Swansboro Trout Tournament Win!!

The rain did not put a damper on the 18th annual Swansboro Speckled Trout Tournament. We had a fairly good turn out with all the serious trout fishing competition from the area. The key was finding some clean water that had not been dirtied up from all the rain last week. John Hislop and myself were lucky enough to find clean water and catch some good trout. We had a bag of 18.9lbs with a 8.5 and 7.3lb trout to take the win and big fish award. Awesome day to say the least to hold out against some of the best trout fishermen in the state. We went back to the same area on Monday but the brown dirty water had moved in. The fish were shut down some, but we did manage to catch a few nice trout and redfish. There are some really nice fish showing up and the action should improve over the next month. November, December, and January are some of the best month of the year to catch a lot of trout. I have days open so don't miss out on some good fishing.

Capt. Rick

Awesome Fall Fishing!!

We have had some great action on the water the past few weeks. Redfish, Speckled Trout, Albacore, Bluefish have all been on fire. The albacore and bluefish action is as good as its gets. They are destroying bait fish in the surf around the inlets and out to the shoals. Blues in the 2 to 5lb range have been provide us with some awesome top water action. The redfish are schooled up in massive numbers in the surf right now. This past weekend on Saturday Nov. 7th we put 61 reds in the boat in the upper slot range. The reds are still back in the bays and river hitting just about anything you get in front of them. Speckled trout are on the move and we have been catching fish up to 5lbs. Sunday Nov.8 we had 15 keepers with 8 of them weighing 4 to 5lbs. The fishing is hot and we have days open so give us a call.

Capt. Rick

Cape Crusader Charters

Fall Fishing is Wide Open!!

The past few weeks have been very busy to say the lest. My wife and I welcomed our little girl Katie into the world on Sept.12. She weighed 7lbs 8oz and has been a blessing to us. We have been getting out on the water to take advantage of the best fishing of the year. October is a very hot month for fishing and the action has been great. The reds and bluefish have been on fire. We have been catching reds up to 14lbs and blues to 10lbs. Speckled trout are starting to show up in good numbers in the marsh and the rivers. October and November are two of the best months of the year. We have dates open so don't miss out on some hot fall fishing!

Hot Redfish Action!!!

The past week has been awesome redfishing to say the least. We have had good numbers of upper to over slot reds. Myself and Gary Carroll put over 30 redfish in the boat in just a few hours last Friday in the rain. Talk about some great action. The approaching storm will cause higher that normal tides and push the reds in the grass. We should have some good tailing action by the end of the week. If you have never fished for reds tailing in the grass you should, it's a total blast.

Capt. Rick

The redfish action is still hot and should continue this month. I took an evening off to do a little of me time fishing with my dad and good friend Kenny, aka Kingfish Kenny. We had a great time with some over slot redfish and I caught my personnal best trout that measured just a little over 29''. Talk about amped up! We took a few pictures and released her back to fight another day. The NCDMF is now doing live release citations for trout over 24'' so I would encourge people to release these big spawning trout. Awesome day on the water. We have dates open so don't miss out on some great fishing.

Capt. Rick

The striper action has been insane on the Neuse River for the past several days. I fished with my friend Frank from New Bern and my dad last friday, we had an awesome day. We caught stripers all morning on top water baits. Between the three of use we put over 40 fish in the boat all on top water. The fishing was so good we went back on Sunday and the action was even better. Striper were busting on shad just about all day. We ended up with 55 stripers ranging from 2 to 5lbs all on top water with redfish and trout mixed in. The Neuse River striper fishing is hot and if you would like to experience some insane top water action give us a call.

Capt. Rick

The redfish action has been very hot for the past few weeks! Reds have been killing the top water baits. I will let the pictures speak for themselves. The flounder have started showing up better numbers inside. We have been catching some good keeper size fishing around docks and drifting the inlet channels. Fishing is hot and we do have dates open. If you want to get into some great top water redfishing give me a call.

Capt. Rick

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