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T_boy
04-11-2008, 01:10 PM
Northeast CAPE FEAR RIVER AT CASTLE HAYNE

Jamie Smith: Lots of bream on crickets and red worms. Great catfish catches. David Calhoun landed a 63-pound flathead on cut up eels; Wayne Batson landed a 53-pound flathead on cut bait; and John Byrd landed a 48-pound flathead, also on cut bait. Source: County Line Bait and Tackle.

TOPSAIL ISLAND

Capt. Chris Medlin: Sound side producing red drum and speckled trout. Piers producing sea mullet and some bluefish. Source: East Coast Sports.

WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH

Tex Grissom: Wind and rain have kept most fishermen at the docks. There have been a few scattered catches of speckled trout and red drum in the waterway and in the creeks. Source: Tex's Tackle.

CAROLINA/KURE BEACH

Dennis Barbour: Weather conditions have been terrible. Virginia mullet still being caught in the southern part of the river. A few flounder along with red drum and speckled trout in the creeks and around the docks. Source: Island Tackle and Hardware.

OFFSHORE WILMINGTON

Capt. Lloyd Eastlack: Offshore has been awash over the past week due to rough sea conditions. Only a few bluefish and Atlantic Bonita have been reported. Source: Bug-Em Bait Company.

LOWER BRUNSWICK COUNTY

Capt. Chris Burrows: Redfish still biting well from the Southport waterfront docks, in the creeks and canals and down the waterway well into South Carolina. Speckled trout are also making a greater appearance around the docks. Best bait has been the DOA shrimp under a popping cork. Flounders in the mouth of the Shallotte River on Carolina rigs with mud minnows. Source: Ocean Isle Fishing Center, Ocean Isle Beach.