Wrightsville Beach Weather Forecast
Fishing reports straight from our guides in Wrightsville Beach
Nine year old lands a wahoo
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Loads of flounder, red and black drum are on the menu. The trout bite is off and on until we get a little cooler weather. We're using fresh shrimp/mullet cut bait, VUDU SHRIMP, Egret Quiver Shads under popping corks over oyster beds and off the grass lines around points with current. Especially if there's a deep-water drop-off. If the water is murky, a little Pro-Cure goes a long ways with the scent and popping cork vibrations to help draw in the fish.
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Red drum speckle trout and king mackeral to name a few is what's happening along with many other surprises are what to expect with us
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Great few days offshore
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4 hr nearshore has been great the last week
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Summer is winding down, and fall fishing is right around the corner! We've had a blast this summer catching speckled trout, red drum, flounder, Spanish mackerel, bluefish, and more. Historically, October, November, and December are some of the best fishing months around Wrightsville Beach, Wilmington, the Cape Fear River, and the surrounding beaches.
October brings our annual run of big bull redfish, with 40-inch-class fish commonly caught throughout the month, along with plenty of 18–27-inch slot fish. Speckled trout fishing also peaks in mid-to-late October, making for some great artificial-lure fishing.
While flounder season was too short to keep them...
October brings our annual run of big bull redfish, with 40-inch-class fish commonly caught throughout the month, along with plenty of 18–27-inch slot fish. Speckled trout fishing also peaks in mid-to-late October, making for some great artificial-lure fishing.
While flounder season was too short to keep them...
October brings our annual run of big bull redfish, with 40-inch-class fish commonly caught throughout the month, along with plenty of 18–27-inch slot fish. Speckled trout fishing also peaks in mid-to-late October, making for some great artificial-lure fishing.
While flounder season was too short to keep them this year, we'll still be catching some nice ones. Winter is also a great time to fish the area, with mild temperatures, lighter crowds, and excellent fishing during the warmest part of the day.
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Cobia, amberjack, porgy, grunts, seabass
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Fishing has been great. Mahi, bonito, red snapper, seabass.
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Sizzling, summer action at wrightsville and Carolina beaches here at Seagate. The summer is here in full effect, but fall is on the horizon and we are looking for cooling temperatures. The best fishing of the year, which follows summer from August to November is where the magic happens. Things start cooling off, the fishing gets good, and just, like always here. Mother nature dictates where we go. And what we do in the timing of all but the fishing will be good for flounder, Red Drum, and Speckled Trout to name a few.
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Hi captain Jamie here. Anglers have enjoyed good fishing for red drum in the upper slot size and over in the last few weeks and should only get better with big spacing fish, "bulls" should follow along late August and into September. Flounder fishing is good now as well. People need to go ahead and book now for the 2 week season beginning Sept 1. At that time everyone goes home with a nice un!!! There is an early Morning speckled trout bite on topwater and then falls off but get great in the months to come and last all...
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Target Species
- Get it while it's HOT!
- This species is in play.
- You might get lucky (as long as things are in-season).
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Recent Wrightsville Beach Reviews
★★★★★
Great time in perfect weather ! Caught a lot and learned a lot from Jason. If you have never been fishing off the coast call him. He’s patient, knowledgeable and fun to be around. If you have fished off the coast some but want to go out deep sea fishing call Jason. He’s can make that happen too. That’s who I’m going to call for my next trip.
John B. | October 18, 2026
★★★★★
Jason was excellent, very friendly, great guide, and would highly recommend!!
Samantha F. | October 10, 2026
★★★★★
Great experience! Highly recommend fishing with Jordan
Jonathan L. | September 2, 2026
★★★★★
Captain Drew took us out on a fantastic half day inshore trip. I took my son (9 y/o) and one of my buddies from college. His boat was super clean and well equipped for our charter. He had all the tackle we needed for successful time on the water. This guy knows how to fish: within 10 minutes of getting to our first spot, we already had a fish on the line: an over slot red drum. The second drum was a keeper and Drew kindly fileted it for us afterward (red drum grilled on the half shell is now one of my favorites). We moved to a few different spots throughout the morning and all together we caught about 9 fish. We let all but one go. Captain Drew really knows these waters and he was able to cater to more novice anglers and kids (my son and i) as well as more experienced anglers (my buddy) on the same trip. If i make it back to the carolina coast again, I would absolutely book Captain Drew
Alan G. | September 2, 2026
★★★★★
Had a great day fishing with Captain. Cord caught a few Spanish mackerels and even real in a good size barracuda. Cord was very flexible with us rescheduling since it rained on our original day.
Derek R. | August 25, 2026
★★★★★
Bryan was very professional and did a great job putting my boys on some fish! Highly recommend going out with him! Looking forward to next time!
Christian N. | August 19, 2026
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★★★★★
Awesome captain. Very knowledgeable and friendly.
Aaron H. | August 17, 2026
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★★★★★
My son, my friends and their kids all had an awesome time with Captain Ryan and his first mate Beau. Every part of the experience was enjoyable, from scheduling and communicating all the way through, walking away with some giant bags full of nicely filleted Spanish mackerel. Captain Ryan is an expert in these waters, knows exactly how to efficiently navigate them and put you in the position to catch a bunch of fish while having a great time. He and Beau work together seamlessly. Beau was expertly handling the three lines we had in the water, was extremely patient with the kids who were eager to be very hands-on, and tremendously efficient in removing the fish from the lines and getting them back in the water quickly. We walked out with 14 keepers, but had many more on the line throughout the day, which made it extremely engaging and exciting. The boat was super clean, easily access and equipped with anything we needed. In total, A+ experience and we will definitely be booking with him again next time we are in townz
Rob Y. | August 10, 2026
★★★★★
Drew was great. Very knowledgeable, reliable, personable.
Andrew B. | August 7, 2026
