April 27, 2008     
The water temperature has started to climb again and the fishing is heating up also. We had some nice fishing conditions this week with Wednesday being the exceptiion when the winds were gusting to 25 mph. On the other days we caught many different species including: Flounder, Speckled Trout, Red Fish, Bluefish, Atlantic Bonito, Black Sea Bass, Sea Brim and Atlantic Sharpnose Sharks. As the water temperature gets closer to 70 degrees it will be a great time to Go Fish.

Capt. Chris

April 11, 2008
This past week the Red Drum were more elusive, but I was still able to land a few Speckled Trout ,Flounder and small Blue Fish. There were a couple of calm days that allowed me to take my clients to the nearshore reefs where we found nice Black Sea Bass that were caught by 11 yr old Garrett and others. The biggest Bass being 14+ inches, along with Blue Fish up to 14 inches. It looks like we will be in for a major cool down at the beginning of next week, hopefully it won't make the water temperature cool down too fast and affect the fishing. The end of the week will see the warming trend return that will hopefully continue until Summer.    

Capt. Chris

April 5, 2008
I was only able to fish on Wednesday this past week due to the rain causing trip cancellations on the other days. I was still able to put my clients on some nice Speckled Trout in the 4 lb range and slot sized Red Drum. It looks like the rain will be out of here for next week and it should be a great week to Go Fish.

Capt. Chris


March 31, 2008
The past week has shown increased action in the marshes and areas of structure along the waterway. We had some very windy days that were a bit uncomfortable, but I was able to find some sheltered areas that were holding nice Red Drum and Speckled Trout like the one caught by Travis Newcomb which was close to 6 lbs -- see the photo in the top right of the first page of my Photo Album. That Trout was released after the photo to fight another angler (hopefully one of my clients) on another day. We also had fun at the rock jetties catching and releasing small sharks up to 12 lbs on light tackle. This week looks a bit rainy, but we do need the rain in this area. Give me call and lets see if we can find a sunny day to Go Fish.

Capt. Chris

March 15, 2008
This week we added Bluefish to the Flounder, Red Drum and Speckled Trout being caught. I am noticing more bait activity in the shallow water creeks and marshes and I'm sure that the larger fish are taking notice also. My minnnow traps are consistently trapping more bait than they were a few weeks ago, making it easy for me to keep my livebait tanks at the house full and always ready to Go Fish.

Capt. Chris


March 7, 2008
My clients have had success this week in landing Flounder from 14" to 18" using Berkley Gulp 3" new penny shrimp on 1/4 ounce jig heads and live mud minnows on a Carolina rig. I have found 60 and 61 degree water temperatures in certain shallow areas of the salt marshes and this is where the fish seem to be the most active. The small 30' to 36' Sharks on the nearshore reef are in a feeding frenzy and providing great fun on the 12lb spinning tackle that I use. This past week I had a husband and wife team that decided to have a competition to see who could catch the most. There were so many caught and released that by the end of the day, we had all lost count and we agreed that we were all winners. I am looking forward to the weather forecasted for next week and the opportunity to do what I love ---- Go Fish.

Capt. Chris



February 26, 2008
I have not updated for a while as I have not gone out but a couple of times, not many people want to brave the cooler windy days that we have in February to go fishing. The nearshore reefs are still providing lots of action with Dog Sharks and Black Sea Bass. There are a few schools of Red Drum moving around Dunn Sound and Bonaparte Creek, but they are easily spooked. A few Flounder are being caught in Hog Inlet also. This is a good sign that they will starting their annual March migration from deeper water offshore into the shallower marshes and creeks. I am looking forward to the warmer days as the fishing will get better and it will be a great time to Go Fish.

Capt. Chris

January 21, 2008
The fishing this week has been good some days when the winds were calm and tough when the winds were high. We were however still able to land a few Red Drum, a lot of Black Sea Bass and a bunch of Sharks which are great fun on light tackle using 1/2 oz jigs.

Capt. Chris

December 18, 2007
It finally feels like winter this week with temps in the 20's last night. The first two and a half weeks of December was more like the beautiful fall weather that we get in October with some days reaching near 80 degrees. We had some great action with Trout and Redfish inshore and on calm days we went to some of my secret spots a few miles offshore and had a blast catching hundreds of Black Sea Bass on light tackle using 1/2 ounce jigs. In between the Sea Bass we caught Trigger Fish, Flounder and Tautog.

My kids get out of school tomorrow and I am taking time off to spend time with them. I hardly get to spend any time with them during their Summer vacation because I am busy taking charters most days. I will be taking charters again from January 7, 2008.                                  

I want to wish all of my clients and everyone that vists this page a very Merry Christmas and a Blessed New Year. I look forward to catching fish with you again in 2008.

