North Carolina Fishing Reports

Wrightsville Beach to Cape Fear River - Period Ending August 1, 2004 Hi Folks, Greetings from tropical storm central. It is a local laugh when Jim Cantore from the Weather Channel comes here we are in for trouble and of course he is here. Fortunately, I think we will come through this more...
Capt. Richard Bennett - Wrightsville Beach

Wrightsville Beach to Cape Fear River - Period Ending July 25, 2004 Hello everyone, Time for an update on this summer's fishing. This week has seen some good action despite the low pressure that has been hanging on top of us. The low has caused some slow days as well. The pressure is c more...
Capt. Richard Bennett - Wrightsville Beach

Wrightsville Beach to Cape Fear River - Period Ending July 10, 2004 Hi Folks, Sorry I haven't put a report out in almost two weeks. The weather, though hot has been awesome and we have been fishing everyday. The water is alive with fish. Spanish mackerel are jumping, kings and mahi ar more...
Capt. Richard Bennett - Wrightsville Beach

Wrightsville Beach to Cape Fear River - Period Ending June 28, 2004 Hi Folks, Is it hot enough for you? I got rained out today so I thought I would try to bring everybody up to date as we head to the July 4th weekend. Fishing has been good to great in almost every category. This week w more...
Capt. Richard Bennett - Wrightsville Beach

Wrightsville Beach to Cape Fear River - Period Ending June 21, 2004 Hi Folks, Fishing has been very good in all but one category. The large flounder that appeared just a few weeks ago seem to have scattered out and have become difficult to find. Hopefully that will change soon. We hav more...
Capt. Richard Bennett - Wrightsville Beach

Wrightsville Beach to Cape Fear River - Week Ending June 10, 2004 Hi Folks, This weeks' fishing has had a little bit of everything. We have caught flounder and drum; spanish and king mackerel and even some very nice cobia. Live bait is hard to find for this time of year, but generally more...
Capt. Richard Bennett - Wrightsville Beach

Wrightsville Beach to Cape Fear River - Period Ending June 3, 2004 Hello Folks, Sorry it's been a while since my last report, but I have been too busy fishing...at least that is my excuse. The good news is the big flounder have moved in and are being caught with regularity. Red drum ac more...
Capt. Richard Bennett - Wrightsville Beach

Wrightsville Beach to Cape Fear River - Week Ending May 21, 2004 For the Period Ending May21, 2004: Hi everyone, Fishing is good to great just about wherever you choose to fish. A bit unusual is the inshore fishing for flounder and red drum, which while not bad, is spotty. The fish more...
Capt. Richard Bennett - Wrightsville Beach

Wrightsville Beach to Cape Fear River - Week Ending May 10, 2004 Report for the Week Ending May 10, 2004: Hi Everyone, Fishing is hot!!! The spanish have turned on in big numbers and big size. The flounder have started their bite as have the red drum. Small spring kings are near sho more...
Capt. Richard Bennett - Wrightsville Beach

Wrightsville Beach to Cape Fear River - Week Ending April 30, 2004 For the Week Ending April 30, 2004: On Friday, April 30, the bonito really showed up in large numbers for the first time this year; crashing bait and putting on a show. Water temperatures continue to inch upward and th more...
Capt. Richard Bennett - Wrightsville Beach