Category: Nearshore Fishing

The last couple days Oak Island Fishing Charters has been running from day light to dark catch good numbers of Spanish Mackerel.  Sure do hope this pattern does not end.  Some Nice Blacktip Sharks have been mixed in also.

Oak Island Fishing Charters had another great trip to Carolina Beach today.  We got there early and the Spanish Mackerel were biting steady till about 8:30-9.  We then noticed a small shrimp boat culling its catch and the sharks were busting the water.  We caught sharks as soon as the bait hit the water and after landing several nice sharks the shrimp boat was gone and so were the fish.

Oak Island Fishing Charters make the quick ride to Carolina Beach to fish in calm water since the wind was blowing at Oak Island.  Our reward for making the ride was the sight of more Sharks than you could count and everytime I threw the bait out a Shark would suck it up.  Our only problem today was we ran out of bait I should have caught more Spanish but that’s a good problem.

Today Oak Island Fishing Charters Group got to pull on some nice Blacktip Sharks.  I hope they stick around because they put on a show most of the time jumping out of the water and puts a good bend in the pole.  The best part is you dont

Oak Island Fishing Charters had 3 trips today chasing down anything that would bite our hooks.  The first trip we tried to catch a big Tarpon and struck out only had 5 good runs that did not hook up ( must have been sharks).  The other two trips had kids on them so we went Spanish and Shark fishing.  Finally the Spanish were everywhere and the nice Blacktips also.

Oak Island Fishing Charters had a very hard time finding fish today and we burned alot of gas running from one end of the island to the other.  Good news is later in the day the water started to get its original color back and we caught a few fish . So the next several days should be good fishing (we hope).  You cant fill the boat up everytime but you do need to try.

Oak Island Fishing Charters would like you to send the pictures you took while on the boat with us.  Almost all the pictures on the website are from the customers since I like to tear my cameras up.  We have had some great pictures over the last several days with familys and I am still waiting. 

This morning the wind felt like it had more South than Southwest so we decided not to go to Carolina Beach this morning and just moved the trip to another day.  When we make the decision to run up to CB we cant be second guessing.  If we missed a good day up there today then so be it.

Today Oak Island Fishing Charters went back to Carolina Beach were the ocean was flat again.  After about an hour we found tons of bait with Spanish Mackerel jumping everywhere but they must have been practicing because they were not biting the hooks.  Several Charter boats circled the schools of fish only catching a hand full.  We made a move to a spot in the river on our way home and started catching nice Spanish and Bluefish.  So you never know what each day brings but we caught fish, stayed in calm water and everybody was happy.

Oak Island Fishing Charters ran up to Carolina Beach today to get out of the wind that was blowing at Oak Island.  The ocean was so rough off Oak Island I felt like I had no business out there.  Once we got to Carolina Beach the ocean was flat the Spanish Mackerel were biting steady.  This is a real advantage of being on a Center Console with the speed we make, Carolina Beach is only 30 min away.

Oak Island Fishing Charters had 2 1/2 day trips catching Spanish Mackerel and Big Sharks.  I left out the word fishing because when you catch fish like we did today its called catching.  We found Spanish Mackerel on both trips today jumping all around us and every time all the rods would have fish on them.  It does not take long to fill the cooler this way.  The sharks must have goten the memo also because every 5 min we had big Blacktips on.  Looks like we will be backwater fishing the next couple days.