The inshore fishing has been good on most days with catches of redfish, flounder, speckled trout, spanish mackerel, bluefish, and sheephead. We have had only one or two tough days over the past couple of weeks, so hey that’s not to bad. We have had lots of southwest winds lately, but we have managed to catch fish in the protected creeks of the lower Cape Fear where the wind does not affect the fishing.

The redfish are biting well on live bait and artificials. There are some large schools of reds are on the flats and the sightfishing is good when we get that combination of lower tides and light winds. We are also catching good numbers of reds blindcasting artificials along the creek banks and around oyster rocks in the lower Cape Fear. For those that are not comfortable throwing artificials, we can use the simple methods of using live baits on float rigs and bottom rigs.

Most of the flounder and speckled trout have been caught while fishing for the redfish. There are more specs and flounder showing up and we have targeted these fish along with redfish and sheephead lately. There are also some spanish mackerel and bluefish patrolling the inshore and nearshore waters of the Cape Fear area.

If you are looking for a fishing trip give me a call. Seasoned anglers looking for the explosion of a redfish or speckled trout on a topwater plug or for families and kids I can make it as simple as fishing in a farm pond.

Check out the photos from the past couple of weeks. These are just a few of the good catches we have had lately.

Thanks for reading the report,
Jeff Wolfe
Seahawk Inshore Fishing Charters
Carolina Beach Inshore Fishing Blog
910-619-9580

5/21/10 Douglas and Larry with a good catch of sheephead along with a few flounder and redfish

5/30/10 Chris with a over slot red she caught fishing a live menhaden on a float rig.

5/27/10 A couple of 3lb specs caught on Billy Bay Halo Shrimp under a popping float

5/31/10 Christin with a nice red she caught using a live menhaden on a carolina rig

5/31/10 Morgan with a over slot red she caught on a live minnow

9 yr old Olivia with a bonnethead shark and a sheephead she caught on 5/31/10. She also caught a upper slot redfish. Way to go Olivia!!!

Jenna with a redfish she caught blindcasting a jig along a creek bank on 6/1/10

6/3/10 Nick with a redfish he caught out of a school on the flats

6/3/10 Bianca did a great job catching four nice reds her first time throwing artificials

6/4/10 Brad with a upper slot red caught on a redfish magic jig

6/4/10 Fred with a red he caught blindcasting a jig on a flat

6/5/10 Alton with a upper slot red he caught on a jig

6/5/10 Chris with the largest inshore red so far this year on my charters,a drag screaming 32 incher he caught on a redfish magic soft plastic.

The inshore fishing has been good with catches of redfish, flounder, black drum, and sheephead. The speckled trout bite has been off so far this year, but hopefully the specs will show up soon. We have picked up a couple of trout while throwing artificials for reds, along with some nice flounders.

The redfish are spread out among the marshes of the lower Cape Fear, with many double digit days over the past couple of weeks. Most of the reds have been caught by fishing live baits on carolina rigs and float rigs along oyster points and marsh edges. We have also caught good numbers of reds sightcasting and blindcasting jigs and topwater plugs. There are also a few reds arounds docks along the waterway.

The sheephead fishing has been good around bridge pilings and other structure in the Cape Fear area. The sheephead are falling for fiddler crabs fished on carolina rigs close to the srtructure. We have also picked up some nice black drum while fishing for the sheephead.

The flounder are staring to show up in decent numbers and fishing for these tasty fish should be getting better over the next couple of weeks. The spanish mackerel are scooled up close to the beach and there are some good sightfishing opportunities to these fish. Hopefully the winds will cooperate so we can get there and do some spanish fishing.

Thanks for checking out my report. Hopefully I will have a good one for the 1st of June. Check out the photos below from the past couple of weeks.

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