Fishing Topsail Message Board
Topsail Area Charter Boats
2009 NC Recreational Coastal Waters Guide
Hello from Topsail Beach. Surf City Ocean Pier is having a Children's Fishing Competition and Celebration on Saturday, July 4 with prizes, games and awards. This event is free and will expose youngsters under the age of 16 to the excitement of fishing in a fun, educational, and safe family oriented environment. 10am to 2pm with awards at 2:30pm. All children will receive a certificate of participation. For more info go to www.surfcityoceanpier.com
Fishing offshore continues to be very good. Huge Bull Dolphin and nice kings are being caught in the six to ten mile range. Surf fishing is picking up on Topsail Island. Virginia mullet, spot, croaker, flounder, pig fish, and red drum are biting in the surf, just behind the breakers. I like to fish high tide, two hours before and two hours after peak high tide. There are lots of sand fleas in the surf for bait, even at Topsail Beach, where they have been scarce for the last couple of years. On the piers, anglers are catching spots, mullets, croaker, flounder, sheepshead, pig fish and sharks on bottom rigs. Spanish and blues are hitting gotcha plugs and diamond jigs all along the pier. I talked to one angler, Linda, who caught an eight pound chopper hatteras blue just behind the breakers at Surf City Pier. On the inside, it's much the same as the last couple of weeks. Scattered speckled trout and red drum are being caught near the docks on the falling tide, and along grass lines near oyster beds on the rising tide. Some nice flounder are being caught in Banks Channel behind Topsail Beach. Live finger mullets and live pogies seem to be producing best. Fish these live baits on a carolina rig with a large enough weight to keep the bait near the bottom in the current. I am hearing sheepshead are biting near the turning bridge, and near the high ridge bridge, and also around docks off the waterway. Forecast is looking good, so good fishing.
Till next time....
Tight lines!
Johnny
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