Capt. Chris


November 26, 2007

The recent cold snaps have sent most of the Finger Mullett away from the Inlet and the action at the rock jetties has decreased, however the Speckled Trout action has increased further inshore in the marsh creeks and areas along the Waterway. The smaller Red Drum are also starting to school in the marshes where they spend most of the Winter. I have also been able to run a short distance to some marks I have on a natural nearshore reef where the Black Sea Bass action is hot. We are only able to keep a few fish as the minimum size limit was changed to 12"  in June of this year after being at 10" for a number of years. However, we have been able to keep quite a few this week that were between 12" and 14". At the reef there is always the possibility of catching other species like Sharks and Trigger fish, but on a recent trip me and one of my clients were out there and the water near to us started to boil with large fish in a feeding frenzy, at first we thought that they were Bluefish, so we threw some silver Kastmaster lures into them and hooked into what turned out to be small tuna referred to as Little Tunny. They were a lot of fun on 12lb test and I had some delicious sushi and grilled Tuna steaks for dinner that night. Inshore or offshore (winds permitting) the Winter time is still a great time to Go Fish.

Capt. Chris

November 6, 2007
The past couple of weeks have provided some great fishing most days the Big Red Drum are still at the inlet along with the smaller slot sized keepers holding close to the rocks at the jetties. There are also Gray Trout biting at the inlet along with numerous Bluefish. There is a great article in this month's Saltwater Sportsman magazine on Bluefish. The author rates them as one of the best gamefish on earth. They sure are good to eat if they are cleaned and prepared the right way. They are especially good grilled in seasonings that I use from Barbados. The Black Drum are biting in the marshes near to submerged Oyster banks. The Speckled Trout action is picking up with fish biting from Dunn Sound along the waterway to Coquia Harbor in the South and Sunset Beach Bridge in the North. We had quite an exciting experience last week when one of may clients, Don hooked up with what we thought was a Giant Red Drum inside of the Little River Inlet and headed out to sea. I throttled up the Go Fish and we followed it while Don fought it for about 40 minutes. I was finally able to get the fish to come to the surface at the boat after going into 5' of water at Bird Island. That's when we saw that our Red was really a Black Tip Shark approximately 8' long. I tried putting the net over its head and lifting its tail, but it shook me off and took off again, this time biting through the fluorocarbon leader. I was kind of glad that we didn't have it in the boat with us, but Don wanted to have it mounted. I suggested that he have a fiberglass mount made and the Shark will live to fight another angler some day. Don did an excellent job bringing that Shark to the boat considering that he was using 15 lb test Berkly Big Game line on one of my Daiwa BG 15 spinning reels. I estimate the Black Tip to be close to 100 lbs. If you're looking for some exciting fishing, give me a call and let's Go Fish!

Capt. Chris

October 24, 2007
Not much change in the fishing this week. It's great, and I believe that the unseasonably warm weather has something to do with it. The Flounder seem to be coming in waves, biting good one day then slow the next and then biting again. All the other species: Blues, Reds and Trout are hungry for the live finger mullet that I use for bait. I'm telling you now is the time to Go Fish before the cool weather sets in and the Mullet head South with the predator gamefish hot on their tails.

Capt. Chris


October 15, 2007
The fishing is still excellent. The Red Drum are at the inlet in all different sizes, we have caught them this week from 13" to 40+". The Flounder finally seem to be going into their Fall feeding mode with increased catches and fish sizes that we landed in the marshes and at the inlet. We have also done well with Gray Trout this week. The Bluefish are everywhere and big Spanish Mackerel are mixed in with them at the mouth of the inlet. Are you ready to Go Fish?

Capt. Chris

September 27, 2007
This is really an exciting time to be fishing in our area. Yesterday my client succeeded in catching a double inshore grand slam by landing Red Drum, Flounder, Speckled Trout, Bluefish, Spanish Mackerel and to top it off, a Tarpon which entertained us with quite a display of aerial fish acrobatics before we landed, photographed and released it. There are huge schools of Mullet moving into and out of the inlet and marshes that are constantly being attacked by larger fish. One guy who I had never met before came up to us in his boat as we were anchored at one of my fishing' holes to tell us that he had just kept a Spanish Mackerel that had jumped out of the water and hit him in the head, knocking his hat off. It's not one of my favorite ways to catch fish, but it just goes to show how aggressive the game fish are at this time of the year while they are chasing the huge schools of bait that are in our area right now. If you would like to experience some of this exciting fishing, then give me a call and lets Go Fish!

