Affordable Charters Fishing Report

Inshore we are catching flounder, red drum, black drum, gray trout, speckled trout, spots, croaker, & virginia mullet.

In the surf people are catching lots of pompano, some flounder, red drum, black drum, blues, spots, & virginia mullet.

On the piers they are catching spots, virginia mullet, blues, croakers, & black drum. Offshore king mackerel, dolphin, & barracuda.

On the bottom black bass, groupers, snappers, grunts, & ringtails.

This weeks fishing tip: Sometimes I have felt like going surf fishing for just an hour or two so I would take a small amount of bait, but then after 30 minutes of good fishing I am out of bait. But now you have “synthetic” alternatives to natural cut bait, bloodworms, or shrimp. I have tried them and they do work. So now I always keep a few bags in my tackle box. Island Tackle & Hardware has a large variety of Berkley Gulps or Fishbites. Fort Fisher Trading Post also sells them. Keep fishing & stay safe.

Captain John Carty
Affordable Charters
910 616-3957

Dean Pye caught black drum, pompano, Virginia mullet, & flounder while surf fishing at Carolina Beach. (pictured above)

Nick Carty & Debbie Carty caught Virginia mullet & trout while fishing aboard Affordable Charters. (pictured above)

  

On the piers this week there have been some good catches of spots, bluefish, small croaker, black drum, & flounder.

On the surf some nice size red drum are showing up in the 20 to 25 lb range, bluefish, spots, Virginia mullet, black drum, very good catches of  flounder, & small pompano.

Inshore red drum, black drum, flounder, speckled trout, gray trout, Virginia mullet, black bass, blowfish & croaker.

Offshore reports of wahoo, king mackerel, a few dolphin, & a few Spanish mackerel.

On the bottom no report.

Fishing tip of the week: The water temperature is dropping fast. The fishing is still good, but will slow down fast. This is a good time for surf fishing. This past week we’ve had good catches of flounder on the surf. Keep fishing & stay safe.

Captain John Carty 
Affordable Charters
910 616-3957

David Boney of Charlotte, NC caught trout & Virginia mullet while fishing aboard Affordable Charters. (pictured above)

Nathan & Shawn Carty caught flounder, black drum, etc while surf fishing at Carolina Beach. (pictured above)

John Carty & Tommy Smith caught this awesome stringer of large whiting, trout, & flounder while fishing aboard Affordable Charters. (pictured above)