Wrightsville Beach Fishing Report

Hi Folks,
Fishing has reached the excellent rating as we head into June. Lots of live bait around and lots of fish too. Inshore is hot, hot, hot and near shore is popping with fish too.

Here we go:

Inshore: Redfish are leading the charge inshore with plenty of flounder as well. Best bait are small menhaden fished on a carolina rig. Reds have been biting best on the falling tide and flounder have been best on either tide, as long as it is moving. Some big chopper blues have moved up the creeks and are providing their share of excitement.

Near Shore: Along the beach there are several traveling pockets of menhaden schools which of course are attracting bigger fish. Fish around the bait schools and find anything from blues, 2-7 pounds, sharks, spanish, kings 6-8 pounds and cobia.

Offshore: Kings are biting in the 5 to 10 mile area and the mahi are starting to show up in close as well. Amberjack are biting at the School House.

Upcoming: With the persistent SW winds for several days, look for the mahi bite to really get going. Slow trolling live bait with light tackle is the ticket to catching these fish and having a blast doing it. The Rod-Man “In the Water” Fishing School is this coming weekend and everything is ready for a great school.
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Until next time….
LET’S GO FISHING!!!
Capt. Rick Bennett
Rod-Man Charters
910-520-7661

Hi Folks,
It’s all biting….the fish that is. This week we have caught spanish, flounder and blues and reds. Cobia are in the area. Big schools of bait are around. And water temps couldn’t be better. It adds up to a great fishing experience.

Now here’s my report:

Inshore: The flounder have shown up and we caught some nice ones although one huge one did get away. Live bait is available and that is what the flounder like. Reds are around too and the will eat live or dead bait…I do prefer live.

Near Shore: I had a couple of guys who just wanted to catch some blues and release them; just wanted to enjoy the fight on light tackle. We caught 61 blues and 4 nice spanish in just a couple of hours. That’s one fish every 2 minutes!. The spanish are biting along with the blues. Try Yozuri Deep Divers trolled at 3 knots on light spinning rods for a blast. Large schools of menhaden have been sighted and some cobia are around as well. Look for spring kings to appear any day as they are moving up from the Brunswick County beaches. A few flounder have invaded the near shore reefs and look for that to get better very soon.

Upcoming: In the next few days look for kings close in, more spanish and more cobia. The flounder bite will continue to improve with bigger fish hitting the scales.
Until next time….

Until next time…
LET’S GO FISHING!!!
Captain Rick Bennett
Rod-Man Charters
910-520-7661