Fishing Report 03/31/2016

 

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Inshore / Nearshore: 

This week, we've seen Bluefish along the beach, just over the last few days a good class of fish have been schooling around the Cape Lookout area. A few anglers even got into some Top-water action plus others found action casting small metal lures like Jig Fish and Diamond Jigs. I'd say over the next week or so we should start to see the Blues pushing down toward the Beaufort Inlet. 

Sea Mullets are still being caught in the Turning Basin area and back toward the Beaufort Inlet. The fish are still there but it's just been hard to fish for them with the winds and currents. Unfortunately, both are making it hard to get the right drift to catch them but in the last few days we've seen some nice catches. Spec-Rigs tipped with Bait Shrimp and Fish Bites are getting the job done. Along with the mullets there's been good numbers of Croakers in the mix and a few Hog Fish starting to move in too. 

Gray Trout fishing has been picking up over the last week. Beaufort Inlet area back toward the Turning Basin we've been seeing some nice fish. Last weekend, there was some even caught as far back as the AB High Rise Bridge. Spec Rigs tipped with Bait Shrimp and jigging Stingsilvers will be the ticket in catching the Grays. 

Black Drum, Red Drum and Speckled Trout are hanging in all of the creeks and the backwaters. The fish don’t seem to be everywhere but some nice catches have come by the shop. Nick, from the shop went out earlier this week and found a nice school of Red-fish but had trouble getting them to eat. But, he didn't have Live Mud Minnows on the boat, I'm sure that would have got the job done. There's been good reports of Speckled Trout up in the Adams Creek area along with some of the creeks off Bogue Sound. The Black Drum seem to be hanging in the deeper creeks around docks, pitching Bait Shrimp under them and soaking it seems to be working the best. 

Piers / Surf: 

We're now starting to see Sea Mullets making their way up the beaches. Both piers over the last week are reporting good catches of mullets. Last week, the best bite seemed to be at night but this week anglers are seeing good action during the day.  There's still plenty of Puffer fish being caught along the surf and off the piers. We saw some nice Black Drum caught around the Fort Macon area last weekend, along with a few off the piers.  Bait Shrimp and Fish bites fished on the bottom will get you the best action. I've not heard of any Bluefish yet but with them showing up at Cape Lookout it won't be long before anglers will be seeing action in the surf and on the piers.