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Capt.Mike Dennis
910-619-0928

Cape Fear River

Jeff Worsdter charter the boat August 12, 2008,for some inshore fishing action,taking along his son,and one of his friends,really great bunch of men to fish with,started out catching live finger mullet,along the east bank of the Cape Fear River.just north of the dredge pond.Bait was quite plentiful,did not take to long to fill the live well,off we headed to muddy slough,the entrance to the back bay area.The bite started in the afternoon on the rising tide,first,with a double hook up of red fish,catching one of the fish and losing one right at the transom of the boat.Folks these red fish will,give the novice angler a fit on light spinning tackle.On my second stop we landed two slot size red drum,making everyone a limit of red drum.

Rigging for Spanish Mackerel

I fished yesterday for Spanish mackerel right along the beach from Carolina Beach to Wrightsville Beach,water depth was 18' to 21' . I fish with 30 lb.test line on my reels,I use ball bearing swivels,attaching line to a number # 1 sea striker planer,on the back end of the planer I use a 100 lb. test line crimped to the planer with and addition ball bearing swivel,this allows me just to tie a loop in my line for quick reties of leader if it becomes chaffed.I like to use a 30 lb.test line for leader, I use about 30' of leader this will catch you a lot more fish,than a shorter leader,it also allows for a stretch in the line,in case a king mackerel hits the small 00-RBMSG Clark spoon ! Gold or Silver 00 Clark Spoons are my favorite spoons for Spanish Mackerel, another great spoon is the Squid Spoon #1.Trolling speed for Spanish is important,Spanish like a fast 6 knt. to 7 knt. speed, I have run a lot of Spanish mackerel charters over the last 12 years,I normally only fish 4 rods,all with #1 sea striker planers, I fish two rods short right past the transom of the boat 5' back,one long line on the starboard side of the boat ,the port line should be run back shorter than the starboard to prevent tangles, make all your turns to the starboard side or right this will stop most of the tangles and crossed lines most people experience. If you circle a school of Spanish mackerel,you can catch your limit a lot faster, than just running through a school what is called straight lining,Carolina Beach charter boats normally catch a lot of Spanish mackerel,if you see these boats working in a circle,you know they have found the fish!

Capt.Mike Dennis
Cape Fear Guide

Cape Fear River

I fished yesterday in the back bay area behind Fort Fisher,using carolina rigs with live menhaden,falling tide produced a 8lb.+ flounder,61/2lb. flounder,2lb. flounder and a keeper red fish.Great afternoon of light tackle action in the Cape Fear Area.

Capt.Mike Dennis
Cape Fear Guide
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910-619-0928

Just wanted to reflect back on this charter, fished inside Buzzard Bay, early March, cloudy day just a little cool loaned a rain jacket to one of charter guest they were from Florida these men could really fish, I was amazed at how many big flounder was landed that early in the season !

Carolina Beach Flounder

I managed to catch some live bait this afternoon,small menhaden,anchored up just outside of a canal,flounder were biting!

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