North Myrtle – July 3, 2014
Austin Swett, Garrett Williams, Holden Carroll, and Matt Elliott, of Ocean Isle Beach, with a 27 lb. cobia that bit a live blue runner off Little River Inlet while they were fishing with Kay Carroll on the “Pharmasea.”
Mark, of Shallow Minded Inshore Fishing Charters, reports that anglers are still seeing good numbers of cobia (most 20-40 lbs.) off Little River, but the best action has moved from the Sherman wreck to the Little River Offshore Reef. Plenty of barracuda are feeding in the same areas as the cobia, and anglers can fool both with live menhaden or bucktail jigs with soft plastic trailers.
Spadefish are still schooled up around the Sherman. Anglers who want to hook up with the hard battlers can chum them to the surface with cannonball jellyfish, and then use small pieces of the jellies as hook baits to tempt them to bite.
Flounder are also looking for meals at nearshore structure in the area, and the flatfish have a tough time turning down a live menhaden on a Carolina rig.
There are still plenty of red drum feeding in Little River Inlet (with some 20+ lbs.), and anglers are fooling them while drifting live menhaden along the bottom.
Some speckled trout and black drum are looking for meals along the rock jetties at the inlet, and live shrimp fished under float rigs will fool both.
Chris Williams, from PA, with a red drum that inhaled a live menhaden on a Carolina rig in Little River Inlet while he was fishing with Capt. Mark Dickson of Shallow Minded Inshore Fishing Charters.
Spanish mackerel and bluefish are chasing bait outside the mouth of the inlet during the falling tides. Anglers can cast suspending plugs like MirrOlure MR17’s or metal lures like Deadly Dicks to fool both fish.
Patrick, of Capt. Smiley’s Fishing Charters, reports that anglers are seeing some solid inshore action right now around the inlets and in the backwaters.
Flounder are feeding in Tubbs and Little River inlets, where anglers can tempt them to bite Gulp baits or live mud minnows and menhaden on Carolina rigs and jigheads.
Speckled trout and bonnethead sharks are feeding in Little River Inlet and falling for live shrimp on float and Carolina rigs.
Anglers are also hooking some sizeable red drum around the Little River jetties, primarily on live and cut menhaden.
There’s also been some solid red drum action in the shallows around Bonaparte Creek. Live menhaden, mud minnows, and shrimp will all attract attention from the creek reds.
Katie, of Cherry Grove Pier, reports that anglers are hooking some sharks and sea mullet while bottom fishing with shrimp and cut baits.
A few flounder are falling for small live baits fished under the pier.
Anglers working Gotcha plugs and mackerel trees are connecting with a few bluefish.
