Affordable Charters Fishing Report

In the surf still reports of red drum & speckled trout, mostly caught on mirror lures.

Inshore red drum, speckled trout, a few black drum, &some small Virginia mullet.

In the Cape Fear River (North) speckled trout, stripped bass, & catfish.

Offshore grouper, snapper, black bass, & some king mackerel.

Fishing tip of the week: My family & I belong to a great organization for meeting people & learning about local fishing called Got em on Live Bait Fishing Club. We will be having the Got-em-on Chowder Cook-off on February 16th & that makes this a great time for some of the local fishing families to join. There’s no better time than now. It’s mid-winter..not much fishing goin’ on..you could take a few bucks that would be spent on fishing anyway & join a great organization. It’s just $45 per year per family & it’s money well spent for anyone associated with fishing on the island. For those interested in joining up, or if they just want to know more about the club & what we do can get information & membership applications at www.got-em-on.com, or just call Mike Harrison at 458-0240. Keep fishing & stay safe.

Captain John Carty
Affordable Charters
910-616-3957

Blast from the past. C.B. (Bo) Holden grandfather of Debbie Carty from 1952 with this nice Red Drum caught on a local pier.

Blast from the past. In 1982 John Carty & friend Mark Jackson who is no longer with us with 2 of many beautiful red drum caught in the surf at Bald Head. All of us old locals miss you Mark !

  

Offshore on the bottom there have been reports of some good catches of red grouper, gag grouper, some snapper, & black bass & some king mackerel on top.

Inshore some fair catches of speckled trout, some gray trout, red drum, stripped bass, black drum, & catfish. On the surf Virginia mullet, red drum, & speckled trout.

Fishing tip of the week: If you want some steady action go up the Cape Fear River or Northeast Cape Fear past Wilmington. Fish around any structure you see with cut bait or shrimp & you should have steady action of some nice catfish. You might hook into a stripped bass in the process. Keep fishing & stay safe.

Captain John Carty
Affordable Charter
910-616-3957