Wrightsville Beach September 1, 2005
Tex, at Tex’s Tackle, reports the flounder have finally decided to bite a little bit. Fish of keeper size and up to 6 lbs. have been reported from the inlets and near the beach on the hard bottom areas. Small bluefish and some ladyfish are being caught in the waterway and inlets. Puppy drum and sheepshead are biting around the pilings in the creeks and waterway.
Kings are biting around the inlets, especially on the falling tide on live bait. They are also being reported around 10 Mile Rock, the 30/30 area, and Dallas Rocks. Some dolphin and sailfish are still around as well with the warm temperatures hanging around. No reports from the gulf stream this week.
Dickie, at Tidal Market II, reports much of the same this week, with good flounder fishing in the inlets and river, as well as in Banks Channel. Red drum are in the creeks and along docks in the waterway.
Spanish are biting well along the beaches, and king mackerel are 10+ miles out mixed with an occasional sailfish or dolphin. Wahoo are the best bet in the stream, and a great white marlin bite is going on out of Hatteras.
Lewis, at Bug-Em Bait Co., reports the gulf stream has finally heated back up with good catches of wahoo from the Swansboro Hole area. Grouper have been biting well from 15 to 30 miles out, with a lot of small fish being caught. The kings, small dolphin, and occasional sailfish are still in the usual hot spots from 10 to 30 miles out.
Along the beach the spanish are still chewing, and flounder are taking live baits on nearshore structure.
A few red drum are showing up in the surf now, and they are in the inlets and waterway as well; however, the best place to target them is still in the river. The few speckled trout that are being caught are coming from the river as well.
Seth, at Intracoastal Angler, reports good fishing everywhere when the weather allows. Red drum action has been good in the creeks and flats behind Topsail and in the Cape Fear River. Flounder and spanish mackerel are biting well in the inlets and nearshore structure. Kings, dolphin, and sailfish are all being caught 10 to 30 miles out. The billfish action has been excellent to our north in the gulf stream.
Rick, at Johnnie Mercers Pier, reports a few red drum are running the surf now, and the best time to hook one is at night. Bottom rigs are catching bluefish and whiting, while flounder are making a better showing this week preferring live baits. No kings this week, but there was a tarpon strike.
