Young Anglers catches Red Drum

John William Hollingworth & Jeff Gaca took their sons red fishing with the Cape Fear Guide this morning, leaving out of Bald Head Island these two young boys were a pleasure to fish. Both young anglers caught red drum, all fish were released to fight another day.

Red Drum Heat & Wind

The last couple of days red drum fishing has slowed a little the strong winds and heat has effected the bite some. The 90 to 94 degree days has made for some tough fishing,but if you  are persistant you can still find a few descent red drum. Happy 4th of July from the Cape Fear …

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Dialed in on Red Drum

Red drum bite was outstanding today, catching over 8 slot size red drum the first stop along with a nice flounder,releasing all red fish except for a couple for the table.If you are interested in red drum fishing give the Cape Fear Guide a call at 910-619-0928

Red Drum Fishing

Julio Garcerar caught a 27 1/2″ red drum on 06/25/2009 while,vacationing at Bald Head Island,he was fishing with the Cape Fear Guide. Red drum are beginning to show up,and are fighting hard !

King Mackerel

King Mackerel have moved into our inshore waters,slow trolling with live menhaden will produce some reel screaming action,which the king is famous for with its long runs.

Speckle Trout & Flounder

Inshore fishing is improving every day,lot’s of menhaden in the river,and waterways,makes getting live bait easy. I fished the rock wall just south of Fort Fisher the last couple of days,catching flounder,speckle trout,and lots of bluefish. Best bait is the carolina rig, with live menhaden anchor or drift fishing will produce fish.

Cape Fear Guide Fishing

I ran my first charter of the 2009 fishing season on April 8th, found the black drum bite to be excellent, young anglers Mike, Blaine, Evan Wasson from Virginia were on their first fishing trip ever. It is really a pleasure to see the young anglers catching fish for the first time,their faces actully, light …

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Cape Fear Fishing

It’s already mid August,the summer is really passsing quickly now,fishing on along the Cape Fear Region has been good with daily catches of slot size red drum virtually every charter,with flounder and speckle trout mixed in,the last couple of weeks we are seeing more,and larger speckle trout,fall is on the way !

Wrightsville Beach Charter

The hard Southwest wind blow is over now, we have had couple of days of light wind, and high pressure creating two beautiful days to fish.The Spanish mackerel are biting again,at the AR-370 Artificial Reef. I noticed several good size barracuda cruising the surface yesterday.The 10 mile rock area has a few scattered king mackerel,large live …

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Wrightsville Beach King Mackerel

I found the large menhaden, need to slow troll for king mackerel  yesterday in the Cape Fear River,kings are in the Wrightsville Beach inshore waters. It is time to go slow trolling for kings and cobia give me a call to book your inshore charter 910-619-0928

Carolina Beach Flounder

I fished yesterday afternoon found croakers biting at the inshore wreck at Carolina Beach, moved into the ICW managed to locate some small menhaden, flounder started biting, then the bluefish moved in and stopped the flounder bite. Capt.Mike Dennis Cape Fear Guide (910) 619-0928

Fishing report for Saturday 26th

Black Drum, Red Drum, Virginia Mullet were biting in the Cape Fear River today. Carolina rigs with shrimp are the best bait to use right now, rising tide yielded the best catch. Capt.Mike Dennis (910) 619-0928 www.capefear-guide.com www.carolinabeachcharter.com

Cape Fear Fishing Report 4-11-08

I fished about 3 hours yesterday afternoon right close by the house in a creek just off the Cape Fear River. Fish caught were speckle trout,black drum, croakers, and several catfish!Really nice afternoon. Captain Mike Dennis Cape Fear Guide Lookout Charters 910-619-0928