Carolina Beach October 27, 2005
Barry, at Cape Fear Marine and Tackle, reports fall fishing is finally getting underway, especially inshore. Speckled trout and redfish are biting very well in the bays, and flounder have picked up from Snow’s Cut through the waterway and into Carolina Beach inlet.
The inlet is also a good place for gray and speckled trout, as well as red drum.
The surf fishing has finally picked up with tons of bluefish, pompano, red drum, and flounder.
Spanish are just off the beach and mixed in with the kings nearshore.
The 18 to 22 mile areas have been very productive for grouper. And from 23 miles and out has been good for kings, as well as the wandering wahoo and blackfin tuna.
The stream fishing has been sparse, but there have been a few catches of wahoo, dolphin, and tuna.
Steve, at Seagull Bait and tackle, reports that the surf is producing multiple species. Look for blues and puppy drum to bite well, and expect quite a few flounder (but they are running a little small). The spots have also been around, but the big ones haven’t arrived. The spots have been running medium-sized.
On the inside, puppy drum and flounder have been doing okay. They’ve weighed in flounder from 2 to 7 pounds, but guys aren’t catching a lot of flounder.
In the river, the best bet is for gray trout and whiting.
The gray trout are also just off the beach on the wrecks and reefs. Expect them to be running 1-2 pounds.
Capt. Dave Tilley, of FryingPanTower.com, reports that offshore the wahoos are being caught in numbers inshore and to the north of the Same ‘Ole, and there’s the occasional blackfin and yellowfin tuna tossed in. A little closer, the kings are on the attack. The bite has recently been very good along a temperature break close to the Dredge Wreck.
Inshore, everything is biting and biting well: spanish, bluefish, grays, and kings.
Offshore, the bottom fishing is doing well with grouper. Gags are chewing from 10 to 20 miles on anything you put in front of them; however, cigar minnows and squid work best. The red grouper are probably chewing too, but who’d run that far with the gags going through their yearly mating feeding frenzy.
With the inshore bottom fishing, the grays and flounder are on the move and they are hungry. Find a rock, and find the fish in numbers. Live bait works best, but grubs for those grays work real well too.