Capt. Chris

September 12, 2007
We are still catching decent size Flounder in the 14" to 18" range around the rock jetties at the inlet with a few under sized 12" to 13" every now and again. The Trout are still providing good action also with the biggest one this week being 21". The Red Drum and Black Drum have moved a little further inland to areas between the Little River Inlet and the Intra coastal Waterway, in the salt marshes and around some man-made structures like docks and concrete bulkheads. The Spots are starting to move in and the big Flounder will not be far behind as this is one of their favorite foods. Spots are also great fun to catch when they are running in big schools and they sure are tasty. The Fall is a great time to Go Fish!

Capt. Chris


September 1, 2007
We have had another great week of fishing. The days before, during and after the full moon saw the water moving swiftly between the tides and that swift water was carrying acres of bait fish which were constantly being attacked by predator fish, evident by the explosions of water and the scattering bait. Friday was a very special day for me as I had the opportunity to take Greg, his wife Anne and their friend Pam fishing. You see Greg has an illness which confines him to a wheelchair, but that didn't prevent him from contacting me to take him fishing. I admit that I was apprehensive at first about taking him out on the Go Fish and taking full responsibility for someone in his condition, but after he explained that his wife and friend were coming I agreed to take him. I learned a lot from watching and listening to Greg that morning. He set the hook on the first Flounder of the trip and others afterwords. Although Anne had to help him reel his fish in, not once did I hear him complain about his situation or anything else for that matter. As a matter of fact he mentioned a few times what a wonderful day it was and how much he was enjoying doing something that he had wanted to do for a long time. By the end of the trip we had landed Flounder, Speckled Trout, Spanish Mackerel and Bluefish. Those 4 hours with Greg have reminded me how blessed I am to have my health and to look on the brighter side of life no matter what is thrown at you.
Thank you Greg. 

Capt. Chris


August 24 2007
The Big Reds are here at the Little River Inlet. We landed one today that I believe was somewhere between 30 - 40 pounds. Take a look at it on the first page of my photo album. I am holding it up with Adam the angler who caught it. I didn't want to hang it up by a scale for fear of hurting it, the fish was already worn out by fighting for about 10 minutes against Adam who was using one of my Daiwa BG 15 reels spooled with Berkley Big Game 12 lb test line. We took the photo and then I took time holding it in the water, moving it back and forth until I felt that it was strong enough to swim away to fight another day. I have seen anglers on other boats being very careless in handling these large fish by just tossing them back into the water only to turn belly up and disappear into the depths, probably to be found by a shark which would have no problems making a fatal attack because of the Redfish not being able to move. Now is the time to Go Fish for Big Red Drum at the Little River Inlet.

Capt. Chris

August 23, 2007
I have had a great time taking clients fishing these past few weeks. We have been catching a wide spectrum of species: Flounder, Speckled Trout, Red Fish (Drum), Black Drum, Sheep's Head, Spanish Mackerel, Blue Fish, Black Tip Shark, Bonnet Head Shark, etc. I use live finger mullet and live shrimp, everything likes to eat a lively shrimp especially the Trout. We have had an exceptional summer fishery this year with a fish that was once referred to as "Winter Trout"  as they are usually caught from November to March. I believe that it is an indication that we will have a fantastic winter bite for Speckled Trout this year. We had a great one last year with some of my clients catching their limit within an hour on some days during November and December. September and October are usually great fishing months for Flounder, Red Drum, Black Drum, they know that the mullet and shrimp are getting ready to head south for the winter and they need to eat as much as they can to build up fat which helps keep them through the winter. Contact me for the opportunity to Go Fish.

Capt. Chris

  
July 30, 2007      
I have not had a chance to update this report for a couple of weeks as I have been very busy and 8 hours in the sun 6 days a week makes a person go to bed early and I'm out of bed every morning Monday  to Saturday at 5:00 am so that I can catch all of the bait that will be needed for the entire day before my trips start. I don't like to hunt for bait on my clients' time as some other guides will do. The Flounder are getting more plentiful and larger at the Little River Inlet. I have also been having some luck with Spanish Mackerel at the Jim Caudle Reef which is 3 miles out. The largest one I landed last week was 21".  I am also very excited to have a new Yamaha 150 H.P. 4-stroke outboard motor that I had installed last week. A big THANK YOU! to Mickey and the guys at Marine Service Center in Longs, SC for doing a great job installing the new motor as fast as possible and getting me back on the water without having to cancel any trips. The fishing only gets better here from now until the middle of November. Now is the time to Go Fish.

Capt. Chris


July 14, 2007
This week was much the same as last week, except for a windy Wednesday which kept us from venturing past the Little River Inlet, but we fished inshore and managed to find some keeper Flounder along the waterway in Sunset Beach. On Friday we had some excitement with a couple of  36 " Cobia which circled the Go Fish and one eventually took a live bait and put up a good fight until a Hammerhead Shark that looked to be about 15' long started chasing them, then the hooked Cobia ran the line across the propeller and took off before the Hammerhead could get it. We were fishing in 40' of water not far from shore. If you are looking for an exciting fishing trip, contact me for a trip on the Go Fish.

