Affordable Charters Fishing Report

Inshore we are catching flounder, red drum, black drum, gray trout, speckled trout, spots, croaker, & virginia mullet.

In the surf people are catching lots of pompano, some flounder, red drum, black drum, blues, spots, & virginia mullet.

On the piers they are catching spots, virginia mullet, blues, croakers, & black drum. Offshore king mackerel, dolphin, & barracuda.

On the bottom black bass, groupers, snappers, grunts, & ringtails.

This weeks fishing tip: Sometimes I have felt like going surf fishing for just an hour or two so I would take a small amount of bait, but then after 30 minutes of good fishing I am out of bait. But now you have “synthetic” alternatives to natural cut bait, bloodworms, or shrimp. I have tried them and they do work. So now I always keep a few bags in my tackle box. Island Tackle & Hardware has a large variety of Berkley Gulps or Fishbites. Fort Fisher Trading Post also sells them. Keep fishing & stay safe.

Captain John Carty
Affordable Charters
910 616-3957

Dean Pye caught black drum, pompano, Virginia mullet, & flounder while surf fishing at Carolina Beach. (pictured above)

Nick Carty & Debbie Carty caught Virginia mullet & trout while fishing aboard Affordable Charters. (pictured above)