The inshore fishing has picked up since my last report with catches of redfish, flounder, speckled trout, sheephead, black drum, and bluefish. We have had some great fishing weather lately with cooler temps and light winds. There are still a couple of tough days mixed in with the good ones, but that’s fishing for the month of August.

The redfish bite has been really good in the creeks and bays of the lower Cape Fear area. The reds are schooled up on the flats and the sightfishing has been good when the winds are light. We are also catching good numbers of reds in the creeks with artificials and live baits. We have had lots of double digit days on the reds with a few speckled trout and flounder to complete several inshore slams recently.

The flounder and speckled trout bite has picked up through out the Cape Fear river on live baits and artificials. The sheephead are feeding around structure along with a few black drum.

Check out the smiling faces 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
Carolina Beach Fishing Blog
910-619-9580

Jessica with a lower slot red she caught on 7/26/10

7/27/10 Jay with a over-slot red he caught sightcasting to a school on the flats

7/27/10 Paul with a nice black drum he picked up casting a Gulp Alive shrimp along a shell bank in the lower Cape Fear river

7/27/10 Paul with a nice flounder caught on a Gulp Alive shrimp

7/28/10 Jacob and Gabe had lots of fun catching bluefish, pigfish, spots, and croakers along with clams and blue crabs on a recent seafood trip.

7/29/10 Aaron had a good day his first time throwing lures for reds, specks, and flounder. He actually out fished his dad on this day. They both had a good day on the redfish.

7/29/10 Christian with one of the sheephead he caught on a fiddler crab. He also had a couple of big sheeps break him off. This kid can catch a fish anywhere.

7/30/10 Ryan with a nice red he caught casting a spinnerbait along a shelly creek bank. Ryan and his dad John found a school of reds blindcasting artificials and then we Power Poled down and wore them out on live baits.

7/30/10 John with a 29.5 inch drag screaming redfish he caught on a redfish magic paddletail jig.

7/30/10 Ashley, Sidney, and Taylor with reds they caught fishing mud minnows on carolina rigs.

Ryan, Ashley, and Taylor with a couple of the 25 or so they caught on mud minnows.

8/3/10 Dan with a nice spec he caught on a DOA paddletail jig

Chris, Dan, and Jim had a double inshore slam fishing artificials on 8/3/10

The inshore fishing has been up and down lately due to warmer than normal water temps and hard southwest winds. There has been some good signs of improvement over the past couple of days with two days of good redfishing, a few flounder and speckled trout.

We are catching most of the reds in the early morning hours by dropping the trolling motor and working shelly bottom dropoffs along some of the deeper creeks in the lower Cape Fear area. The water is a little murky due to lots of wind so lures like spinnerbaits and spoons have been very effective. For those that are not comfortable throwing artificials we can catch redfish using the simple methods of fishing live baits on float rigs and bottom rigs. I have not been able to get on the flats and look for the large schools of reds that were there a week or so ago but I am sure they are still there. Hopefully the wind will cooperate and we can get on the flats and do some sightfishing.

We are also picking up some nice flounder and a few speckled trout while fishing for the reds.

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
Carolina Beach Fishing Blog
910-619-9580

7/8/10 Griffin with a nice red he caught fishing a mud minnow on a carolina rig

7/8/10 Rob with a flounder that fell for a mud minnow on a float rig

7/12/10 Justin with a rare 11.6 lb tripletail that we tag teamed. I saw the fish around a crab trap bouy and casted a mud minnow on a float rig to him. He took the bait, I set the hook and got him away from the bouy, handed the rod to Justin and he finished the awesome battle.

7/13/10 The Price family with a few of the reds they caught, along with a speckled trout and a couple of sheephead

7/15/10 Scott with a lower slot red he caught on a redfish magic soft plastic

7/17/10 Nicole with a 5.2 flounder she caught fishing a mud minnow on a carolina rig

7/17/10 Brittany with a nice red she caught fishing a mud minnow on a carolina rig

7/20/10 Rob with a 4 lb spec ( larger than Jason’s) that fell for a spinnerbait rigged with a cockahoe minnow.

7/20/10 Jeff with a red that fell for a spinnerbait rigged with a Gulp Alive shrimp. Jeff and Rob had a double digit day on the reds along with a few flounder and a 4 lb spec.

7/21/10 Bob with a nice red he caught on spinnerbait rigged with a paddle tail jig

Bob, Brandon,and Ben had a good day catching reds ( approx. 14) on spinnerbaits and Gulp Alive shrimp. They also picked up a few flounder.