Headboats: Catches have included an assortment of species including spot, croaker, pigfish, pinfish, skate, dogfish shark, seatrout, bluefish, and a few flounder. 

Private Boats: Fishing success similar to that of charter boats in the above described waters with the exception of nice catches of spotted seatrout at Oregon Inlet in the shallow waters.  There have been some good catches of cobia. Flounder fishing has improved with nice specimens being caught in the shallow sound waters.  Spot, croaker, puffers and bluefish have been caught in lesser amounts. 

Piers: The most improved fishing mode this past week, with catches of bluefish, Spanish mackerel, and spotted seatrout on a regular basis.  Flounder and red drum have also been caught.

Shore: Catches similar to those on piers with better success targeting spotted seatrout in the near shore surf zone.  Spanish mackerel and bluefish were caught with good success.  Large red drum are being caught on a regular basis from Avon southward.

CharterBoats: Dolphin is the fish of the day.  Everyone is bringing in dolphin, mixed in with some king mackerel and Spanish.

Private Boats:  There were many cobia caught during the tournament this weekend. We gave a citation for one that weighed 41 pounds. Most cobia were around Cape Lookout and ranged from 20-60 pounds. A  bull dolphin was boated  south of the Big Rock and weighed 22 pounds. There are dolphin off Bogue Inlet along with king mackerel - one weighed 8 pounds.  We are seeing nice Spanish caught from Beaufort Inlet to Bogue Inlet.  Boats are bringing in pan sized hogfish, spot and  kingfish (sea mullet) from Bogue Sound and the rivers.  There are reports of many red drum and spotted seatrout  up in Pamlico County. The fish guides speak of excellent catches coming from area. Station Rock is good for dolphin and small kings. There are flounder in the hook of Cape Lookout. There were kings on AR 315 and Buoy 8.

Piers:  Fishing is active. Since the number of piers in Carteret County  is shrinking fast, the number of anglers fishing on  what is left is increasing. I saw several 2 pound  florida pompano,  some nice Spanish and good sized pigfish. Everyone was catching bluefish and small spot and hogfish. 

CharterBoats: Stream trips are producing good catches of dolphin, along with a few wahoo, and bill fish releases. Full/day trips are yielding grouper and king mackerel, and half/day trips are catching Spanish mackerel. Inshore charters are catching flounder and drum.

Private Boats: Gulf stream trips are reporting dolphin and a few wahoo, along with some bill fish releases. Lots of small school size king mackerel on most ledges and reefs in the 10 to 20 mile range. Bottom fishing remains good in the 35 to 45 mile range for red, gags, and scamp groupers. Nearshore/Inshore, there are some cobia around. Look for them near inlets, buoys, and any near/shore reef might be holding some. Good size Spanish mackerels are being caught along area beaches, with morning time being the best. Inshore, flounder fishing is somewhat slow in the river, there are some fish being caught up to 9 pounds, just no big numbers yet. The flounder are starting to show on the near/shore reefs as well, such as Yaupon reef. There are some pretty good trout reports around the Southport/Oak Island area, the sunset swing bridge, and the rock jetties at Little River.

Piers: Brunswick County piers are catching the trout well in the early morning hours on live shrimp. They are also catching some nice flounder as well. It was a slow week for the king fisherman. Topsail, Wrightsville, and Carolina Beach piers reported, blues,  Spanish mackerel, and some keeper flounder. There were several kings and cobia landed as well.