Headhunter Outdoors Report

Hi folks, Capt. David here with this weeks outdoors report. Things are looking up folks, the water is around 60-62 degrees and will be getting warmer. Fishing is picking up with the reds biting in the surf and around docks back in the sound. The hot ticket is Specks in the New river. The mild winters we have had have contributed to lots of Trout and some of them are BIG! The word is that about all the creeks off the river are holding fish in the holes. Billy baits shrimp and Storm shrimp are what’s catching them.

Folks I’ll tell you what, these new scented artificial baits work a whole lot better than the old plastic baits. A lot of times they will outfish live or cut baits! Fish them the same way you usually fish. I personally like the Gulp pogeys fished on a Carolina rig just like the real thing. Now on to other things. The Grouper are tearing it up 25-40 miles out and the Kings are around the temperature breaks out in the same area’s. It shouldn’t be long before the Bonita start showing up on the reefs a couple of miles out. The Gulfstream is hot with Tuna and Wahoo now as well. Just be careful when you head out that far folks. North Carolina ain’t called the Graveyard of the Atlantic for nothing! The best thing I can tell you folks is to get out there and let the games begin!

On the hunting side or should I say the lack thereof. Turkey season ain’t far away so get ready. Mr. Longbeard is going to be strutting and gobbling before long. Maybe this will be the year we get a big one. Now don’t think they are easy to kill because I’ve been at it for a couple of years now and haven’t scored yet. I called one in last year but didn’t have a clean shot so I didn’t shoot. I probably could have killed him but it wasn’t a good shot so I did the right and ethical thing and let him walk. Heck it ain’t about the killing, it’s the adventure of trying to outsmart a critter in his home turf. I know people who go hunting with a camera and have just as much fun sitting in the woods and relaxing. Maybe everyone ought to take a little time out of the rat race and go sit in the woods and just be quiet. Leave the cell phone at the house or turn it off. Find a stump and chill for a while. No phones, no TV, no computers, just the sounds of nature and the occasional lowflying military aircraft. Well that’s it for this week folks so remember to be safe and take a kid with you.

Capt. David
Headhunter Outdoors
(910) 329-0818