Captain Jot Owens Fishing Report

Hello everybody, I hope spring is treating you good. The weather has really warmed up around here; we are getting more good weather fishing days. There has been a lot more days with lighter winds and sunny sky’s. This good weather has lead to good fishing trips. One thing that I have seen is a lot of fish that are early this year, showing up two to four weeks earlier than usual.

Fishing has changed a lot since my last report in a good way. The Bonita bit well this and last week, we caught them trolling and casting. Spanish mackerel have showed up this week as well. The lures that we’re trolling with and have worked well for us are; Clark spoons and Yo-Zuri crystal minnow deep divers. The YoZuri’s have worked the best on the Bonita’s and big Spanish mackerel.

A few King mackerel have also showed up this week, they are not real big but a lot of fun on light tackle! The kings are also biting the Yo-Zuri’s. The colors that are working the best have been Pink and Clown. We are trolling the crystal minnows two to three knots. The good thing about trolling this Yo-Zuri is you can use light tackle which makes it a lot of fun.

The Red fish, Flounder and Speckled trout are biting too. The trout bite is starting to slow down around Wrightsville but it is going strong in the river. Reds and Flounder are biting around docks and in the creeks. Most of the Reds and Flounder are hitting grubs and live bait. Saltwater Assassin (Blurp) grubs are working well to get these fish, in colors good penny and molting. Blurps are scented grubs like many other scented grubs on the market, but they won’t dry out on your hook and they have great action!

There is lots of Blues around the inlet; they will bite just about any spoons or jigs. There are a few big ones around too, don’t forget use some good leader when your fishing for them. I have herd some talk about a few COBIA showing up around. Let’s not get to ahead of our self this season now, but “I’m keeping my eye out for them”.

Gear used: Pflueger Medalist spinning reels in sizes 6035 and 6040. Rods: Ugly stick lite’s 7’ med action. Line: Ugly Braid fifth teen and twenty pound test. Keep your eyes out for Penn’s new jigging rods. I have used a few of them and they have a really good feel to them. Thanks for reading this report. Give me a call lets go fishing, School will be out soon, time to book that fishing trip!

Capt. Jot Owens
www.captainjot.com
910-233-4139

  

Hello folks, I hope y’all are enjoying the warmer temps as much as I am!  Summer is starting to show it self around eastern North Carolina.  Lighter winds and warmer temps have been the story and that means good fishing!  Finally three and four day windows of good temps and light winds.  Enough about the weather lets talk fishing!

We have had some great Trout fishing lately, fishing south of Wrightsville beach.  On good days we are catching over fifth teen trout with three to six flounder mixed in too.  On Thursday 4-17, my charter caught sixteen trout and six flounder.  That same day one of the trout was 27” and weighted six and a half pounds, a very nice spring trout.  The trout was released alive and in good health.

We’ve been catching the trout on live shrimp and shrimp grubs.  The rig we are using for the live shrimp is a float rig, fishing two to four feet deep.  The shrimp grubs that seem to work the best are Saltwater Assassin (Shrimp Cocktails) in colors (Drunk monkey and Natural glow).  We’ve also caught a few with a Kiwk rattling cork and a grub shrimp.

The Red fish bite has been “hit or miss” some days we go out and wack’em some days we don’t.  Live bait, fresh shrimp and scented grubs have been the ticket.  You just have got to find the Reds to catch them.  Fish the live and cut bait on Carolina rigs.  Saltwater Assassin (Blurps) in colors good penny and molting seem to work well for the scented grubs.  Most of the reds are in the water way on docks and in creek mouths.

In the ocean on the nice days, the blues are biting well.  Sometimes you get a few Bonita’s mixed in as well.  Clark spoons in size’s one, two and three trolled behind number one planners are the trolling ticket.  Casting and jigging spoons works well too around near shore artificial wrecks.  Pink colored lures seem to work the best for my charters.  It will not be long we will see some Spanish mackerel; I’m looking forward to that!

Gear used: Pflueger Medalist 6040 and 6035 spinning reels with 12 and 20 pound Ugly Braid line. Rods: Ugly stick lite’s in med action 7’.in length. Thanks for taking a look at this report!  Get out on the water and take a kid fishing.  Or better give me a call and I’ll take ya!

Capt. Jot Owens

www.captainjot.com

910-233-4139