Cape Fear Region Fishing Report
October 2nd, 2007 by Fishing admin
Cape Fear Region Fishing Report (10/1/2007)
Source: Dennis Trowel, NC Division of Marine Fisheries
Ocean: Offshore, when boats were able to fish, the wahoo bite was on. No real big monsters, but lots of 35 to 45-pound fish. Closer to shore, the kings have moved in on the beaches. There were a few days they caught them decent down off of Southport, but the high winds have made it difficult to fish. When the winds finally lay out a little, fishing should get good. There still are some flounder catches coming off the near/shore reefs along with some gray trout.
Inlets/Sounds/Bays: Fishing was about the same as last week, or maybe a little slower. I did not hear of any trout catches, but there are plenty of trout around in the Cape Fear and around Southport. The flounder fishing, well it’s been what’s it been all year - not too good. I saw fish over five pounds, just not too many of them. The drum have become a lot more active over the last couple of weeks. Fish are being caught in the bays and creeks, as well along area rock jetties.
Piers/Shore: Two things stick out this week on area piers - spots and king mackerel. First the spots - the best catches by far are coming out of Onslow and Pender counties. South of that has been slow. The king mackerel bite has had its moments in all three counties. Topsail piers really smoked them over the weekend. Along with the spots and kings there are some Spanish mackerel, sea mullets, flounder, bluefish, and some black drum.
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