Cape Fear River fishing for Virginia mullet

Article by: Mark Mayo

Fishing Tip #61120: The wind has finally let up enough where we were able to get out to the mouth of the Cape Fear River & fish for Virginia mullet. But the croaker are so thick it’s hard to get past them to see what else is there. Hopefully the croaker will move out soon & we’ll have better catches of Virginia mullet.

What’s Hit’n:

Inshore Virginia mullet, speckled trout bite has picked up a little bit, red drum, black drum, blues, lots of croaker, & shark.

In the surf catching a few black drum & small red drum, a few Virginia mullet, small croaker, some bluefish, & small flounder.

On the piers Spanish mackerel, a few bonito, bluefish, Virginia mullet, flounder, black drum, & shark.

Offshore on the bottom snapper, grouper, beeliners, black bass, grunt, & shark.

Keep fishing & stay safe.

Captain John Carty
Affordable Charters

Debbie & Holly caught & released this nice size red drum while fishing aboard Affordable Charters.

Jake from Conway, SC caught some speckled trout using artificial bait aboard Affordable Charters.

Mark Mayo

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