Headhunter Outdoors Report

Hi folks, Capt. David here with this weeks outdoors report.  Last weeks column was missing because one of those afternoon thunderstorms hit a tree beside the house and Deep-fried my computer. Anyway, the fish are biting and if you ain’t fishing,you are wrong!
Inshore the Redfish are everywhere and the Flounder are plentiful. Now most of the flounder are small,but you can find a keeper. The Reds I’ve been catching are upper and over slot limit fish and are hanging around the creek mouth’s on the falling tide. A fat Finger mullet or Pogey on a Carolina rig will work for all the BIG three. Redfish, Flounder, and Trout. Folks I ain’t going to sit here and tell you that you can’t catch fish on artificial bait, cause you can! Anything that will work on a Largemouth Bass will catch a big Red! Topwaters, Jigs, Jerkbaits will all catch a fish this time of the year. Just remember that saltwater will rust rubber,so clean your stuff good.
 Offshore the fish are biting as well. Kings are from the beach on out,with the 45-60 foot depths being the hotspots. Spanish Mackeral are just behind the breakers in the morning and will tear a Clark spoon up. The Silver King is here as well, yes folks you heard me right, Tarpon are running the beach’s now. If you plan on fishing for them the best thing to do is be outside the inlet, running the beach at daylight. Oh, bring your A game when you do! They ain’t the Silver King for nothing.
 The ledges and reefs are giving a lot of Black Bass and Snappers and farther out the Grouper bite has been good! Ain’t caught none, Guess you ain’t on the right ledge. Folks I can’t tell you enough,If you ain’t catching fish,Move! 90% of the fish are in 10% of the water. Don’t waste you time sitting somewhere all day and come home with nothing. It’s hard to explain to the better half why you need a boat when you ain’t catching fish!
 On the other side, Bow season starts the 13th of Sept. and Dove season comes in Labor day weekend, so let the games begin. Hot diggity dog! I’m as excited as a Beagle in a brier patch and my stuff is ready. Well thats about it for this week so remember, Take a kid with you and be safe!

Capt. David
Headhunter Outdoors
(910) 329-0818

  

Hi folks, Capt. David here with this weeks outdoors report. Spanish Mackerel are everywhere just off the beach. Lots of Flounder are being caught in the surf and off the piers but most all of them are too small to keep. The Flounder fishing is the same way back in the sound as well. Lots of 12-13 inch fish but keepers are few and far between. Now that’s not to say that there ain’t any keepers out there, you just have to fish hard and cull a bunch of fish. The Redfish action back in the sound is hot but that little storm the other day kind of knocked them down a bit. There are a lot of small fish but folks I have been finding a lot of over-slot fish lately. It’s hard to tell a man that he has to let the biggest fish of his life go! That’s why we have those fish is because of the regulations in place. There are some Trout still biting but it’s mainly a late evening or early morning bite. The swing bridge has been fairly good and up in the river all the deep holes at the creek mouths are full of Specks.

Offshore has been hot as usual for this time of the year. The bait and the kings are still about 10 miles out but they have been catching them from the piers too. You just can’t tell what a fish is going to do! I don’t think a single one of the fish around here have seen one of those fishing shows or read a book about what, when, and where they are supposed to be doing! A wise old fisherman once told me,” Boy you find fish where they are at! If anybody out there figures that out, Give me a call and enlighten me, Please! Well folks thats about it for this week so be safe and take a kid fishing!

Capt. David
Headhunter Outdoors
(910) 329-0818