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Fishing Report for June 2009

Summer is here and the fish are showing up for the season in full force. The inshore temps are
pushing 80 degrees and rising. The redfish are pushing into the backwater marshes and
feeding on high tide. Several schools are pushing wakes and slamming soft plastics and live
crabs. The early morning bite on topwater lures has been great fun, but the midday bite has
been best with live shrimp and baitfish. These reds will be getting more plentiful and
aggressive as the month goes on. The flounder are working their way out of the creeks and
rivers and are beginning to feed. Live baits and gulp shrimp are the ticket to some tasty
flatfish. Keeper flounders are showing up around the inlet, but the first run of fish are smaller,
and the keepers will be more plentiful towards the end of the month. The big boys will be
herded up on the nearshore reefs and calm days will mean live baiting big flatties off the
beach. Black drum and sheepshead are all over the backwaters this month. Live crabs and
no drags is the rule for structure fishing these delicious fish. The occasional speckled trout
crashes the party, but the trout bite in our waters will taper off as the waters heat up. Bluefish
from 1-4 pounds are showing up in large numbers and crashing topwaters and jigs with
reckless abandon. The spanish and king mackerel are running up off the beach, and so are
the cobia and amberjack. On calm days, we are going to be live bait fishing, trolling, and
chumming for all these ocean dwellers.
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Morehead City, New Bern
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