Fishing Report 12-17-24

So far none of the fish have been told to stop biting for winter.  Put on an extra layer of clothing, tell your wife you are going to be late coming home from work and go fishing.  Or skip work and go fishing.  This fishermasn’s old boss made a weekly habit of that. 

The speckled trout and red drum are attacking shrimp imitation lures and live shrimp.  Off shore the tuna and wahoo are active.  Bottom fishing is great right now for silver and red snapper, trigger fish, and black sea bass.   On the fresh water spectrum it’s crappie time, the slabs are schooled up and hungry, the jig and bobber method is out fishing minnows right now.  The bass are fattening up for winter, crankbaits are the ticket along with swimming jigs.  The bream are hitting on worms.  The writer of this report caught a 23 inch pickerel on a minnow at Falls Lake outside of Raleigh recently.  It was yummy.

Remember to skip work, take a kid fishing and please pick up your trash. 

Fishing Report 11-8-24

Many of us will be throwing our diet plans out the window with the holidays here.  Well, the fish are pretty much doing the same thing.  The fresh and saltwater fish are gorging on live bait to get ready for winter.

The inshore saltwater fish like speckled trout and red drum are filling up on shrimp right now, so any lures that mimic shrimp are a good choice.  Lures like gulp, DOA shrimp on a popping cork, and live shrimp are your best bets, along with curly tail grubs, mirror lures, and sting silvers.

The spots are here still and blood worms and shrimp are good choices.

Off shore the kings are still active, along with yellow fin tuna and wahoo.

Bottom fishing off shore is spectacular with great catches of bee liners, trigger fish and black sea bass.

Fresh water fishing is amazing as long as the weather is warm. The guy writing this went out recently to a private pond and caught five bass in 45 minutes, all over 15 inches long, using a Whopper Plopper top water bait.  Bass are also hitting spinner baits.  The bream are good on crickets and night crawlers.  The crappie are biting on jigs and minnow.  Beetle spins and Road runners catch everything..

Today’s plan: Call in sick to go fishing, take a kid fishing, and pick up your trash.

Fishing Report 9-24-24

Fall is finally here and as just about every fisherman knows, fall is the best time of the year to go fishing.  Inland saltwater anglers – it’s time to think about jumbo spots by the dozens being caught on blood worms and shrimp.  Also, the speckled trout are in the creeks along with the puppy drum.  Off shore the king fishing is at it’s best, along with albacore, and mahi mahi.  

In the gulf stream, catches of red snappers and silver snappers are really good, along with trigger fish and black sea bass.  Plus the Hatteras Blues are here.  Nothing more fun than a 20 pound blue to get your blood pumping.

Freshwater fishing – the bass are eating everything that swims because they’re fattening up for winter.  Fall is also a great time for top water baits including buzz baits, Zara spooks, Whopper Ploppers, Choppos, and Hula Poppers.

Take a kid fishing, pick up your trash and throw it away – and not in the ocean please.

Fishing Report 8-13-24

It’s football season and the fish are biting.  Choices have to be made!  If your choice is fishing – the fishing is great!  Freshwater anglers are catching bass fishing on buzz baits, crank baits, and plastic worms.  The bream are eating crickets, night crawlers and imitation grass hopper lures.  The crappie are hitting on jigs and minnows in thick cover. The catfish are being caught on minnows and cut bait.  

Saltwater anglers are catching good numbers of flounder, croakers, blue fish, spanish mackerel, sea mullet, hogfish, spots, sheep’s head amber jack and puppy drum.

Off shore you can expect to load up on red and silver snapper, triggerfish, amberjack and black sea bass bottom fishing on boats like the Capt Stacy 4 and Carolina Princess  Trolling for kings, wahoo, dolphin, tuna and even a few sailfish are being caught.

Skip work or school and go fishing! Don’t forget to pick up your trash.