Despite windy conditions this week (and not being able to get offshore), the inshore fishing is starting to pick up, and live bait was everywhere. So to hide from the wind Andy Watts of NY, NY and I loaded up on bait and headed for the Cape Fear River. We started off with the good old artificial DOAs looking for Trout. The Trout bite just wasn’t on, but we didn’t give up. Finally we got a strike and landed a small Bluefish and then another bite and pulled up a 14 inch flounder.
Next we picked up and headed north to some docks and switched to live bait. This was the right move. All of a sudden another strike, I told Andy to set the hook. When he did the fight was on, striping drag off and then headed for the docks. Andy finally got him turned around and landed a nice 9 1/2 pound Bluefish, what a fight on light tackle. We also were not so fortunate on turning some of these fish around but what fun we had. So what turned out to be a tough day with winds 15-20 ended up not being so bad after all. So be safe out there and enjoy fishing.
Capt Charles Powell
Charlie’s Charters
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