Ocean Isle Beach Fishing Reports (December 2025)

Michael Moore
Carolina Beach, North Carolina
Reported: 2 days ago

Wahoo and Blackfin tuna have been the catch lately. Wahoo has been 2 to 3, every trip, fin has been 5 to 10 every Trip. A few of the trips we would've been able to get a lot more black Fin but after you get your first few on the...

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Michael Moore Carolina Beach, North Carolina Reported: 2 days ago

Wahoo and Blackfin tuna have been the catch lately. Wahoo has been 2 to 3, every trip, fin has been 5 to 10 every Trip. A few of the trips we would've been able to get a lot more black Fin but after you get your first few on the rock, the sharks find us and start eating them before we can get them to the boat so we had to move and find another group to catch.

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Ronnie Atkinson
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
Reported: 1 month ago

Spanish mackerel bitting good.

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Ronnie Atkinson Myrtle Beach, South Carolina Reported: 1 month ago

Spanish mackerel bitting good.

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Guion Lee III
Wilmington, North Carolina
Reported: 7 months ago

Bonito bite is on fire. With Black Sea bass and big sheep's head on the wrecks. The fishing for reds and black drum has been steady as well on cut bait, and tip water during during the mid day suns.

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Guion Lee III Wilmington, North Carolina Reported: 7 months ago

Bonito bite is on fire. With Black Sea bass and big sheep's head on the wrecks. The fishing for reds and black drum has been steady as well on cut bait, and tip water during during the mid day suns.

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Luke Moser
Wilmington, North Carolina
Reported: 7 months ago

The red drum have started to break up from their winter schools and have become much more active. Catching fish on cut baits and fresh shrimp as well as artificial and top water baits. The black drum bite has been very productive catching fishing along boat docks fishing fresh shrimp....

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Luke Moser Wilmington, North Carolina Reported: 7 months ago

The red drum have started to break up from their winter schools and have become much more active. Catching fish on cut baits and fresh shrimp as well as artificial and top water baits. The black drum bite has been very productive catching fishing along boat docks fishing fresh shrimp. The near shore action has by far been the best. The Atlantic bonito have shown up and have been all up and down the beach trolling deep divers and casting at fish on the surface. There have been a few Spanish mackerel around but the numbers have not shown up but expect to see them any day now!

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Jason Garay
Wilmington, North Carolina
Reported: 8 months ago

Bottom fishing offshore has been good. Big-size sea bass, grunts and the like

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Jason Garay Wilmington, North Carolina Reported: 8 months ago

Bottom fishing offshore has been good. Big-size sea bass, grunts and the like

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Michael Moore
Carolina Beach, North Carolina
Reported: 1 year ago

The wahoo bite has been heating up and getting better out at the break nearshore King mackerel and Spanish mackerel is starting to heat up and when wind lays down near shore should be on fire

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Michael Moore Carolina Beach, North Carolina Reported: 1 year ago

The wahoo bite has been heating up and getting better out at the break nearshore King mackerel and Spanish mackerel is starting to heat up and when wind lays down near shore should be on fire

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Jordan Vass
Wilmington, North Carolina
Reported: 2 years ago

Good Spanish mackerel fishing. Long mackerels are starting to show up

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Jordan Vass Wilmington, North Carolina Reported: 2 years ago

Good Spanish mackerel fishing. Long mackerels are starting to show up

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Christopher Ossmann
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
Reported: 2 years ago

At the 15 mile ledges, there are plenty of red snapper and grouper, with a few keeper Seabass though the sharks have also moved in. These fish have been caught on Carolina Rigs and grouper rigs with pogies or cut bait. If you don’t have live bait, you can also...

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Christopher Ossmann Myrtle Beach, South Carolina Reported: 2 years ago

At the 15 mile ledges, there are plenty of red snapper and grouper, with a few keeper Seabass though the sharks have also moved in. These fish have been caught on Carolina Rigs and grouper rigs with pogies or cut bait. If you don’t have live bait, you can also use grubs- fishbites or gulp brand work the best.
At 3 mile reef, there is still Spanish, bluefish , weakfish with some flounder moving in on the bottom. Most of the bluefish and Spanish are coming off of peanut pogies or spoons. The flounder and weakfish are caught off of white and chartreuse baits on the bottom.
On the jetties there’s some larger trout, sheepshead and redfish tied to the rocks, along with Spanish. Most of the redfish have been along the bottom in the rocks with the trout and sheepshead being tight on the rocks. You can use a fiddler on a hook for the sheepshead or a live shrimp or artificial for the trout. While you’re fishing the rocks, you can toss a rig out for Spanish- any spoon that resembles a glass minnow will work perfect.
In the back water creeks, there are still some redfish, holding in some of the deeper pockets, along with some black drum mixed in.as you get out of those creeks on some of the oyster beds. There’s been a good push of some smaller trout with some bigger ones mixed in. Most of the trout have been coming off live shrimp with the slip cork while the black drum and redfish in the holes have been eating cut shrimp or mullet or mudminnow on the Carolina rig or Jig head on the bottom.
Along the ICW there as been a good amount of trout with some redfish and black drum. M

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