Hello everyone… We have been catching fish and having a great time on the water, each and every trip. Spring has finally sprung, the weather is warm and the fish are biting. Inshore we are catching red drum, black drum, a few trout and flounder. The reds we have been catching on gulp shrimp rigged weedless, strike king minnows on 3/8oz jigs and top water plugs. Just working the grass banks and oyster rocks is producing fish. We are also catching them on mud minnows and shrimp on float rigs or Carolina rigs. The trout have been biting fluke baits rigged on 1/4 to 3/8 jig heads. The flounder are hitting the bait while fishing for the reds and trout. Just off the beach the Spanish mackerel and blues have been biting like crazy. Trolling clarkspoons or casting Hopkins to breaking fish works the best. On the bottom plenty of sharks, a few grey trout, a few flounder, and plenty of sea bass. Sea bass opens June 1st, so they better watch out. Now is a great time to book your summer fishing trip. DO NOT WAIT, dates are filling up fast. Think ahead for July and August. Check out the pics.
Jesse Billauer, founder of the life rolls on foundation, with a nice 36 inch bluefish he caught.
Jesse with a nice red he landed as well.
Chris and Ethan with a great catch of spanish mackerel. Happy birthday Ethan.
Jonathan and Branden with a great catch of spanish and a nice gag grouper.
Branden with a grouper he caught on a trout rod and jigging spoon. What a fight.
Cousin Dave with a nice keeper red drum.
Walt with a nice red of his own.
Nathan with a graduation red drum.
Bill with a nice 23inch red.
The Evans boys double on reds.
Tyler with a nice 26inch red he hooked and landed on his own. Great fisherman.
Mr. Evans with a nice red. Not as big as Tyler’s though.
Larry with a big red. You have seen him past reports, he is lucky and good.
Ken with a 16 inch flounder that hit a gulp shrimp.
Rodger and Ozzie with a nice catch of spanish. We casted to all of these fish and landed a few on the flyrod.
Mark with a fun sized red landed on a gulp shrimp.
Gary with a fun red. He landed this one on a piece of shrimp.
As you can see the fish are biting. Now is a great time to plan you Summer fishing trips. Do Not Wait until the last minute. Call 910-264-1807 and book your trip today!!
Thanks for reading the report,
Capt. Robert Schoonmaker
910-264-1807