Hello from Surf City! Fishing around Topsail Island continues to improve with the cooler water and weather. Spots are showing up more often, although the "big fall run" hasn't started yet. Sea mullets, some quite large, are biting well on the piers and surf, along with flounder, blues and spanish. The spanish are more plentiful than I have seen recently. The water seems to be full of them. Bottom fishing anglers have caught them on bottom rigs with cut shrimp for bait. Spanish are also being caught from the surf by persistent pluggers. The red drum bite continues to be good at night from the surf, and huge schools have been found in the flats off the ICW and along weedlines. Speckled trout are showing up, some 3 to 4 pounders have been landed from the piers and surf. Huge pompano up to three pounds are hitting cut shrimp and sand fleas. King mackerel from the pier is hot one day and dead the next. Near shore boaters are catching lots of spanish and kings on live bait rigs and plugs. The wind is up a bit today, but it is still out of the NE which usually translates to good bottom fishing. Fishing is looking up.
All the local tackle shops are having their fall sale, and there some bargains. Now is the time to replentish your supply of fishing equipment and artificials that have been depleted this year.
Weather remains good, with mild temperatures, and beautiful days and nights occasionally interupted by short periods of light refreshing rain.
Till next time....
Tight lines!
Johnny
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