The fishing has been nothing short of awesome lately folks. The Cobia fishing has been unbelievable at Cape Lookout and It should start to really heat up here out of Bouge inlet any day now. There have been some reports of king mackerel closer to the beach and I expect it will not be to long before they are at the near shore wrecks and live bottoms. The Spanish bite has been a little spotty but continues to improve with every day that goes by.
Now for the inshore species. The puppy drum (Redfish) bite seems to have cooled a little bit but we are still finding good numbers of fish in the backwaters behind the barrier islands and inside the creek mouths. We have been landing these fish on the normal topwaters and soft plastics along with live bait. Most of these fish are ranging from 22"-25" with the occasional upper to over slot fish.
We have also been landing some pretty speckled trout the last couple of weeks. I was a little concerned that we were not finding the typical spring bite but they have showed themselves the last couple of weeks. We have been finding fish in the 1-2lb range with some 3-4lb fish mixed in. The specks have been falling for topwaters before the sun rises and then we have been switching over to soft plastics and live bait.
The best news so far this late spring is the flounder. We have been having some of the best flounder fishing I have seen in years. We are landing good numbers of keeper size fish ranging from 15"-20". I have not seen a citation size fish yet but with the numbers of fish around I expect it to be soon. The flounder have been falling for live mullets and mud minnows on carolina rigs.
So if you are in the Emerald Isle, Swansboro, Morehead City, Atlantic Beach, or Crystal Coast area book your fishing charter with Hall'em In Charters. You will not be disappointed. We have plenty of openings but they are filling up fast so call Capt. Robert Hall at (910)-330-6999 or email:
hallemincharters@yahoo.com 
