Category: Topsail Island Fishing Report

September 2020 is here and it has been a bit rainy. The temps are starting to cool down, however, the water on the island is still hovering around 82 degrees. There are multiple disturbances in the Atlantic and there are currents, big waves and occasional rip tides. Fishing just isn’t going to be great until…

It is August 2020. There’s a virus out there floating around indoors so there’s no better time to be at the beach than now. Hurricane Isaias wasn’t bad and after the power came back on everyone washed the sand off their deck and we’re back in action. Fishing was goofed up before the storm but…

I’m going to be adding to this report throughout the month. Please feel free to comment at the bottom with any of your own input too. As seen in the May 2020 report, Spanish Mackerel showed up and there were a lot of them up until a tropical storm passed through on May 19, stirring…

Fishing was good in May up until about the 19th when Tropical Storm Arthur passed through, stirring up the water. Here’s what is in the surf and at the pier: Spanish Mackerel (were biting up until the 19th when the storms stirred up the water) Bluefish Black Drum Virginia Mullet Spot (not a lot yet)…

As of December 8, 2019, the Surf City Pier is now closing at dark and the ocean water temperature is 56 degrees. They’ll shut it down around Christmas, so get out there if you want to fish on the pier. Fishing at the pier has slowed way down. There are occasional black drum and mullets…

October is here and the spots have finally made their arrival. It’s been hot as hell but the temperature finally took a huge dive on October 5, 2019. The water is still 80 degrees but that will be dropping throughout the month and fishing should keep picking up. The Spots actually arrived a couple of…

September 2019 is turning out to be a good month for fishing, just not for catching. The water temperature is still over 80 degrees here. The fish are indeed biting here and there. I have mostly been pier fishing this month. Hurricane Dorian went up the North Carolina coast at the beginning of the month,…

Spring is coming, spring is coming, are you ready?! 2018 fishing wasn’t great. We had the huge fish kill in the winter, followed up by restrictions on trout in the spring. The blues had the blues – then – fall fishing took a huge hit thanks to Hurricane Florence making her trip here. Other than…