The inshore action in the lower Cape Fear has been a little hit-or miss the past couple of weeks, with a couple of good days followed by a tough one. The hard southwest winds have made it tough on the fishing, especially the sightcasting for redfish. The fishing has shown a good sign of improvement over the past couple of days though.

I have been finding some nice schools of upper-slot redfish on the flats and in some shallow coves on the leeward side of grass banks out of the wind. We have also caught some good numbers of reds blindcasting soft plastics and top water plugs along shellbeds and oyster rocks along the creek banks of the lower Cape Fear. For those that have trouble throwing artificials, we have been catching reds using live baits on float rigs and bottom rigs.

Some nice speckled trout and flounder have also been caught recently on my charters using both live baits and artificials. We have also caught some good numbers of sheephead and a few black drum fishing fiddler crabs on carolina rigs. The largest sheephead weighed in just under eight pounds. We had a couple of days where we saw a few tripletails and caught one using a live shrimp fished on a float rig around a crab trap bouy.

We have also caught a couple of bonnet head sharks on the flats using jigs. I have been seeing a large black tip shark patrolling a redfish flat in less than two feet of water that I plan on catching if I get a chance. This guy is about five feet long and weighs about a hundred pounds.

Check out the photos from the past few weeks. These are just a few of the nice fish we have caught recently.

Thanks,
Jeff Wolfe
Seahawk Inshore Fishing Charters
Fish Carolina Beach Blog
910-619-9580

Jerry with a nice redfish caught on a redfish magic glass minnow

Ed with a bonnet head shark caught that hit a jig

Jeff with a over the slot red caught on a live mud minnow

Robert with a upper slot red caught on a artificial

Chris had a double inshore slam on this day

Thomas with a speckled trout that hit a jig

Aaron with a nice spec that hit a live mullet minnow

Kenny and son Aaron with a nice inshore mixwed bag

A rare tripletail that I caught sightcasting with a live shrimp around a crab trap bouy

Jacob and Gabe with a couple of the flounder we caught on a recent seafood trip

Eric with a 27.5 red that hit a redfish magic glass minnow

The kids above are having a blast catching fish on live baits

The inshore fishing has been good on most days with catches of speckled trout, red drum, flounder, spanish mackerel, and sheephead.

We have caught some really nice redfish up to 36″ lately on the flats and marsh edges of the lower Cape Fear. There were a couple of days that we hooked and caught some of the largest reds that I have seen in less than two feet of water. The reds have been caught by sightcasting and blindcasting topwater plugs, spinner baits, and soft plastics along marsh edges and oyster rocks. They have also been caught by fishing float rigs and bottom rigs baited with live minnows and live shrimp.

We have also been catching some flounder, speckled trout, and sheephead. The flounder and speckled trout have been caught using live bait and artificials. The sheephead have been caught by using live fiddler crabs. The spanish mackerel bite has also been good within a half of a mile of the beach. Check out some of the photos from this past week.

Thanks,
Jeff Wolfe
Seahawk Inshore Fishing Charters
Fish Carolina Beach Blog
910-619-9580

A 36″ redfish that I caught sightcasting to a school of fish this size in less than two feet of water.

Eric with a 32″ red that hit a Skitterwalk topwater plug. Eric and I doubled up with this 32″ and my 36″. I usually don’t fish on my charters but I had to make a cast into this school.

A nice mixed bag of inshore fish caught on live baits and artificials.

The kids and adults are having a blast catching reds, specs, and flounder using the simple method of live baits on float rigs and bottom rigs around marsh edges and oyster rocks.

Randy and son Cory with a couple of nice flounder they caught on spinner baits