Hi Folks,
This is an unusual mid-winter fishing report. It’s mid-winter, but it feels like early spring and the fishing inshore is HOT! Here we go:
We’ll start in the Cape Fear River with nice catches of stripers in the 3 to 14 pound range. They are hitting DOA soft plastics rigged weedless and shallow running crankbaits. Trout are hitting as well in the river on ¼ oz. lead heads and pink or chartreuse grubs. Best bite is on the falling tide. In the lower river, the reds are biting well on the high tide... (Read More)
The water temperature has warmed up a few degrees to about 52 degrees at the mouth of the Cape Fear River.
Catching some red drum, striped bass, & speckled trout in the waterways, bays, & Cape Fear.
Keep fishing & stay safe.
Captain John Carty
Affordable Charters
910 616-3957
Blast from the past: Mark & Gary caught a large flounder & a long stringer of grey trout while fishing aboard Affordable Charters.
Blast from the past: Barry Lucas with some nice sized black drum & some speckled trout caught while fishing on the west.. (Read More)
Happy New Year to you and your family. Thank you to everyone who fished with me this past year. I enjoyed making new friends and seeing regular fishing buddies. In 2012, I look forward to carrying each and everyone of you again. Now here is the report, Inshore we are catching red fish in the flats and creeks. There are some big schools on the flats, we need calm winds for this. Sight casting to these hard fighters with get anyone's blood pumping. We can fish the creeks for redfish no matter what the wind is doing. To catch the red fish we are using.. (Read More)
We are still experiencing some pretty good fishing conditions here in the Cape Fear region. The fishing has been ok but not what it normally is for this time of year. We are still catching double digit numbers of redfish and striped bass. Just not catching the big numbers of reds like we sometimes do in the winter months. Still not bad for the winter months.
The redfish are schooled up on the flats and there are some good sightfishing opportunties when the winds are light and variable. The schools on the shallow flats have been skiddish and tough to.. (Read More)
We finally got a 1 day weather window and headed off shore with my son David (in town for the holidays from Miami) and fishing pal Steve Conley. We started off jigging 1st thing looking for some Cobia and Grouper but only found a few small Jacks. Decided to switch over and try trolling for Wahoo. It did take long I was in the process of setting out the 3rd line when the medium flat line started screaming off drag. David grabbed the rod and landed a nice 40 lb Wahoo. It stayed.. (Read More)
Big reds, grey trout, citation flounders!
Book now to get in on the action!
Capt Charles Powell
910-279-0966
www.charliesfishingreport.com
Heather Wade with a citation 46 inch red fish - caught and released to fight another day!
Chad Wade with a nice 4 lb flounder
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Relax with the crew of Stress Reelief catching dolphin and white marlin.
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The fishing is still a little up and down but it is getting much better. This past week the Flounder have become much more consistent, producing about 4 or 5 per trip.
Early in the week Melissa Pahel and Kevin Kindred went out fishing and picked up nice Redfish, Speckled Trout, and Flounder… A “Cape Fear Slam”
Melissa Pahel and her 20″ Speckled Trout
Kevin Kindred showing off his 24″ Redfish
On Tuesday the Organ family Naperville, Ill. went out and caught 5.. (Read More)
Moe and his group from Charlotte N.C. lots & lots of mahi, wahoo, ect.. 31 trolling fish.
Captain Mike Britt
Large Time Fishing Charters
www.largetime.com
Telephone (910) 458-3362
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wrightsville beach fishing charters Captain mike 910-619-8509 The last few days of fishing have been great, lots of reds moving up on the flats and oyster bars to sun and feed.Soft plastics, jerkbaits and swimbaits have been my choice .There is lots of winter moss still left on the bottom which makes anything heavy impossible to fish.The rain has set in today but the trout have started moving to the creek mouths which makes them easy to see and easy to catch.With the weather breaking this weekend, it should be the time to hit the water!
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With the fluctuations in the weather lately, the fishing has been just as unpredictable. We have had several days with outstanding numbers of redfish and have had some slow days also. With the warm weather creeping back the redfish bite will become more consistent. The flounder and trout will also be showing up in good numbers soon. Several flounder have already been caught and we had a 14” speckled trout last week! The redfish have been schooled up in large schools throughout the day but as the water heats up they will start to.. (Read More)
Folks this winter will not give up with out a fight, right when it looks like its going to get warmer; we get snow and nasty cold weather! So what are we going to do if we live to fish; of course GO Fishing on the ‘right’ days! With this winter being cold and last winter not any better, I’ve found you can catch fish but you just have got to go on the right days. So you.. (Read More)
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Couldn't resist this one folks...
"Chew On This" 1,000 pound Hammerhead landed by Captain Ben Chancey
and by current All Tackle Hammerhead World Record Holder Captain Bucky Dennis.
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Capt Grady had a good weekend of Fishing. This was a half day trip not far off the beach and this group had a blast. Plenty of sharks and Spanish Mackerel to catch. Grady also reported the king mackerel, dolphin and sailfish bite is still pretty good. They fished off shore Sunday and did pretty good on the school kings and caught one sail and a few dolphin. If you are thinking of.. (Read More)
Awww….the sound of multiple reels screaming as each rod doubles over when your bait spread is suddenly ambushed by a school of Yellowfin Tuna……or how bout a monster Wahoo skyrocketing on an outrigger bait and burning 300yds of line off of a 50 wide……better yet, the beautiful yellow, green, and blue colors of a Mahi-Mahi as it jumps to free itself from the end of your line….. That’s Holden Beach Gulf Stream Fishing at its finest aboard the Gamefisher III, a tournament rigged Ocean Master 31.
Gulf Stream fishing out of Holden Beach, NC reaches its peak mid March thru.. (Read More)
Well it is time to start talking about winter time striper trips. As most of you know, the striper fishing out of Oregon Inlet over the past two winters has not been up to par. There were some fish around, but nothing like it used to be. The main body of fish have been staying off Virginia Beach due to the unusually warm winters we have had. With this in mind we have decided to have a boat.. (Read More)
Fall Fishing NC - Posted to Cape Fear Guide Fishing Report by Capt. Mike Dennis
Fall is officially here in North Carolina,fish are biting for the Cape Fear Guide red drum have been hitting hard & in good numbers of multiple hook-ups making for some exciting charters for Capt.Mike Dennis.
Orange & Gold Red DrumFlounders are still biting.red drum are feeding hard,catching small speckle trout on jigs !
Get in on the INSHORE BITE give the CAPE FEAR GUIDE a call 910-619-0928 .. (Read More)
The Epoxy Fly tied by Capt. Matt Wirt.
Ingredient list:
Hook: Mustad 3407 DT #2 to 1/0
Body: White and Olive Slinky Fiber with Silver Flash & Woven Pearl Tubing.
(5 minute epoxy the body of the fly and add stick on eyes if you like)
Click below to view the video!
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Inshore bite for Red Fish has been great this week,catching reds every charter,caught two Red Drum yesterday over the slot 18" to 27'',a total of 12 redfish caught and released.
Flounders and speckle trout are also being caught,on these
Carolina Beach fishing charters. Give Capt.Mike Dennis a call for some exciting Red Drum action !
910-619-0928 .. (Read More)
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