Carolina Beach Fishing Reports

Carolina Beach and Wrightsville Beach Fishing Reports - 8/10/08

Capt. Charles — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 16:52:20 +0000

Colton and Mike McCue, Amanda and Noel Bergeron from Asheville, NC with nice catches of Flounder, Blues and Grey Trout.

Sorry I’ve been behind on the fishing reports, here are some pictures of the past weeks catches.

We’ve been catching some nice Flounder and Red Drum in the inlets and ICW. Right off shore about 2 miles we have been catching Spanish Mackerel in the 3 and 4 pound range. They have been a blast to sight cast to. Also we have had a great fight while catching Spade Fish on light tackle.

It won’t be long and the weather and water temps should start to fall and the fishing should be even better. So whatever you do whether catching or not just have a good time.

Capt Charles Powell

Charlie’s Charters

www.charliesfishingcharters.com

flounderman3@bellsouth.net

910-279-0966

Carolina Beach and Wrightsville Beach Fishing Report - 7/28/08

Capt. Charles — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 01:39:52 +0000

Pictured are Lawrence Swicegood of Dallas, TX ; Paul Swicegood of Macon, GA ; Philip Swicegood of Shelby, NC and David Swicegood of Jacksonville, FL.

Out of 19 flounder caught today we ended the day with a total of 9 nice size Flounder ranging from 2.5 to 4.5 pounds. When David called me and said he only wanted to target these fish I knew the pressure would be on, what I didn’t know was that they were here for a family reunion and wanted to have a fish fry for 18 people. I say they got it! What a great bunch of guys, I hope to see them again.

August is here and the fishing is on with nice catches of Flounder and Red Drum. Right off shore we’ve being catching Spanish and King Mackerel and huge sharks. These sharks have been ranging from 50 to 100 plus pounds. So book your trip now!

Capt Charles Powell

Charlie’s Charters

www.charliesfishingcharters.com

flounderman3@bellsouth.net

910-279-0966

Carolina Beach and Wrightsville Beach Fishing Report - 7/23/08

Capt. Charles — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:02:18 +0000

Kerel J Fryar of Atlanta, GA; Greg Franklin of Dallas, TX; and Chris Bennett of Charlotte, NC with a nice catch of Flounder caught using live Finger Mullet fished on Carolina Rigs in the ICW. You would not have known that these guys had never flounder fished before, with a few tips they were able to catch a total of 8 nice size fish ranging from 2-4.5 lbs. These guys had real patience and a good time!

8 year old William Terrell and brother Kirk Terrell (pictured below) of Cincinnati, OH a couple of nice Flounder caught around the Carolina Beach Inlet using live bait.

Capt Charlies Powell

Charlie’s Charters

www.charliesfishingcharter.com

flounderman3@bellsouth.net

910-279-0966

Carolina Beach and Wrightsville Beach Fishing Report - 7/16/08

Capt. Charles — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 01:54:39 +0000

Chris Gumpper from Butler, PA with a 32 inch Cobia, caught and released while fishing the Carolina Beach Inlet; caught on a carolina rig using live finger mullet.

Even though we could not keep the Cobia due to it being under sized by 1 inch the Gumpper Family of Butler, PA and the Cooper Family of Gibsonia, PA ended up with these fine flounder.

Capt Charles Powell

Charlie’s Charters

www.charliesfishingcharters.com

flounderman3@bellsouth.net

910-279-0966

Carolina Beach and Wrightsville Beach Fishing Report - 7/13/08

Capt. Charles — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 02:14:57 +0000

I have fished in this area my whole life and I really think this has been the best season for flounder in a long time. I finally got a day off and choose to go fishing with my dad, what a day. My dad has been fishing the Cape Fear area for almost 40 years and now that he is retired this is what he does everyday. This is how I learned to flounder fish, again, what a day!

Inshore - the Flounder fishing has been great now the Finger Mullet have finally moved in which is even better. Speckled Trout fishing is still doing well in the Cape Fear River. Red Drum fishing has been good around the docks in the ICW. Wrightsville Beach and Carolina Beach Inlets have some of these fish in the 30 inch range.

Nearshore - right outside the Wrightsville Beach and Carolina Beach inlets the Spanish are still doing well with a few Kings and Cobia mixed in.

