Jacks and red drum

[Fishfinder]

I had a charter today looking for amberjacks. After waiting about an hour for the rain to pass this morning, we struck out around 7 am. Well we found the jacks! All we wanted. Fishing to the SW out of Beaufort Inlet we found jacks on all the structure that we stopped on. There was a huge amount of bait everywhere we went. Very large cigar minnows were covering up all the rocks and wrecks. The water was very clear and calm. After we had our fill of amberjacks and a borken rod to boot, I decided to check around the beach for some red drum. First stop I made, I cast a circle hook rig with half a menhaden on it for bait and it never stopped when it hit the water. For the next 2 hours we had 3 fish on at all times. My boat looked like I had gutted a cow on it with all the blood from the menhaden. I rigged baits and cut chum and slung both all over the boat and my-self. The bite shut off just as fast as it had started. What a way to end up a beautiful day of fishing along the Crystal Coast.

Capt. Joe Shute

[Panicattack1]

Did you catch anything over by the Artificial Reef 315?

[Fishfinder]

I have not fished around 315 lately. they have been catcheing large Spanish mackerel and a few kings and flounder.

Capt. Joe