That winter time, cold water striper bite is on fire in the Cape Fear River right now. Downtown Wilmington has some great views and some awesome fishing. Catching these pigs on light tackle in heavy current and deep water is something every angler needs to experience.

We are stating to see finger mullet in the marsh and waterway in big bait balls. Normally we would have already been seeing them but they were a few weeks late this year. Bait balls means the redfish are going to be eating A LOT and will become even more agressive on a variety of baits from paddle tails to popping corks and everyones favorite..topwater! But with warm water temps (80s) these fish will tend to slow down as the sun climbs. When that happens i like to switch to a 5in paddle tail and slowly work points and deep holes. Also popping corks are grest this time of year, very easy to use and extremely effective. Book now and get on some amazing redfish!

The inshore bite has been hit or miss but yesterday's trip was a home run! Started off with bent rods almost immediately then it slowed down as we moved around and looked for some different species. We returned to looking for redfish and landed one last stud to finish the trip.

First few days of june and its been a funky redfish bite. Winds changing from S to N and water temps fluxuating but fish are still chewing. LOTS of spanish mackerel and bluefish off the beach and in the inlets. Sight casting 1oz jigs to schools busting the surface. Big sheepshead moving in on bridges and docks. Fidler crabs on bottom sweapers is the key to hook ups. Redfish are shallow and feeding on topwater early in the morning and cut bait through the heat of the day.

We ran roughly 18mi out of New Topsail and found some solid live bottom in the 60-60ft depth range. We used live and frozen bait and caught some solid Gag Grouper and Black seabass. Lots of bait in the water, also saw pods of Albies under baitballs.

Pushing the flats in the 17ft Beavertail b2, found a lot of fish but most were not chewing. Was able to get some on light 1/8th voodoo shrimp.