Private Boats: Offshore & midrange success the same as charter boats.  Inshore success has improved marginally with more keeper-size flounder being caught.  Seatrout catches are much improved with anglers often catching their limit. Sheepshead and black drum are almost a guaranteed catch if using mole crabs,"sand fleas" for bait and fishing around the bridge structure at Oregon Inlet. 

Piers: Fishing in this mode was the most improved this past week with nice catches of spanish mackerel, bluefish, and kingfish being caught consistently throughout the day.  Anglers targeting cobia & king mackerel are doing well.  Assorted others are being caught, including spot, croaker, puffer, skate, dogfish shark, silver perch, and spadefish.

Shore: Catches similar to those of pier anglers with fewer Spanish mackerel & bluefish which have been out of casting range. Spotted seatrout have been the target of choice for beach anglers and have been caught in the nears-hore surfzone primarily in the early morning. hours.  Red drum have been caught with increased regularity from Avon southward.

CharterBoats: A huge yellowfin  tuna was caught this weekend.. There were many dolphin, some kings and little tunny. One mate reported thick schools of blackfin tuna - all about 12 inches long that could be caught with a scoop net.

Private Boats: Spanish mackerel are still found at Cape Lookout. Keypost #1 and Keypost #2 out  of Bogue Inlet still reports  flounder and well as Ar. 315 and Ar 320.. There are small kings to be found at the sea buoy out of Beaufort Inlet.  Sheepshead are still in the Turning Basin at the  state port around all pilings. Nice ones are caught on sea urchins. The heavy rain ruined fishing Saturday - anglers reported many undersized red drum in the Newport and North rivers and  at both ends of Taylors Creek.  The drum seem to be running on an outgoing tide -  an angler suggested they were chasing shrimp.  Bluefish up to 1.5 pounds out on the Cape shoals.