black drum around docks on live minnows

Rodney and Callum with three of the sixteen reds they caught on 4/4/10

Jeffrey with one of the 25 or so we caught on 4/11/10

Seahawk Inshore Fishing Report 3/19/10 Warmer Temps = Better Fishing!!!

I think we have finally turned the corner on this winter weather and the fishing should really be picking up over the next couple of weeks. There should be good numbers of black drum showing up around the Cape Fear area along with redfish, speckled trout, and whiting.

We are still catching redfish in the creeks, bays, and around docks and rock piles. The reds are hitting soft plastic jigs and mud minnows fished on the bottom. There are some large schools of reds on the flats and the sightfishing is good when the wind and tides cooperate. The reds that are schooled up in the surf are making their move into the backwaters and spreading out. The redfishing should be really picking up all over the Cape Fear area in the next week or two.

I am really excited about the fishing opportunities coming up and look forward to the next report the first week of April. Check out the photos from the past couple of weeks.

Thanks,
Jeff Wolfe
Seahawk Inshore Fishing Charters
NC Inshore Fishing Blog
910-619-9580

Trevor, future pitcher for the Tarheels with a nice red he caught on 3/7/10

Christian with a red he caught around a dock on 3/7/10

Alex with a red he caught out of the backwaters on 3/6/10

Kevin with a over slot red he caught sightfishing in a small creek on 3/9/10

Kevin and Bob with three of the eighteen or so they caught on 3/9/10

Jeff with a speckled trout he caught on 3/13/10

Ed with a mid slot red he caught on 3/16/10