Capt. Chris



July 7, 2007
I have had another great week taking clients like 8 yr. old Austin and his Dad, Brad fishing. Austin had never been saltwater fishing and had only caught freshwater perch before. It was a joy to see the look on his face when after just 5 minutes of wetting his hook, the line peeled off of the reel, then he fought and eventually reeled in an Atlantic Sharpnose Shark that was almost as long as he is. Times like that make me realize how blessed I am to do what I do for "work". I am still landing Flounder and Trout at the Little River Inlet and expect the Flounder bite to continue through October. Now is the time to Go Fish.

Capt. Chris


  
June 30, 2007
The Speckled Trout and Bluefish are still providing action at the Little River Inlet along with the Flounder. I was blessed this week to have the opportunity to take many families with kids fishing. The youngest child being 3 and the oldest being 16. The patience need to drift a live minnow for Flounder or float a live shrimp for Trout is sometimes out of their reach. My solution was to take them out a few miles to some of my "secret spots" where the water was calmer than the inlet and the fish take the bait without hesitation. We caught a mixed bag of species:  Black Sea Bass that were mostly 1" short of the new 12" size limit, but fun to catch on light spinning tackle; Grunts in the 3 - 4 pound range; Trigger Fish; Lizard Fish, Sea Brim, large Pinfish and small Sharks 3' - 4' long. I do charge an additional $50.00 to make those offshore trips as it costs me more for fuel to run out and back, but everyone that has been has said that it is well worth it. One of my goals is to turn as many youngsters into avid anglers as I possibly can and the way to do it is to make sure that they don't get bored as kids easily do when the bite is slow. So Moms and Dads if you like to fish and you want your kids to like fishing as much as you do, reserve a trip with me on the Go Fish.

Capt. Chris

 

June 15, 2007
The fishing at the Little River Inlet has been great this week. The Bluefish are mixed in with the Speckled Trout and a bit faster to take the bait. The flounder are getting bigger, I landed one today that was close to 5 pounds caught by 9 yr. old Kelsey. I am booked through June 26th, but have some days open after that date. As the Summer goes into full swing, you should call in advance to make your reservation with me and ensure your chance to Go Fish.

Capt. Chris



June 9, 2007
The Summer bite is on!! I have been landing a mixed bag of species for my clients this past week: Spanish Mackerel, Flounder, Red Drum, Speckled Trout, and Bluefish. The fishing is great come and let's Go Fish.

Capt. Chris


 
May 27, 2007
Fishing inshore this week has been up and down, but the Flounder sizes have been increasing with more over the 12" limit being caught. The most fun trip I had was with Dave, D.J., Alex and Neil. Four N.J. firefighters who wanted to catch sharks. I took them to some numbers I have about 6 miles offshore and they caught close to 70 Black Sea bass - 20 of them 11 inches and over. D.J. caught a nice Atlantic Sharpnose Shark that we photographed and released. It was a great afternoon on the Go Fish.

Capt. Chris



May 9, 2007:
Fishing has been tough this week with "Sub Tropical Storm" Andria gusting up to 45 mph. I have allowed clients to cancel or postpone previously booked trips as I firmly believe that if you don't feel that you will be comfortable and having an enjoyable experience, you shouldn't be penalized for not going on your pre-booked trip. Hopefully Andria will be gone soon and we can Go Fish again.

Capt. Chris



May 2, 2007:
The Flounder are here!! Most are less than the legal 12" but it won't be long before we start catching the keepers consistently. I have noticed the arrival of schools of juvenile mullets in the salt marshes and they are the favorite food of most of our inshore game fish. Come and let's Go Fish!

Capt. Chris



April 20, 2007:
We have had some windy conditions the past couple of weeks, but I have been able to get out on a few days in between. The Redfish have started to bite at the Little River jetties; quartered Blue Crab on a Carolina Rig with a fixed sinker works well. Please use circle hooks so that the non keepers can be released without much harm. The Flounder bite is heating up in the creeks, the 3 days before and after first full moon in May usually are prime flounder fishing days. Call now to reserve your trip before it's too late to Go Fish!

Capt. Chris



April 3, 2007:
Thanks to the mild winter the Speckled Trout are continuing to provide great action. They are biting white D.O.A. shrimp and green/orange Haw River grub tails on a 1/4 oz. pink grub head. I have also caught a few small flounder on the grubs. As the weather continues to warm up so too will the fishing action. Don't just think fishing, give me a call and Go Fish! 

Capt. Chris