Wrightsville Beach Fishing Reports (May 2026)

Allen Jernigan
Holly Ridge, North Carolina
Reported: 3 months ago

It's been a pretty brutal winter this year weather wise. The redfish bite has been strong and my crew landed 19 this morning. Going into the snow event we had a couple 50+ redfish days. Those weather events moved the fish around a little bit they are getting back to...

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Allen Jernigan Holly Ridge, North Carolina Reported: 3 months ago

It's been a pretty brutal winter this year weather wise. The redfish bite has been strong and my crew landed 19 this morning. Going into the snow event we had a couple 50+ redfish days. Those weather events moved the fish around a little bit they are getting back to their normal routines and haunts for wintertime. We are sightfishing large schools and catching them on a variety of Saltwater Assassin plastics fished with Pro-Cure Bait Scents.

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Jason Garay
Wilmington, North Carolina
Reported: 3 months ago

Lots of seabass, king mackeral, trigger fish, grunts and shark

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Jason Garay Wilmington, North Carolina Reported: 3 months ago

Lots of seabass, king mackeral, trigger fish, grunts and shark

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Michael Moore
Carolina Beach, North Carolina
Reported: 4 months ago

Pretty good tuna and wahoo bike offshore now

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Michael Moore Carolina Beach, North Carolina Reported: 4 months ago

Pretty good tuna and wahoo bike offshore now

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Fox Johnson
Carolina Beach, North Carolina
Reported: 4 months ago

Last week was productive offshore. On a recent 6-hour charter fishing trip, our crew ran just offshore and quickly put together a limit of Black Sea Bass. The fish were stacked up on structure and biting aggressively, keeping rods bent and coolers full. Sea bass fishing remains strong right now,...

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Fox Johnson Carolina Beach, North Carolina Reported: 4 months ago

Last week was productive offshore. On a recent 6-hour charter fishing trip, our crew ran just offshore and quickly put together a limit of Black Sea Bass. The fish were stacked up on structure and biting aggressively, keeping rods bent and coolers full.
Sea bass fishing remains strong right now, making this a great time to book a Carolina Beach charter fishing trip.

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Michael Moore
Carolina Beach, North Carolina
Reported: 5 months 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: 5 months 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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Guion Lee III
Wilmington, North Carolina
Reported: 1 year 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: 1 year 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: 1 year 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: 1 year 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: 1 year 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: 1 year ago

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

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