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