SE NC Report: solid redfish and some flounder

Inshore fishing has slowed a bit but there are nonetheless a great deal of redfish becoming caught in the creek regions, and now they have moved out to around the docks and bridges of the Intracoastal Waterway. Redfish are still responding to reside mud minnows fished on a jig head or with just a split shot of fat, and are also hitting scented soft baits on jig heads if they are fished slowly and gradually and you don’t spook the school.

Redfish and little flounder are close to the Cherry Grove location and the backwaters behind Sunset Seashore and Ocean Isle. Fishing is greatest on the bottom part of the tide as on the substantial tide the redfish move into the marsh grass to feed in which it is tough to get to them. If you can uncover them tailing on the tide modify you can cast to them, but otherwise low tide is the right time.

There have also been redfish and flounder caught in Tubbs Inlet and much more folks are starting up to drift for flounder. The h2o was warming before the sudden cold snap, but it should be on the rise once more soon and more flounder will be discovered in the inlets. Mud minnows will be the greatest bait until finger mullet and pogies turn into plentiful.

There are also scattered speckled trout but most are tiny. NC is still in a closed season for speckled trout harvest so that is catch and release only.

The piers have seen a few whiting and some scattered spot along with the predictable dogfish and skates. Whiting (sea mullet) are hitting best at sunset.

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