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For the week ending August 28

Ocean: Offshore anglers reported good catches of wahoo. Most fish were in the 40-pound range, but larger fish were landed as well. Most boats caught billfish along with the wahoo, including both blue and white marlin, as well as sailfish. Bottom fishing at depths in the 100- to 120- foot range produced large red grouper, scamp, and some gag grouper. Wide assortments of other reef fishes were caught along with the groupers. Near-shore reefs produced flounders, spadefish, and large red drum. Large schools of bait such as mullet and menhaden moved down the shoreline. Anglers trolling had luck catching king mackerel around the bait schools. Tarpon fishing off the tip of Bald Head Island was very good.

Inlets/Sounds/Bays: Inland fishing improved last week. Anglers targeting flounders caught large specimens up to 8 pounds. The Cape Fear River, Carolina Beach Inlet, and waters in southern Brunswick County produced the best catches. Speckled trout fishing, which has been slow all year, improved with some nice catches coming from Oak Island as well as the bays and creeks behind Bald Head Island. Live shrimp fished on a float was the most effective method, but fish were caught on artificial baits as well. Red drum were caught by anglers targeting spotted seatrout. Sheepshead and black drum catches were still good around the jetties at Masonboro and Little River inlets.

Piers/Shore: Overall fishing was slow but improved slightly over the past few weeks. Flounders and red drum were caught, along with Spanish mackerel and bluefish. Bait fishes, mostly mullet, started to move down the beaches improving fishing. Bottom fishermen caught spot, kingfishes (sea mullet), and pompano in low numbers.