Summer Inshore
July 10, 2017 Beaufort 29 photos
Flounder
Flounder
Redfish
Redfish
Shark (Blacktip)
Shark (Blacktip)
Speckled Trout
Speckled Trout

Trip Summary

We have done a lot of fishing since the last report, and most of it has been great when the wind isn't ripping! We have also been able to dodge most of the storms! Red drum fishing on topwaters and gold spoons has been outstanding. Yesterday we had one of the best topwater bites on a slick calm overcast day. The days before that have been great also. This year class is epic. Here's hoping they survive the gauntlet and we have another great year class coming! We've started to catch a few speckled trout both jigging and on topwater. Flounder are around too. Keeping bottom contact with a 1/4oz jig works for them. Shark chumming has been excellent with black tips and spinners being the main participants. Have seen some tarpon in the chum slick, but they won't bite wire and don't stick around long! Book a trip to get in on this action!
Will Jones
Beaufort, North Carolina, United States
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Bounty Hunter Guide Service offers inshore and nearshore fishing charters in the area surrounding Cape Lookout and the Neuse River. They serve Harkers Island, Beaufort, Morehead City, Atlantic Beach, and the rest of North Carolina’s Crystal Coast. G...

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2019 Recap and 2020 So Far
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February 27, 2020
2019... Wow, what a year! I want to thank everyone that fished with BHGS in 2019 for making it another great year and allowing me to do what I love for a living. The clients I have and the relationships I am able to develop on the boat with my customers is why I keep grinding out there on the tough days. I truly cannot complain! Since the last time I posted in July, we had our old drum fishing season, fall fishing at Cape Lookout and a ridiculous Speckled trout bite that has lasted through the winter and is still producing consistently. Old drum fishing on the Neuse river was awesome this year, with the exception of a couple very slow weeks in the middle of August between the first and second wave of fish. We turned our attention to other fish like speckled trout and back to the slot redfish that we love. We also experienced some grinders out there popping corks and throwing swim baits in search of the second wave of old drum, which we had to be patient for. The last two weeks of August saw a big change and the old drum bite on lures got hot and heavy as it should be and we had many great days even right after Hurricane Dorian and on until the beginning of October. When I returned to Beaufort for the fall fishing season, the slot redfish were right where we left them in August, the speckled trout had begun to make a strong showing in their fall locations and the false albacore were putting on a show. About half of my fishing effort in the fall was along the beaches chasing Albies and even getting after the ocean Old drum, which were around this fall and winter in better numbers than average years. The other half of our efforts were after the speckled trout which have been the stars of the show this fall and winter. **hidden content** has been the best trout fishing I have seen in my fishing career and I am honestly getting tired of eating trout HAHA... Wish we always had that problem. Anyways, enjoy a few highlights from the latter half of 2019 and please consider booking a trip for 2020, we would love to have you!
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