9-25-12 Afternoon Redfish!

We had a nice afternoon trip. These guys put around 12 reds in the boat, with the biggest being 28". The reds were hitting gulps under popping corks. Speckled trout action continues to improve. October is going to be a Hot month. I have dates open so miss out!

Awesome Fall Fishing!

This is my favorite time of the year. You name it we are catching it. Redfish, Trout, Flounder, Black Drum, Sheephead, Bluefish, Spanish, and King Mackeral. This is what I love about early fall fishing. Saturday we landed over 30 redfish in the marsh. The next to months is going to be some awesome fishing. Don't miss out!

July 29

Great mixed bag action on the lower Neuse River. Redfish, Speckled Trout, and Flounder are really chewing. If you would like to get in on the inshore slam action give us a call.

Capt. Rick

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2012 Summer Fishing Report

1st place IFA Charleston, S.C.

The summer fishing as been a hot one so far and I mean HOT!. We have been catching fish good even in these hot temps. Redfish have been steady with Speckled Trout as well. The Flounder bite inshore has really started to turn on. We had some nice Flounder up to five pounds put in the boat this week. I have days open so give me a call for some HOT summer fishing.

Fall Fishing

The fall fishing has just begun. After the hurricane past by the winds shifted around to the NE and pushed the mullet out on the beach. This is what we call a mullet blow and kicks off the fall fishing. The water has cleared up and the fish are starting to tear up the mullet in the surf. I watched some big bluefish blasted mullet the other day just inside the inlet. Redfish, Spanish, Kings, Trout, and Flounder are getting in on the action to! With the amount of glass minnows that I have been seeing in the water the albacore action should be awesome later this month and into October. The big bull reds have been on fire the last few weeks and will be finishing up their spawn later this month. We will be on them when they come out of the sound and start to school up on the east side of the cape. Should be some awesome sight casting to the big schools feeding up on shad. We are started what is to me the best two months of the year for fishing, so don't miss out on some great action. I dates open so give me a call.

Capt. Rick
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Summer fishing report

I know that it has been a good while since the last report, but we are still here and catching fish. The flounder fishing has been picking up inshore and we have been catching some speckled trout on live shrimp. Spanish and King mackerel have shown up in good numbers around the reefs right off the beach. I am running a new 23 tournament edition Shearwater and I can tell you that these boats are awesome. The boat runs in shallow water and has a great ride in the ocean chop as well. It also has the 250 sho vmax yamaha and this is a incredible engine. I will put up pictures of the boat in the next day or so. Give me a call, I still have dates open.

Capt. Rick

Redfish Action is on Fire!

It was hard to put down the rods and take these pictures. The reds are destroying anything in their path right now. Top waters, spinner baits, jigs just get it front of them. If you wanted to experience the hottest redfishing of the year. Give me a call, this next month is going to be awesome!

Capt. Rick

Labor Day Weekend

The storm past us by without any incident. We picked back up redfishing. The bite was a little off due to the storm, but we did catch some nice upper to over slot reds over the weekend. September should be a great month, with all the bait in the water the redfish action is going to be hot. I have a few dates open between two redfish tournaments so give me a call.

Capt. Rick

8-31-10 Awesome Redfishing!

I took the day off to do some fishing with my dad before the storm. It was a beautiful day light winds, sunny skies, and hot temps. Hard to believe we may have a major storm here in a few days. We had a great day on the water. The reds where on fire today. We landed somewhere around 25 fish with most of them over 30". Top waters and jigs done it for us today. Awesome day on the water!

8-30-10 Redfish Action Continues!!

The top water action has been great and we are catching good numbers of upper to over slot reds. We are coming up on two of the best months of the year. The fishing should go off! Redfish will be hitting anything that you though at them. Speckled Trout will start staging up for their fall pattern and the Spanish and King Mackerel should be on the next two months. I have dates still open in Sept. and Oct. so give me a call and don't miss out on the hot action.

Capt. Rick

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Summer fishing report

Well it has been hot this summer, but the fishing has been too! The top water redfish action has been great. We have been catching fish over 30'' on top dawgs. Flounder, sheep head, black drum, and speckled trout have been providing action also. The big Spanish mackerel and a few nice kings are on the reefs and around the inlets. Big bull reds have moved into the Neuse River and the Tarpon there in good numbers. So don't let the heat kept you off the water. I have dates open so give me a call and get in on some hot summer time action.

Capt. Rick

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Spring Report

It has been a while since a report. We have had some issue with the web site, but they have been straigten out. The fishing is really heating up as the water temps continue to raise. Redfish are getting very aggressive in the marsh. They are smashing top waters worked around the grass and oyster rocks. Bluefish are all over and hitting anything that gets in front of they. Spanish and King mackeral are starting to show up and their numbers should increase this month. The big news is cobia are starting to show up around Cape Lookout. I have heard of a 70lb caught this week. Flounder are also moving in around the ARs. Fishing is hot right now and will only be getting better this month. We have days open so give us a call and get in on some good fishing. I will be back soon with more reports soon.

Capt. Rick

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