Saltwater
Fishing Reports - New Hanover County
Carolina Beach & Kure Beach, NC
The Gill Wetter "Your Local Fishing News"
Capt. Matt Wirt with Reel Adventure Charters reports
the red and black drum, flounder, speckled trout and sheepshead
are biting well inshore. As the water cools down look on the flats
in shallow water for big schools of reds. They will school up
to stay warm and you can easily have 20-30 fish days if you position
your self correctly in relation to the school of fish. Gulp shrimp
and jerkbaits worked real slow will produce the best results.
The black drum and sheepshead are biting well near the rocks off
of Fort Fisher and around the ADM dock. Shrimp, fiddler crabs
or sand fleas will work best. The flounder action this year has
been a lot slower either due to the late start in the weather
this year or the years of pressure that have been put on the fish.
The flounder are doing fairly well in the ICW and Snows Cut and
if you are looking for a large citation fish I would fish the
artificial reefs just off shore. Live mullet or jerk baits will
produce the best results. The Speckled Trout have taken up the
flounders slack this year and have made a good showing. My bait
of choice has been a 3” Gulp! shrimp in the new penny color
fished around structure or oyster beds that have deep water access.
Creek mouths are also a good place search for specks on a falling
tide.
Offshore the Gray Trout are right off the beach
at the near shore reefs. Sting silvers work great and a curly
tail grub on a Gitzem jig head will trigger even the laziest gray
trout to strike. The false albacore are right off the beach on
out to 10 miles. Mariah jigs work great and 3 to 4 inch white
jerk baits will produce strikes as well. Use about 2’ of
15lb fluorocarbon leader for best results. The king mackerel action
is hot everywhere right now. The Dredge Wreck, School House or
Frying Pan Tower should all have kings nearby ready to bite almost
anything that moves. The wahoo are doing well in the stream with
lots of large ones showing up. Go get em!
Capt. Matt Wirt, Reel-Adventure.Com, (910) 540-0570
Angler Kevin from Carolina Beach caught Red Drum fishing aboard
Reel Adventure Charters with Capt. Matt Wirt.
Scott Sweetland and Scott Harris with a 25” and 30”
redfish caught on light tackle aboard Reel Adventure Charters.
Both fish were released and the 30” red was tagged. |
