Topsail Island Fishing is still strong!
Mitch from Queens, NY with a nice king mackerel!
- Amberjack caught while fishing with Captain John
- Brian with a sunrise king
Whew, another week of SUPER fishing has gone down here on Topsail! The king mackerel bite is really great, good size averaging 8-15lbs, and plenty of them! We have had consistent sucess using Bluewater Candy dead bait rigs and Pirate Plugs with cigar minnows on the hook and Hot Shot skirts. Many times we have multiple hook-ups with anglers having to dance around the boat to keep from getting tangled. Also the mahi bite continues on the 3/4 day trips, the main body of fish has moved off 15-20 miles, but true too mahi mahi form when you find them you can usually put a few in the boat. Captain John still is the only one of us who has put a sailfish on the boat but July and August are your best months for a shot at these so any day I plan that one of us will be getting another shot. The amberjacks are still around to give hardy anglers some serious pullage.
Here are some pictures from the last week.
Ray Perkins with a nice king mackerel
Alex Perkins with another nice king mackerel
Aaron Peterman with a nice king mackerel
Ethan with the first mahi of the day
Becky shows how it is done with a schoolie king.
Mahi caught while fishing with Captain John
Big mahi caught fishing with Captain John