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Fishing Report
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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.
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Fishing Report 7-1-24
It’s summertime and the fish are biting. If you are worried about the heat go early in the morning or late afternoon til dusk. On the freshwater side the bass fishing is good on buzz baits, whopper ploppers and spinnerbaits. The bream are eating crickets, night crawlers and Mepp’s spinners. the crappie and hitting on jigs and minnows and the catfish are being caught on pretty much every kind of live bait or cut bait.
Saltwater anglers are catching good numbers of croakers, blue fish, spanish mackerel, sea mullet, hogfish, spots, and puppy drum.
Off shore you can expect to load up on red and silver snapper, triggerfish, amberjack and black sea bass bottom fishing. Trolling for kings, wahoo, dolphin, tuna and even a few sailfish are being caught.
Skip work, go fishing and don’t forget to pick up your trash.
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Fishing Report 5-14-24
Salt water fishermen rejoice because it is time to catch cobia. Cobia fishermen know the wait is worth the reward because cobia is the best tasting fish that swims. The best baits are cut bait. Finger mullet and lots of patience.
The flounder fishing is heating up. Plus the Spanish mackerel and Blues are hitting along the shore line.
Fresh water fishing is good – the bass are hitting spinnerbaits, crankbaits, and plastic worms rigged wacky style. The bluegill are biting on crickets, meal worms, and night crawlers. The yellow perch and crappie are good on minnows.
Remember to take a kid fishing and pick up your trash.
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Fishing Report 4-3-24
It’s springtime and most of the fish are thinking about reproducing. And like most people, fish think it’s fun to eat before during and after the act. With that said, the largemouth bass are bedding or protecting their kids. Plastic worms, creature baits and bluegill imitation lures are great artificial baits. The crappie are hitting on minnows, maribou jigs and road runners. the blue gill and bream are hitting on crickets, worms and beetle spins. The Catfish are eating everything from cut bait to chicken livers.
Salt water fishing is a little slow except for offshore fishing. Some redfish are being caught inshore, plus stripers and sea mullet.
Remember to take a kid fishing and pick up your trash. It’s ok to call in sick and go fishing.