Surf fishing for just an hour or two – blast from the past

Article by: Mark Mayo

Inshore we are catching flounder, red drum, black drum, gray trout, speckled trout, spots, croaker and Virginia mullet.

In the surf people are catching lots of pompano, some flounder, red drum, black drum, blues, spots and Virginia mullet.

On the piers people are reporting catches of spots, Virginia mullet, blues, croaker and black drum.

Off shore, people are catching king mackerel, dolphin and barracuda.

On the bottom, people are catching black bass, groupers, snappers, grunts and ringtails.

This week’s fishing tip: Sometimes I have felt like going surf fishing for just an hour or two so I would take a small amount of bait but then after 30 minutes of good fishing, I’m out of bait. But now you have “synthetic” alternatives to natural cut bait, bloodworms or shrimp. I have tried them and they do work. So now I always keep a few bags in my tackle box. Island Tackle and Hardware has a large variety of Berkley Gulps or Fish bites. Fort Fisher Trading Post also sells them.

Keep fishing and stay safe.

Captain John Carty
Affordable Charters

Neil Smith caught and released this nice red drum aboard Affordable Charters.

Walter caught this nice red drum aboard Affordable Charters.

Mike Johnson from Charlotte caught these Red and Black Drum aboard Affordable Charters.

Mark Mayo

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