SE NC Report: unreal action on big red drum

The red drum action in Brunswick County and upper South Carolina has been unreal in the earlier week. Massive red drum are becoming caught at the Small River Jetties by just about absolutely everyone dropping a reside bait, and redfish action in the creeks remains hot. Meanwhile, even the piers are getting some wonderful drum hoisted up to the planks.

The early big red drum fall bite is always very good at the Little River Jetties, but this yr it looks excellent. The red drum must get a tiny bigger much too, before they go away. This is a unusual likelihood for southeastern or Grand Strand angler to hook into a Hatteras-dimensions red drum.

Meanwhile, there are lots of more compact redfish running the tide in the creeks, hitting close to the bridges, and subsequent finger mullet and peanut pogies universities. They are getting caught in several ways: dwell finger mullet and peanut pogies, lower mullet, dwell shrimp, scented soft baits like Gulps and Bass Assassins, and even topwater plugs. If you really like redfish now is the time to hit the Brunswick County waters, or go more south to Small River for some true big red drum action.

Spot are biting on the piers of New Hanover County, which has Brunswick County anglers eager to get in one the action. There have been some wonderful-sized yellow-belied spot taken from the Oak Island piers and even more south but the enormous runs have not been there nevertheless. Spot fishermen are catching a number of here and there waiting on what they hope will be a good spot run following two lackluster decades.

Proper now more spot have been caught in cast nets and gill nets than on hook and line. Ideally the little spot will get hungry soon.

Speckled trout have shown up in the surf, the piers and the creeks, not in enormous figures but sufficient to give speck anglers some encouragement headed into October and November. Some great specks have been taken on dwell shrimp from the piers.

Flounder fishing on the piers is much better now too, and flounder are around their typical inshore haunts as properly. So far it is top quality in excess of amount as the fish are huge but dispersed. Fishing bridges, docks, and other framework is the very best way to target flounder appropriate now.

The surf has some bluefish and really a couple of black drum have been noted. Sheepshead are just about everywhere inshore, but that doesn’t imply you are likely to catch them.
Would seem like fishing is just one particular gear quick of fall fantastic. A great bit of cold weather could actually trigger some fantastic fishing.

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