The inshore and backwater fishing has slowed a little due to the inconsistent weather patterns we have experienced lately. The up and down temps have kept the water cooler and prevented some of our inshore species from moving in. This should change as soon as spring has fully sprung and the fish get more active in the warmer water temps. Flounder, sheephead, small and large bluefish will be showing along with the trout, redfish, and black drum we have caught all winter. This will provide us with a lot of action and a good variety of inshore fish to pursue in the weeks ahead.

The redfishing has been good on most days and should be getting better as the water warms. May is typically a excellent month for catching reds in the backwaters of the Cape Fear area. There will be large schools roaming the flats and the sightfishing should be good when conditions are right. We have caught some reds sightfishing on the flats recently but most of the redfishing has been done in the creeks. We are catching reds on Gulp baits, DOA soft plastics, live minnows and shrimp. The topwater bite will be picking up and I can’t wait to start catching reds on topwater. Reds will be spread out throughout the Cape Fear area and lots of days will provide us with good numbers of reds and speckled trout along with flounder to produce our Carolina inshore slams.

I am really looking forward to late spring as the inshore and backwater fishing takes off. Thanks for reading the report and check out the photos from my recent trips. I should have a good report for the next couple of weeks.

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

The spring fishing season is here and it looks like this spring is shaping up to be a good one.  There are lots of redfish around, a few speckled trout, whiting, and black drum. The flounder, bluefish, sheephead and other inshore speices are not far behind.  I am really looking forward to warmer weather and the inshore fishing to improve over the next couple of weeks.

We have had big numbers of lower and and under-slot redfish around this winter.  These fish grow fast and we should experience a good inshore redfish bite this spring and summer.  Most of the reds on my charters recently have been caught fishing live mud minnows and shrimp on light jigheads.  We are also picking up redfish by dropping the trolling motor, covering ground and casting Gulp Baits and DOA soft plastics.  As the water gets warmer, look for the reds to get more active, fight harder and we’ll be catching them on a variety of artificials along with live baits.  The topwater redfish bite is right around the corner and I can’t wait to start catching reds on topwater plugs.

We are catching a few speckled trout on Gulp Jerk Shads and Shrimp,  DOA jerk baits and paddletails.  The live shrimp are showing up and fishing live shrimp on float rigs will put good numbers of specs in the boat this spring.  We had a excellent trout bite last fall and have caught a few trout all winter, so we should experience a good spring speckled trout run.

We are catching a few black drum fishing shrimp on light jigheads and carolina rigs around docks and oyster beds.  There are also some whiting showing up in the lower Cape Fear River along the edge of the shipping channel.  Fishing two hook bottom rigs will put good numbers of these tasty fish in the cooler.

Thanks for reading the report and check out the photos from my recent trips.  Looking forward to some warmer weather and better fishing for the weeks ahead.  Topwater reds, and speckled trout, flounder, sheephead, large blues, etc. etc. they will all be here soon.  CAN’T WAIT!!!

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