Topsail June 8, 2006
Jimmy, at Bad Attitude Charters, reports king mackerel biting in the 10 to 12 mile areas on live and dead bait. If you’re looking for bait, there is plenty of bait to be jigged up as close as four miles off the beach.
The kings and dolphin are thick in the 75 to 76 degree water, and they will continue to move towards the beach where temps are still lingering at 73.
Bottom fishing has been good in the 17 to 22 mile areas using squid and sardines for bait.
Ricky, at Speckled Specialist Charters, reports spanish, kings, dolphin, and cobia are moving in fast to the nearshore wrecks and live bottoms. Kings, along with a few big cobia, have been caught in the 15 to 18 pound range around Divers Rock.
The spanish are right on the beach, but the bigger fish will eat live baits free-lined over live bottoms.
The river bite is still consistent for flounder, red drum, and speckled trout, but there have been no big catches to report this week.
Ed, at Surf City Pier, reports that several cobia have been caught on the end of the pier. They have weighed anywhere from 29 to 47 lbs.
Barracudas are in the occasional mix. Spanish and blues are biting, but runs are small. Mullet, croaker, and spots are biting on the bottom. Go during the day because night fishing has been slow.
Willie, at Sea View Pier, reports blues, spots, and mullets being caught on the bottom. The spanish are running in big quantities during the early mornings and again in the late afternoon. Most spanish are weighing around 2 lbs.
Eric, at New River Marina, reports a little of everything is biting. In the river, the redfish, speckled trout, and flounder are biting well. Guys are also picking up a few black drum.
On the beach, the spanish mackerel and bluefish are biting Clark spoons and small live baits.
Kings are a few miles out, along with black sea bass on the bottom. Cobia are around the inlets and along the beaches on wrecks and hard bottom.
Offshore, the catches have been mostly dolphin, with only a few wahoo and tuna.
