Greetings from the Cape Fear Coast,
April and May I took sometime off from fishing to finish up my Ultimate coaching duties which included a trip to Columbus, Ohio where the team finished 11th in the College Championships. I put the boat in the shop during this down time and got some forward storage boxes built by Seamark Boat Co. for the new Motorguide 75# thrust remote trolling motor. I also added a 5wt Orvis SLT to the arsenal and was terrorizing many bass and bream in some local ponds and creeks.
The bonito run has passed and they pretty much pass by Wrightsville Beach again this and were caught well off of Sneads Ferry and Topsail Island. A nice run of large Spanish did hit Wrightsville Beach this year and there are still some nice schools from Carolina Beach to Topsail.
I hit the Cape Fear River and played with some Gars one day and the steering control box died on the MotorGuide. Third trip out and I was dead in the water. Got it fixed at Coastline Service Center in Goldboro. Hooked a few stripers on topwater and had random blowups but no hookups fun fishing the river.
Wrightsville Beach Report: there are many large schools of menhaden (pogies) running the beach right now and the Masonboro sound area has some the best schools of pogies I have seen, especially this early in the season, in a while. Last week Allen and I hit the last nights of the full moon and caught several sharpnose sharks and skates. We also got one 4' blacktip already. Went off the beach Sunday the 14th and got into the Kings and Mahi pretty well. I had a trip some guys from Sanford and we landed 4 Mahi and 2 nice Kings. We were pulling some live pogies. We saw three other boats with Kings and Mahi as well. There have even been some report of Sailfish out at the 23mile Rock area and one was landed at the Schoolhouse (AR386) last week.
Keep Chasing Trophies,
Capt Danny Wrenn
96Charter Company
Wilmington, N.C.
910.619.2224
