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WEDNESDAY, JULY 02, 2008
Atlantice Beach THE FISHING IS GOOD!
By Capt. Tom Roller
WaterDog Guide Service
MOREHEADY CITY - Folks - it's on. The nearshore fishing is as good as its been in years - its because everything is good, the backwaters, the inlets, and the inshore and nearshore fishery - everything is biting.
Backwaters/nearshore - The spanish mackerel are thick all over the inlet and beaches - you can catch as many as you want most mornings. The redfish are chewing back in the rivers and marsh and there are a good number of speckled trout around. On the nearshore wrecks and reefs there are kings, big spanish and a surprising number of flounder (aka, the flounder bite is starting to materialize better than that of 2007).
Inshore 5 -20 miles - During the month of June I've been spending a lot of my time fishing in the 5-15 mile range and everything is WIDE OPEN. The fishing for kings, mahi-mahi, big spanish mackerel & amberjacks - and everything else that will eat a live-bait is as good as I have ever experienced. Most days we can barely keep a line in the water - and my clients will atest to this! The numbers of mahi-mahi have been the biggest treat - we're catching good numbers of bailers and gaffers just about every trip. During a few days, we've even caguth 20+ mahi less than 12 miles from the beach!!
EVERY PICTURE IN THIS REPORT (minus the pompano) was taken within 15miles of the beach!!!
OPENINGS:
LAST MINUTE - WEDNESDAY JULY 2nd (FORCAST is PERFECT)
July 4 (fri), 6(sun) & more later in the month - my weekends are pretty short.
A few of my trips from the last couple of weeks....
My good friend and old client Dr. Anthony came to fish with me for a few days and the forcast fell apart quickly - during one 15-20 Southwester we decided to go for it anyway. We got ours butts kicked a little bit - but it was well worth it. We found all the dolphin you would want, a ton of AJs and my boats first African Pompano (which fell for a butterfly jig). We also lost another pompano, had mahi on poppers, a bunch of big triggerfish - we were a little short on photos due to the rough seas.
Check out the pictures
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