Headhunter Outdoors Report

Hi folks, Capt.David here with this weeks outdoors report. The Spots are showing up in better numbers this week and it’s none too soon! The waterway and the surf are heating up and everything is biting. Trout are still hanging around the Swing bridge and early morning seems to be the best time to catch a nice Speck. All that structure means that the Flounder are laying on the bottom around the bridge too. If you want to catch a citation size Flounder now,the bridge is the best place I know off. The Reds are scattered all along the waterway and I’m hearing that the inlet bars at both ends are stacked up with some BIG Reds! Now is the time to be fishing folks. Lay out of work and go fishing.
The offshore bite is still going as well. The best advise I can give you is, find the bait-find the fish!
Black Bass are everywhere for the bottom fisherman and some of the ledges in the 10 mile range have a grouper every now and then. Just be careful of the size limit! Flounder are being caught in the ocean and surf and the Blues are everywhere. I didn’t think that the little Blues would be worst bait stealers than the Pinfish, but they are! Kings and Spanish are thick and early morning is the hot  time to have baits in the water. Sails and Mahi are farther out but still biting hard when you find them. Be careful and pay attention to the weather this time of the year folks. A fast moving front can make it dangerous in a hurry out there. Slick calm in the morning and BAM! 6 footers rolling 4 seconds apart! Folks the first thing I would advise doing when it gets rough is to put on a life jacket immediately. Rouge waves are not a myth, they do happen! Just be safe folks.
Now on the hunting side. Well I’ve been hunting 3 times and saw deer twice but I still haven’t had a shot. Who says hunting is easy. Early season bow hunting is an exercise in abuse. Whether it’s the heat or the skeeter’s, it makes you question your sanity. What am I talkin’ about,sane people don’t do that to themselves. It’s still a rush when you see a deer. Heck just being outdoors makes me feel good. Friday my daughter called me to invite me to go Dove hunting with her on Saturday morning. Must have done something right! I didn’t go because I didn’t want to get a lesson in wingshooting from her. She gives me a hard time about getting old and missing birds. She did get her gift of good aim with a shotgun from her Granddaddy. Remember to take your kids hunting and you won’t be hunting your kids folks. Well thats it for this week folks,be safe and take a kid with you!

Capt. David
Headhunter Outdoors
(910) 329-0818

  

Hi folks, Capt. David here again. Folks the fishing is hot. The surf action is picking up with a little of everything. Blues, Red and Black drum, Flounder, Pompano, a few Spots and Mullet. The piers are catching the same with Spanish and Kings in the mix. Night seems to be the best time to try these locations now and you can go after work too. That should make the bossman happy!

Offshore, Kings from the beach on out and Spanish around the inlets and behind the breakers. If you do a dawn patrol and troll a 00 Clark spoon on a small planer you can usually catch the limit of Spanish. Black Bass are all over the Topsail ledges and the reefs. I’ve heard off a few Grouper being caught on some of the ledges out 10 miles or so. Mahi and Sails are still in the area and are 10-15 miles out. The deep wrecks and ledges are holding some nice Grouper too. AJ’s are usually close to structure too. Hook a AJ and I hope you got good tackle,because they ain’t nothing but fight. Thats what I like about saltwater fish, they got attitude!

The sound is full of Reds,Flounder and Specks. The Reds are scattered all along the waterway and up in the creeks. The docks are holding Flounder and Reds. Specks are roaming around everywhere and it looks like this fall is going to be a good one for BIG Trout. All these fish are in 4 foot or less, chasing bait. I’m also hearing of a few more spots showing up too. It ain’t the run yet so don’t get all excited. Remember the Spot Festival is coming up as well! Good food and great fun!

On the hunting side, DEER SEASON IS IN! I went Saturday morning and didn’t see anything and it was way too hot for me that evening. Let’s hope this weather will cool off some. Anyway Dove season is still in as well as resident Goose season. The short Teal season is coming in this week and I have seen some birds on the sound. Well thats it for this week so remember, Take a kid with you and be safe!

Capt. David
Headhunter Outdoors
(910) 329-0818