Fresh Craven County Fishing Reports

The Redfish migration first wave got to the Neuse early this year & reached New Bern in early July. The next wave seemed to be delayed verses normal years. The reason could be the anomaly of two full moons in August. This week, there were Old Drum from Gum Thicket & South River to the ferry. The tropical storm has the water way up and lots of oxygen being generated. Look for the Neuse to be on fire in the coming days once the water settles from the storm. ☠️☠️

Allison caught this red drum On her forst cast of the evebing with captain bradley dray! The rest of the evening was full of catching slot red drum!

While the “Old Drum” or Bull drum season is starting to fire up, a nice bonus are there are many Citation size trout being caught. This giant 24” Citation Trout was caught by Angie Lewis on Kenly, NC aboard Pamlico Pirate Fishing Charters out of Oriental NC. Bait balls have been scattered but they are here. The full moon a few days ago seems to have kicked things into gear. From New Bern to the Pamlico Sound Bull drum are being caught. If you don’t see bait balls, focus on depth changes near shoals and target fish using your depth finder.

Saw a Tarpon rolling & decided to toss a Tarpon rig. Inside of 5 mins this Bull Drum hit. 42” Old Drum! ?☠️☠️

Alot of life out in the ocean and plenty of fish as well! Fun time bottom fishing!

Great times with good clients, lets go get em!