Capt Charles Powell

Charlie’s Charters

910-279-0966

charliesfishingcharters.com

flounderman3@bellsouth.net

Carolina Beach and Wrightsville Beach Fishing Report - 6/29/08

Capt. Charles — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 02:05:30 +0000

Fishing has been on and off the past few days, but when it’s on it’s on. Check out the photos with this grand slam of the day. Flounder, Blues, Red Drum, Speckled Trout these guys had a blast.

Nearshore - right outside the Wrightsville Beach and Carolina Beach inlets the Spanish are still doing well with a few Kings and Cobia mixed in.

Capt Charles Powell

Charlie’s Charters

910-279-0966

charliesfishingcharters.com

flounderman3@bellsouth.net

Carolina Beach and Wrightsville Beach Fishing Report - 6/17/08

Capt. Charles — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 02:54:11 +0000

Fishing season is in full swing right off shore. Nice Spanish are being caught anywhere from Carolina Beach to Wrightsville Beach with a few Kings mixed in. Sight casting to these fish have been a blast.

Inshore - despite the weather today we pulled off a great catch of Flounder, Drum and Blues. so for a fun day on the water book your trip today and maybe you can hook up like these guys did . So be safe and have fun fishing whether catching or not.

Carolina Beach and Wrightsville Beach Fishing Report - 6/2/08

Capt. Charles — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 02:07:17 +0000

Despite the weather, the weekend ended nice. You would have thought gas was a dollar a gallon, anyway on with our local fishing report. The river is still holding some nice speckled trout, choice of baits has been live shrimp & artificial DOA shrimp in green, white and new penny.

The flounder bite is starting to take off with some nice catches anywhere from 2 lbs to 8 lbs. Live bait is best choice pogies, mud-minnows and cut bait on Carolina rigs. Remember when fishing with live bait be patient let him eat it.

The red drum have been holding around the ICW docks and the rock wall jetties down at Fort Fisher.

Near shore, the Spanish have been on fire from Carolina Beach to Wrightsville Beach down to Shell Island, anywhere from 17 to 30 feet of water. Trolled Clark spoons on #1 planners will work for these guys. If you see the Spanish jumping break out that sight casting rod and Mira Jigs and have some fun.

Near by reefs are holding some nice flounder and sea-bass. Even a few small cobia caught over the weekend, with a few sharks anywhere from 3 to 4 feet long.

Capt. Charles Powell
Charlie’s Charters
910-279-0966
flounderman3@bellsouth.net

Carolina Beach & Wrightsville Beach Fishing Report - 5/5/08

Capt. Charles — Wed, 07 May 2008 02:31:02 +0000

Inshore - The speckled trout bite has been on fire, we tried a variety of artificial lures and it seems the new penny DOA did very well. the blues are also in the inlets and we really had a blast sight casting to these guys using Gotcha Plugs and Mira Jigs. Just a hint look for the birds. We also landed a couple of nice keeper flounder using pogies and cut mullet. Things are finally starting to heat up.

Capt. Charles Powell
Charlie’s Charters
910-279-0966
flounderman3@bellsouth.net

Carolina Beach & Wrightsville Beach Fishing Report - 4/23/08

Capt. Charles — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 02:22:55 +0000

Inshore Carolina Beach fishing and Wrightsville Beach fishing - the water temp is up and getting better as days go on. So book your trip today for a fun day of fishing.
Virginia Mullet is still biting well around the Bald Head Island area, fresh shrimp not frozen on a two drop bottom rig works well. Also some really nice Speckled Trout have been caught the past couple of days. In the Cape Fear River around the islands live shrimp and new penny DOA are working great. The Red Drum are also starting to bite well around the docks of the ICW anywhere from Carolina Beach to Wrightsville Beach.

Near Shore - Bluefish and Bonito have showed up so its time to start jigging Sting Silvers Gottcha Plugs. It seems that the fish are getting hungry so whatever you have in that tackle box might work.

In the surf, catches of Bluefish and some small flounder have been reported. It won’t be much longer to start catching some nice Flounder we need the water temp around 68 degrees so be patient. Live pogies, cut mullet or mud minnows should work well.

Capt. Charles Powell
Charlie’s Charters
910-279-0966
flounderman3@bellsouth.net