Holly Ridge Fishing Reports (May 2026)

Joshua Benton
Wilmington, North Carolina
Reported: 3 years ago

Redfish are chewin along with flounders. Topwater, swim baits and gulp. Along with live bait for begginers.

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Joshua Benton Wilmington, North Carolina Reported: 3 years ago

Redfish are chewin along with flounders. Topwater, swim baits and gulp. Along with live bait for begginers.

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Guion Lee III
Wilmington, North Carolina
Reported: 3 years ago

Wilmington has been offering a good topwater speckled trout bite early in the morning. Plenty of flounder as September starts our keeper season. Plenty of grey trout and redfish as well. In Oriental, the bull reds are starting to fire up. Morning trips with popping corks and evening bottom fishing...

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Guion Lee III Wilmington, North Carolina Reported: 3 years ago

Wilmington has been offering a good topwater speckled trout bite early in the morning. Plenty of flounder as September starts our keeper season. Plenty of grey trout and redfish as well. In Oriental, the bull reds are starting to fire up. Morning trips with popping corks and evening bottom fishing with bait have been producing some big bull redfish.

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Dave Wood
Wilmington, North Carolina
Reported: 3 years ago

The last couple weeks the wind has kept some from getting out and fishing but when the weather has cooperated fishing had been producing some nice fish. Trolling for Pelagic's has been spotty and when you do find them numbers have been down compared to previous seasons. Bottom fishing when...

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Dave Wood Wilmington, North Carolina Reported: 3 years ago

The last couple weeks the wind has kept some from getting out and fishing but when the weather has cooperated fishing had been producing some nice fish. Trolling for Pelagic's has been spotty and when you do find them numbers have been down compared to previous seasons. Bottom fishing when you find your spot has been extremely good producing keeper gag grouper and for some reason lots of cobia. Almost every bottom trip produces keeper size cobia. Many of us agree that our cooler than usual spring that went straight to intense summer heat may have derailed some of the usual migration of certain species. That being said last few days those missing fishing are starting to show.

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Guion Lee III
Wilmington, North Carolina
Reported: 3 years ago

Fishing has gotten hot. Winds have been blowing for weeks and has kept us out of the ocean. We have been inshore fishing which has been producing flounder, redfish, specked trout, lady fish and some black drum. Top water bites have been fun early and as the sun gets up...

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Guion Lee III Wilmington, North Carolina Reported: 3 years ago

Fishing has gotten hot. Winds have been blowing for weeks and has kept us out of the ocean. We have been inshore fishing which has been producing flounder, redfish, specked trout, lady fish and some black drum. Top water bites have been fun early and as the sun gets up we start fishing deeper to get the bites.

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Joshua Benton
Wilmington, North Carolina
Reported: 3 years ago

Soft plastic, topwater and live bait producing good

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Joshua Benton Wilmington, North Carolina Reported: 3 years ago

Soft plastic, topwater and live bait producing good

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Guion Lee III
Wilmington, North Carolina
Reported: 3 years ago

Had a great time with David and Keith yesterday. Reds got Pickey. Had em all around us they just wouldn't chew but they got a few flounder and the biggest one they ever saw. Just over 6lbs.

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Guion Lee III Wilmington, North Carolina Reported: 3 years ago

Had a great time with David and Keith yesterday. Reds got Pickey. Had em all around us they just wouldn't chew but they got a few flounder and the biggest one they ever saw. Just over 6lbs.

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