Affordable Charters Fishing Report

Captain John Carty
Affordable Fishing Charters
Carolina Beach, NC
910-616-3957

Near shore, surf, pier and inshore, fishing has really had a temperature drop in the past week. What few fish are still around are going to be hard to catch. A few nice warm days will get them biting again.
Fishing tip of the week: Last week I wrote about exploring the river for new fishing spots. There are a few very important safety tips I need to tell you about. The first one is logs. When the river makes extremely high tides, large logs will float off the banks, so keep a very sharp eye out for any floating objects.
Another hazard is big ships. These ships push so much water that after the ship passes, if you are near shore you will see the water sucking out from under your boat and then comes the tidal wave. You do not want to be in this situation. The way to avoid this is before the ship gets to your location, move into deeper water. You will not even feel the wave in deep water. As soon as these waves hit shallow water you will see the chaos they cause. If the river pilots that drive these ships see you near shore they will warn you by blowing their horn.
Keep fishing and stay safe.
Captain John Carty
Affordable Charters

  

Captain John Carty
Affordable Fishing Charters
Carolina Beach, NC
910-616-3957

Inshore, people are catching croakers, a few Virginia mullet, black and red drum, speckled trout, stripped bass and catfish. No report for surf fishing. Offshore, people bottom fishing are catching black bass, grouper, flounder and grunts. This week’s fishing tip is on casting. If your casting ability is not very good and you would like to improve it, it is very easy and fun to practice in your yard.
Just set up a bucket or some sort of target and practice casting towards the target. Being able to cast to a strategic spot will greatly improve your catches.
Keep fishing and stay safe.
Captain John Carty
Affordable Charters

(pictured above) Debbie Carty caught and released this nice red drum aboard Affordable Charters.

(pictured above) Jacob from Ronoke, VA, caught and released this nice red drum aboard Affordable Charters.