Wednesday, October 08, 2008
Catching report - Oct 8th
The weather has cooled but the catching has heated up! Pictured here is my friend Alan from Sneads Ferry. He ventured into my neck of the woods (south Topsail) and went home with an inshore slam of trout, red drum and flounder! Way To Go!
Inside the trout bite is really picking up with some nice 20 inch fish being caught on live finger mullet. Flounder bite is still real good especially around the inlets, The reds are biting inside and on the beach with some nice “over the slot” sized fish coming from the surf on Lea Island. The action on the north end Topsail is hot in the river and creeks.
On the piers and in the surf they are catching plenty of spot with some being caught “two at a time” at times. Mullet, drum and a few pompano are being caught on the planks as well as some flounder and specks. The Spanish bite is still on but will be fading soon so hurry and get those last few of the season. Of course the bluefish continue to bite as well.
The grouper bite is still fairly close to shore with some keeper size fish being caught in the 10-15 mile range. Also have heard some reports of grunts and gray snapper in that range and of course black sea bass. Kings are chewing on the beach and at times the bite red HOT! Off shore plenty of nice wahoo have been caught and a few small tuna. Red grouper are being caught in the 35 mile range.
Here’s a few more pictures of Alan’s fish today (did I mention he called me at work 3 times to report his progress on the slam...lol)
