Summer has really been showing its face around here lately and with the warm air comes more bait and more means more fish to catch! I’ve seen a big change in water temps in the last few weeks, the waters around Wrightsville Beach are hanging around 65` inshore most days; it will not be long before we are swimming! The warm water has really brought out the bait fish, which is always a good.... Read More
April is here; finally some warmer weather, better fishing and the list of fish species starts to really grow the month of April! Now I’ll tell you that there is some very good day’s weather wise in April around Wrightsville Beach, but the wind can really blow sometimes during April. With this said you need to pick your days of fishing and be ready to move your days around sometimes. Fishing.... Read More
Well folks, as soon as the weather got warm, it got cold again, but wait here comes another (little) warm up? And then cold again; welcome to North Carolina winter weather! There are good things to this up and down weather, if you time it right the fishing can be good on the warmer weather times or just as it starts to cool off again! I can tell you not much has changed since my last.... Read More
I hope everybody is making through this winter so far, the weather been up and down and that is an understatement! There are some fish biting but you just need to go on the right days to catch them. If you’re settled down for the winter and don’t feel like fishing, hit a local or regional fishing school or boat show; you never know what you might learn or see!
Announcing the 1st annual Southeast North Carolina Inshore Fishing School; presented by Capt. Jot Owens in Wrightsville Beach, NC Saturday March 9th, 2013.
Do you want to catch more fish and bigger fish while spending your time and hard earned money on the water this year? You’ve tried the other schools; trying to sell you product over technique, large crowds hard to hear what the speaker is.... Read More
Well folks as soon as it gets colder; here comes some more mild weather, hey I’ll take it! November was a cold, windy and rainy month; we need it and deserve it! I have got to tell you not much has changed since my last report as what fish are biting and what they a hitting. One thing that has changed is I’m starting to see some very nice size trout biting, with trophy trout coming in the.... Read More
Can you believe October is over?!?! We made it through Sandy pretty good over all (here at least)! Here it is already November and if you know me when it comes to Wrightsville beach, NC fishing in November you know I’ll be Speckled trout fishing most days! November is by far the best Speckled trout month around Wrightsville Beach area waters. Big trout and good numbers all the way through.... Read More
Well Folks, fall is really trying to show and then it gets warm and wet! A real roller coaster of weather: one day with hot temps, breezy and wet; very next day cool and sunshine! Hey that’s what gets those fall fish biting so we can’t complain too much. With that said lets talk fall fishing!
I’ve had some very good Spanish mackerel runs lately. Most of the Spanish are hitting Clark.... Read More
Fall is trying so very hard to show up around the area but, with these weather changes comes ‘weather’ and for the last few weeks it’s been in the form of rain. Hopefully the rains have slowed down and this break of cooler weather is a sign of good things to come; cooler, dryer and good fall fishing weather!
With all this talk of cooler fall weather, one fish that pops up on my radar is the.... Read More
Well folks the summer weather of up and down temps is here; with some hotter weather in the forecast. Hey summer is here to stay for awhile; its time to go fishing! With the warmer weather the bait has really started to show up and the fishing has really gotten in its summer pattern. And just as I’m really starting to catch some nice Cobia the silver king (Tarpon) show up earlier then normal.... Read More
School is out and summer fishing is here! The last few weeks of fishing have been very good, the weather some days not so much. The fishing seems to be right on schedule; the Cobia have been showing good, I’m starting to catch bigger Flounder and the Choppers Blues are at there peak and should start to slowly thin out soon. Here are some of the notably catches from the last few weeks that my.... Read More
Summer has really been showing its face around here lately and with the warm air comes more bait and more means more fish to catch! I’ve seen a big change in water temps in the last few days, the waters around Wrightsville Beach are hanging around 78` inshore; it will not be long before we are swimming! The warm water has really brought out the bait fish, which is always a good thing for.... Read More
I just can’t say it enough; this has been some great Southeast North Carolina weather this year and it has really helped the fishing department too! I’m catching fish now that I usually don’t see until late April or May! I hope this means a very good fishing season; hey it’s already been a pretty good one! Here is the local area inshore waters report:
The Redfish and Black drum bite in the.... Read More
What great weather for this winter so far; lets hope it stays this way right on to Spring time! With this great weather has come some of best winter fishing I’ve seen around here in a very long time. Even on the ‘not so nice days’ the fishing has been good and other days down right great; finally a milder winter for a change! Cool mornings and warm afternoons are hard to beat in Southeast.... Read More
Well folks as soon as it gets colder; here comes some more mild weather, hey I’ll take it! Two cold winters in a row, we need it and deserve it! I have got to tell you not much has changed since my last report as what fish are biting and what they a hitting. One thing that has changed is I’m starting to see some very nice size trout biting, with trophy trout coming in the boat on most of my.... Read More
Here it is Thanksgiving and we still have warm weather most days! Finally after two very cold winters we’ve got the best fishing weather we could have for late November! With all this nice weather the fishing has really been on fire; some of the best Speckled trout fishing I’ve seen in while around here and the Redfish as well as the Flounder bite has been good too! I believe that we will see.... Read More
Fall is really starting to show its face around Southeastern North Carolina these last few weeks. Some warm days, some cool days and a few colder days with rain mixed in from time to time, but over all good fishing weather. The good part of this is no more hot days but lots of hot fishing to come!
October and November are great mouths for Speckled trout fishing and one of my favorite to fish.... Read More
Fall is trying so very hard to show up around the area but, with these weather changes comes ‘weather’ and for the last weeks it’s been in the form of rain. One thing I can tell you is that this is no different than most falls around this area; we get rain around here in the fall. Some years its light some years it’s heavier, every season it different and that is one of the reasons I live.... Read More
Well folks fall has really tried to show its self around the area lately, but as normal we start to enjoy drier cooler air and here comes the muggy warm air again! Hey welcome to southeastern North Carolina; that’s the weather around here always changing! The good aspect to this is the fish really seem not to care; the weather really does not change in the water to much. Another positive to.... Read More
I hope everybody is enjoying there summer so far and I don’t know about you, but I’m happy to see a little cooler and drier air coming in! It will not be long before we know it and it will be fall; I can’t wait!!! It’s still warm and the summer fishing is good; here is all that info in this months fishing report!
I have got to start with a favorite of mine due to the fact we finally got one.... Read More
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Great report, when do you think the spanish macks will....