Wrightsville Beach Fishing Reports

Wilmington Stripers/Wrightsville Beach Black Drum - Is it the first day of winter? It sure feels like spring to me! Let's not rush things now! The weather has been so up and down lately warm and wet then cold and dry; welcome to North Carolina! I hope everyone has a Marry Christmas and a good fis more...
Capt. Jot Owens - Wrightsville Beach

The Cape Fear River Stripers are Biting! - Well Folks, it seems like one day its winter and the next its fall or spring! The weather has really been up and down; but there have been some very nice days as well! Those days are the ones we look for to get out on the water and catch a few fish more...
Capt. Jot Owens - Wrightsville Beach

Inshore Speckled Trout Fishing Is Great - Hi Folks, Wow, what wild weather we are having. Yesterday at 4:30 AM it was 36 and by 6:30 AM it was 63! And we caught fish! Here's my abbreviated report: Inshore Fishing: Trout, trout and more trout.... Specks are biting very well. We have bee more...
Capt. Richard Bennett - Wrightsville Beach

Red Drum, Speckled Trout and Striped Bass - Wrightsville Beach: There are lots of Red and Black Drum being caught in the surf. Although sight casting for them has been difficult over the last couple of days with recent wind and rain. There have also been some Speckled Trout being caught fro more...
Capt. Daniel Wrenn - Wrightsville Beach

Inshore Fishing IS Great! - Hi Folks, I hope everyone had a nice and safe holiday. I was fishing most of the time, and it was very nice. The very cool temperatures had moved the water temps down to the low 50's, but the moderation has brought them back up to 57-58. That is the more...
Capt. Richard Bennett - Wrightsville Beach

The Big Specks are biting around Wrightsville Beach, NC - I hope everybody had a great Thanksgiving with family and friends. Maybe you got out on the water or in the woods; the weather was pretty good for the most part! The warmer weather should help the local inshore and near shore fishing. I got out on more...
Capt. Jot Owens - Wrightsville Beach

Big Trout are biting; more on the way to Wrightsville Beach NC! - Well folks, it looks like winter is about to really show its face in eastern North Carolina! I don't like to see such cold air coming in so fast but, that's fishing and weather for ya. With that said; here is the fishing report pre cold air and for more...
Capt. Jot Owens - Wrightsville Beach

Trout and Blues Bite Big - Hi Folks, Weather permitting this past week's fishing has been a very good. If you like bluefish (catching or eating) they are hitting hard and good size too. On one trip we caught and released over 60 blues. Specks are biting well also, with some f more...
Capt. Richard Bennett - Wrightsville Beach

The Specks and Grays are Biting Around Wrightsville Beach, NC - I hope everybody is enjoying the fall weather, It did get a little to cold for a couple days. I think that is over for the most part; for now. Water temps dropped very quickly during the cold snap. Now that the weather is getting back to normal; more...
Capt. Jot Owens - Wrightsville Beach

Fall Fishing in Full Swing - Hi Folks, We are in full swing with fall fishing. The trout bite has been on fire, the flounder are BIG and the reds are sporadic. When the fish adjust to our first really cool snap, fishing should explode. Now here's my report: Inshore: Trout fis more...
Capt. Richard Bennett - Wrightsville Beach