Twister Charters - Fishing Reports

Over the last week the weather has been absolutely beautiful and I have been fishing everyday.  Most of my trips were spent on the beach trolling for spanish in the early mornings and shark fishing later in the day.  The spanish bite has been killer, but most of the fish have been undersized.  I did manage to find a nice school of keeper fish one afternoon thanks to the “Get Reel”.  We ended up with a dozen of nice 1-2 pound Spanish. 

Even though we caught several sharks behind the shrimp boats, over all the shark bite has been off.  Most of the shrimp boats have only been making one tow, so once they pull nets up and head for home the sharks leave too.   

On Monday I took my brother Alex, Bruce, and Justin offshore to test our luck on catching some grouper.  The weather was nice, the seas were slick, and the fish bit like bulldogs.  We ended the day with 33 grouper, the biggest around 15 pounds, several monster AJ’s, and one spiny lobster.  Not to mention the mess of grunts, bass, beeliners, and pinky’s. 

I got back offshore on Thursday, with Mike, Barry, and Cain.  We had a good day, even though the seas were rough.  All total we had 21 grouper, a mess of grunts, and one nice hognose snapper. 

The fish are definately biting, so book a trip while there are still openings.  Tight Lines!!

Over the past few weeks the temperature as been hot and so have the fishing.  On the inshore scene the sharks have been the most dependable daily bite.  Most of the fish are in the 20-50 pounds range with a few over 100 pounds being mixed in.  The last week there has been an awesome spanish bite.  Most our boats were catching their limit of fish ranging between 14 inches to 3 pounds.  We have been pulling silver and gold 00 clark spoons behind #2 planers.  If the fish are jumping and feeding hard a spinning reel with a gotcha plug or silver casting spoon is hard to beat. 

On the offshore side the grouper and kings have been the most dependable bite.  The hard part is catching enough live bait to fish a full day.  If we can catch a live well full of pogies, cigar minnows, and sardines,  the kings and grouper would soon follow.  Most of our fish have been in the small to medium size range.  The biggest king of the week was 18 pounds, good enough to get 28th in the Greater Wilmington King Classic.  The grouper are averaging around 8 pounds with a few 10-15 pound red’s mixed in.  Bring plenty of cold water and lets go fishing.