Morehead – October 8, 2015
Steven, of Freeman’s Bait and Tackle, reports that before the weekend’s storm, anglers were seeing action with spanish mackerel and bluefish from Fort Macon to Cape Lookout. Surf casters were hooking both fish at Fort Macon while casting metal jigs like Shore Lure Glass Minnows and while trolling Clarkspoons from boats.
Surf casters are also seeing some spot, sea mullet, pompano, and flounder along the local beaches. Cut shrimp and mullet or live mud minnows and finger mullet are fooling most of the fish in the surf.
Anglers fishing inshore are connecting with some flounder around the Coast Guard station and structure like the bridges and port wall. Most are falling for Spro bucktail jigs tipped with Gulps or live baits.
Some bottom feeders like spot, sea mullet, and gray trout are moving into the turning basin. Anglers can fool all three with bottom rigs or spec rigs tipped with shrimp or Fish Bites baits.
The offshore fleet got a fishable day last week and found some excellent wahoo action, so when seas moderate, anglers ought to see a solid wahoo bite. Some blackfin tuna are mixed in with the ‘hoos, and anglers are hooking both on ballyhoo and skirted trolling lures.
Greg Githens with a 6 lb. spanish mackerel and a 29 lb. king mackerel that bit live finger mullet in Bardens Inlet. Weighed in at Freeman’s Bait and Tackle.
Matt, of Chasin’ Tails Outdoors, reports that anglers have been fighting rain and wind to get on the water recently, but those who’ve fished are reporting some decent catches.
There’s plenty of bait still in the inlets and surf, so the action should get back on track when the weather calms.
Spanish mackerel and bluefish are feeding in Beaufort Inlet and along the beachfront to Oceanana Pier and Cape Lookout. Anglers are connecting with both fish while trolling Clarkspoons or working casting lures like Gotcha plugs and diamond jigs.
There was some solid false albacore action last week near Cape Lookout, and anglers found good numbers of fish feeing on the surface. The albacore will bite the same casting and trolling lures as the spanish and blues.
Surf anglers are reporting action with sea mullet, pompano, red and black drum, and more. Shrimp and mullet are producing most of the action in the surf zone.
Anglers fishing inshore are connecting with good numbers of gray trout in the turning basin while jigging Stingsilvers and spec rigs tipped with shrimp.
There are still flounder feeding around AR-315 and other nearshore structure, and several were landed last week by anglers working Spro bucktails tipped with Gulp baits around the AR.
Ravin and David Currin with a spanish mackerel that struck a metal casting lure near Beaufort Inlet while they were fishing with Capt. Chris Kimrey of Mount Maker Charters.
Chris, of Mount Maker Charters, reports that anglers have been kept inshore by the rain and wind recently, but they’ve been catching some solid fish nonetheless.
Good numbers of slot red drum are feeding in the marshes and around structure like docks around Beaufort. Anglers are fooling the reds with live baits and soft plastics fished under popping corks.
Spanish mackerel and bluefish have also been feeding inshore around the inlets and behind Shackleford. Anglers can sight-cast to groups of fish feeding on the surface with small metal lures like diamond jigs.
Michael, of Oceanana Pier, reports that anglers are primarily catching panfish like croaker, spot, and other bottom feeders from the pier. Double-drop rigs baited with shrimp and bloodworms are fooling many of the fish.
Before last weekend’s storm, good numbers of bluefish were biting baits and metal casting lures that anglers were tossing from the pier.
