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Fishing Report
Fishing Report 6-2-25
Schools out!!! (Except for the fish.) The spawning is done and now it’s dinner time. In the freshwater fishing world, everything is biting. The crappie are hiding under docks, weed beds and trash piles to stay cool and are feasting on minnows, jigs, and beetle spins. The Bream, which include bluegill, pumpkin seeds, red ears, shell crackers, stump knockers, green sunfish and red breasts, are hitting on crickets, night crawlers, and lures that imitate bugs and spiders. The bass are eating everything in your tackle box – crank baits, spinner baits, glide baits, top water lures, swim baits, jigs, and live bait.
Salt water inshore fishing is really good on trout, sea mullet, croakers, flounder, red drum cobia, and pin fish. (Lol.) Off shore the Spanish, kings, wahoo, tuna, mahi, and albacore fishing is really good trolling. The bottom fishing is good too. The Carolina Princess reports catches of bee liners, trigger fish, black sea bass, grouper, and pogies.
Take a kid fishing and please pick up your trash, especially your used fishing line.
Fishing Report 4-1-25
The spawn is on in Eastern Carolina. The freshwater fish are doing that thang to bring great fishing to future generations. The crappie are in full spawn mode right now and can be caught with Bobby Garland jigs, Blue Ice is a great color. Plus minnows and small crank baits. The bluegill will spawn with every full moon up to 7 times a year. Beetle spins, night crawlers and crickets are always a good choice. The bass are guarding their nests now and they will destroy a Baby Brush Hog. Green pumpkin is the best color.
On the saltwater side of things Kelly at Squidder’s in Vandemere caught some nice speckled trout last week. Plus the drum fishing has been good. Still a little early for off shore fishing except for tuna and wahoo.
Please pick up your trash. This old salt went crappie fishing at Shearon Harris Lake near Raliegh recently and there was 1000x more trash than fishermen and it was crowded. It takes no effort at all to pick up your trash and throw it in a trash can. And hey, don’t forget to take a kid fishing.
Fishing Report 2-7-25
Unless you want to go to the gulf stream and catch tuna, wahoo, king mackerel and bottom fish you might have a tough time catching fish inshore. Speckled Trout and Red Drum are being caught inshore on Gulp.
Freshwater fishing on the other hand is still good . The crappie are biting on minnows, jigs, and Bobby Garland blue ice and pearl white soft body swim baits near brush piles, and vertical structures. The Bream eat and are eaten year around and night crawlers are the thing. The bass are hitting on crank baits, and spinner baits. The catfishing is ok on minnows, cut bait and stink baits like Catfish Charlie. Be sure you wash your hands before hugging the Mrs when you get home.
Take a kid fishing and pick up your trash.
Fishing Report 12-17-24
So far none of the fish have been told to stop biting for winter. Put on an extra layer of clothing, tell your wife you are going to be late coming home from work and go fishing. Or skip work and go fishing. This fishermasn’s old boss made a weekly habit of that.
The speckled trout and red drum are attacking shrimp imitation lures and live shrimp. Off shore the tuna and wahoo are active. Bottom fishing is great right now for silver and red snapper, trigger fish, and black sea bass. On the fresh water spectrum it’s crappie time, the slabs are schooled up and hungry, the jig and bobber method is out fishing minnows right now. The bass are fattening up for winter, crankbaits are the ticket along with swimming jigs. The bream are hitting on worms. The writer of this report caught a 23 inch pickerel on a minnow at Falls Lake outside of Raleigh recently. It was yummy.
Remember to skip work, take a kid fishing and please pick up your trash.