Greetings From The Cape Fear Coast:Fishing Wednesday July 2, 2008 at 23 Mile Rock. Brock, Travis and myself were hoping for some Kings and Mahi instead we got Amber Jacks and Grouper. We also jigged up some nice Grey Snapper (White Grunts). As we headed out the water temp fell, around 15 miles from 79.9 to 77.9 degrees. It did warm up to 78.5 at 23 Mile Rock. We were soaking live Pogies and within 5mins
around the south rock these AJ's were ruling it. Brock got the first rod and with a light drag he was in for a fight. After about 15 mins he landed this nice 20+ pounder. Line back out and around the rock we picked up this 25+ pound fish and I landed it pretty quick as I put the drag to it and broke it will Mark Sosin style. After messing with these AJ's we decided to drift and jig some and I was hitting the Grunt hard with a spoon style Shore Lure and Brock got a short Grouper in a Stingsilver (2 oz.). We moved offshore a little and Travis got another AJ on a River to Sea Jig (notPictured).Friday July 5, 2008: We hit 10 mile Box Cars and it was slow. We caught 2 sharks and lost a citation Spanish at the boat. We saw 1 King landed. We moved North to 10 mile rock and had a lot of the same, it was slow. We ran inshore to the Liberty Ship and had four shots a Cudas and could not set the hook. As the wind increased even more we called it a day.
Monday July 7, 2008: Travis and I went for some Reds and got'em on topwater during the early part of the rise. I got this one on a home made plug I made this Spring. We watched a nice storm roll up through Wrightsville Beach as we caught fish. After hitting another flat and watching two more storms roll through we called it a day.
Get out and Fish
Capt. Danny Wrenn
96 Charter Company
Wilmington, N.C.
910.619.2224
