Carolina Beach August 3,2006
Tex, at Tex’s Tackle, reports that inshore the red drum are biting live baits around docks in the creeks and waterway. Mullet are becoming more abundant to use as bait for them.
Sheepshead are biting around the bridges and dock pilings on fiddler crabs.
Flounder are showing up better in the inlets now, and there are also several reports that the wrecks off the beach are holding good-sized flounder.
Just outside the inlets, the spanish mackerel seem to have found their way back to the beach. Recently the Rich’s Inlet area has probably been producing the best for spanish.
King mackerel are scattered from right on the beach out to 40 miles. They are not in any one area in any real concentration.
Sailfish are being picked up around 10 to 15 miles off the beach, such as 10 Mile Rock down to the 30/30.
Dolphin are becoming less abundant, and the grouper are still holding 25 to 40 miles offshore.
Jot, at Fortune Hunter Charters, reports that there’s been good action on red drum and flounder in the waterway and creeks. Most fish are coming on live bait, especially since mullet are now around in good numbers.
Sheepshead are still being caught, along with the occasional black drum, on fiddler crabs around the bridges and dock pilings.
Ladyfish are making a good showing hitting jigs and topwaters.
On the beach the tarpon are moving up the coast. There are also a few cobia and plenty of shark action near the beach.
Further off, the sailfish are moving inshore, with several being caught 15 to 25 miles out. The kingfish and dolphin are in the same areas.
Willy, at Johnnie Mercer’s Pier, reports that whiting (up to 1.5 lbs.) are biting shrimp and cut bait at night.
Finger mullet are producing over-the-slot red drum.
Black drum and keeper flounder are biting minnows.
There have been several 2-3 lb. sheepshead caught this week around the pilings, and they are biting barnacles.
Plug casters are catching lots of small king mackerel, with some spanish biting in the afternoons.
Barracuda are still biting live baits.
The water at the pier is 82.7 degrees.
