Seahawk Charters Fishing Report

The inshore fishing has been good this past week, especially early morning with catches of redfish, flounder, and a few speckled trout.

The redfish bite has been really good. We have been catching the reds back in the creeks, schooled up on the flats, and in deeper water along shelly bottoms in the lower Cape Fear. Double digit days have been common. Topwater plugs are working well early mornings with jigs and live bait working for the most part of the day.

We have also been catching some nice flounder and a few speckled trout on some of the same artificials and live baits that the reds have been hitting. The sheephead are also biting well on live fiddler crabs.

September fishing is right around the corner with speckled trout normally providing us with a lot of action with live shrimp and artificials. Flounder and redfish should be here in good numbers also. Check out the photos from this past week.

Thanks,
Jeff Wolfe
Seahawk Inshore Fishing Charters
Fish Carolina Beach Blog
910-619-9580

Ivan with a nice red he caught with a perfect cast into a large school on the flats on 8/7

Christian with a red he caught way back up in shallow creek on 8/7

Braxton, Marvin, and Josh with a good catch on 8/5

We have been catching some nice flounder on artificials and live baits

Marvin with a nice tripletail he caught sightcasting a live shrimp around a crab trap buoy

The ladies above have been in on the action recently fishing live baits on float rigs and bottom rigs

Kenny with a nice red he caught on a topwater plug

Christian with a 3lb flounder caught on a jig

The inshore fishing has been good on most days with catches of speckled trout, red drum, flounder, spanish mackerel, and sheephead.

We have caught some really nice redfish up to 36″ lately on the flats and marsh edges of the lower Cape Fear. There were a couple of days that we hooked and caught some of the largest reds that I have seen in less than two feet of water. The reds have been caught by sightcasting and blindcasting topwater plugs, spinner baits, and soft plastics along marsh edges and oyster rocks. They have also been caught by fishing float rigs and bottom rigs baited with live minnows and live shrimp.

We have also been catching some flounder, speckled trout, and sheephead. The flounder and speckled trout have been caught using live bait and artificials. The sheephead have been caught by using live fiddler crabs. The spanish mackerel bite has also been good within a half of a mile of the beach. Check out some of the photos from this past week.

Thanks,
Jeff Wolfe
Seahawk Inshore Fishing Charters
Fish Carolina Beach Blog
910-619-9580

A 36″ redfish that I caught sightcasting to a school of fish this size in less than two feet of water.

Eric with a 32″ red that hit a Skitterwalk topwater plug. Eric and I doubled up with this 32″ and my 36″. I usually don’t fish on my charters but I had to make a cast into this school.

A nice mixed bag of inshore fish caught on live baits and artificials.

The kids and adults are having a blast catching reds, specs, and flounder using the simple method of live baits on float rigs and bottom rigs around marsh edges and oyster rocks.

Randy and son Cory with a couple of nice flounder they caught on spinner baits.