Swansboro Fishing has been good!!

The fishing in Swansboro has been pretty consistent. The key has been getting some pretty weather and the fishing will be good. The hottest bite has been the kings. We have easily been limiting out on every trip with kings in the 10#-15# range. We have also had some bigger fish in the 20#-40# range mixed in with teenagers. One trip we were able to land 3 fish that were NC citations (over 30 lbs.). We have been landing most of the kings with 4"-5" peanut pogeys. The bigger kings have be smoking 1lb-2lb blue fish. For the smaller baits I have been using double #4 treble hooks with #5 Malin hardwire. For the blue fish I have been using (4)-#4 treble hooks with #7 Malin hardwire. We have not had to venture more than 3-5 miles out to find success. The Red Drum have also been biting well. All though I am not finding the inshore schools we were in the warmer months there have still been good numbers of fish scattered throughout the marsh. Most of these fish are still hitting topwaters but we are having the best luck with Catch 2000's, Strike King's Redfish Magic and Shadalicous, and gulp baits. The flounder bite has been reliable with big numbers of keeper size fish. I have been finding most of these fish along structure in the inshore waters. These fish have been attacking live mullets, pogeys, shrimp, pinfish. Gulp baits and other soft plastics have also been producing good numbers of flatfish. Most deeper channels with drop offs and oysterbars are holding good numbers of flounder. We had a 6.9 lb hammer a live pinfish on a creek mouth with an out going tide late last week. I have still been waiting on a consistent speckled trout bite to arrive here in our area. I have some good days and then a couple of bad days. I have been picking a few specks off in the marshes behind all the barrier islands but I have yet to have big number days. Most of the fish being caught have been good size fish ranging 2-4 lbs. The best baits so far have been the 52TTHP (Pink Mirrolure), Gulp jerkshads (smelt), and Strike King's Glass minnow. The best bet for early fall specks is floating live shrimp,finger mullet, or pinfish. My bigger fish have come on finger mullets and pinfish.

Fishing is Good and I have some open dates!!!

The fishing has been absolutely phenomenal. Everything seems to be biting. We have been landing monster Spanish within 1 mile of the inlet. Along with the Spanish some teenager sized kings have been crashing the party. The good news is the flounder bite has picked up. We are landing good numbers of fish in the internal waters with some citation class fish mixed in there. As always the Redfish bite has been steady. We are still finding schools of fish but also have been blind casting with good numbers of fish. It gets no better than a topwater explosion from a hungry upper slot red. The month of September will mark the start of our Speckled Trout season. I have some open dates left in Sept. with a couple of weekends book you Swansboro, Emerald Isle fishing charter by calling me at (910)330-6999 or email: hallemincharters@yahoo.com

Little people Big Smiles

This week is why I love being a guide. I have had kids onboard with me just about everyday this week. They really let you know if you are doing a good job or not (even if you miss thier 7lb flounder with the net and it pulls the hooks oops!!). With that aside the fishing has been great. The Big spanish bite has been on fire. We have been landing fish from 2-7lbs close to the inlet!. Also mixed in with spanish have been some nice kings. The reds have cooled down a little but we are still able to land 5-10 every trip. The big news is the flounder bite has heated up. One morning we land 13 with 9 being keeps.

Big Spanish and Kings on Light Tackle

The big spanish have been on absolute fire. We have been landing spanish in the 2-6lb range on light spinning gear. Along with the spanish we have been boating kings ranging from 5-15lbs. I had a charter to day land a 15lb king on a Quantum Boca 20 on a 7' medium rod (trout rod). This type of fishing is some of the most exciting light tackle action the Crystal Coast has to offer during the late summer. If you would like to get on some of this action book your charter now by calling (910)330-6999 or email: hallemincharters@yahoo.com

Inshore fishing is on fire!!!

The inshore bite has been absolutely awesome. The flounder are finally showing up and we are landing good numbers of keeper size fish. There are some big ones being caught like the citation fish (5.7lbs) in the photo. We are finding these fish around the docks and bridges along with the deeper channels around the inlets. The best bait for the flatfish has been finger mullets rigged on a carolina rig. Always drift a big corn cob mullet for that bigger fish. Flounder are not the only gamefish that have been chewing, Red Drum have been biting really well. Some days have been almost epic. I had a trip thursday where we landed over 30 reds. I am still finding a few schools of fish with 100-500 fish in each school. I have also been doing really well blind casting into flooded bays all through out the marsh. The bait of choice has been the Top Dawg by mirrolure in the 808 or 27 color. The mullet are everywhere here so the strikes on topwater have been explosive. These fish have been taking gulp baits by Berkley and Swim shads by Calcutta. We also have been using live mullet under rattle corks. The suprise for us here have been the trout bite. We have been landing a few nice specks each trip. We are finding these fish primaraly around bridge pilings, I have also picked a few along the oyster beds just inside the local rivers and creeks. The specks have been hammering live finger mullets on carolina rigs. There are also some big spanish mackerel along the nearshore reefs and live bottoms. The fishing is good so give me a call and book your charter (910)-330-6999 or email: hallemincharters @yahoo.com

Finally a fishing Report

Sorry for not Reporting in awhile. I have been so busy fishing and battling wisdom teeth. The fishing has been pretty good. There still are good numbers of Red Drum in the Backwaters. I am finding these fish in all the marshes behind the barrier islands. We have been landing most of our fish on Topwater baits but also landing fish on spinner baits, gulp and live baits. The big news has been the arrival of the flounder. We have seen a good push of flounder on the internal waters. These fish have been falling for finger mullets rigged on carolina rigs. We have been findng these fish at the inlets and around structure on the ICW. The king and spanish mackerel bite has been a bit slow but we should start to see the bite pick up with the increase in bait around. The fishing is good so if you are in the Emrald Isle or Swansboro NC area book your fishing charter now call Capt. Robert Hall at (910)330-6999 or email: hallemincharters@yahoo.com

Red Alert

Now the tides have started to come around the Reds have been on absolute fire. We have been sightcasting to schools of 10-500 with topwaters and spinnerbaits. I had Dale (tater) onboard thursday so he could see one of these huge schools of reds. Most fish are ranging from 25"-28" but we have had the occasional 32"-35" fish. Get on some of this action by calling (910)330-6999 or email: hallemincharters@yahoo.com