Fishing Reports by Capt. Richard Bennett

Wrightsville Beach to Cape Fear River - Week Ending September 15, 2004 Hi Folks, Well it seems like this weeks fishing report is more about weather than fishing. But despite the weather we have had some interesting fishing at times this past week. Hopefully these storms and rain and wi more...
Capt. Richard Bennett - Wrightsville Beach

Wrightsville Beach to Cape Fear River - September 8, 2004 Hi Folks, Yes it's been quite a while since my last report. Between Charley and Frances I took a short vacation to the northeast...nice and cool. Despite the waters around here being churned up a bit, fishing has been good. And more...
Capt. Richard Bennett - Wrightsville Beach

Wrightsville Beach to Cape Fear River - Report August 20, 2004 Hi Folks, This weeks' report is a bit abbreviated simply because my boat is out of the water and I personally have not fished since Charley visited our area. I am taking this opportunity to get some cleanup and needed add more...
Capt. Richard Bennett - Wrightsville Beach

Wrightsville Beach to Cape Fear River - Period Ending August 8, 2004 Hi Folks, Post Alex report: Fortunately our area did not receive much of anything from Alex. The ocean got churned up a bit but the day after was flat and we were fishing and catching. The big event came a day later w more...
Capt. Richard Bennett - Wrightsville Beach

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