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OK, I'm bored and already dreaming of my vacation to the Carolina's next week, so indulge me if you will. :)

 

I had great luck last year fishing at this spot. I did ALL my fishing at the yellow arrow (ocean side, low tide, in pools between rocks near where the breakers hit). I was originally targeting flounder with Gulp swimming mullet, but wound up with 5 keeper flounder and 4 slot reds for the week using this method. This pic is mostly to show off of course ;), but also to show you the height of the rocks at this particular jetty.

 

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The majority of the people come here by boat via the inlet side and setup on the beach there (red arrows), but very few ever come over the rocks to the ocean side. For this reason, Im going to consider the red arrows to be not accessible for fishing.

 

Last year, I ran into another fisherman on the ocean side who was collecting barnacles. After lots of chit-chat, he finally confided that he uses them for Sheepshead bait and that he fishes from the rocks just beyond the breakers where the water hits the rocks (the blue arrows). This is at the top of my list for this year.

 

Other than these spots, techniques and species, where else and how else would you fish this area? Any other targets? Maybe on the inlet side from the rocks? Ive never even gone up on the rocks before. As you can see from the 1st pic, you can walk a LONG way out there. I should have access to pretty much any type of bait imaginable and I usually have a Gotcha plug and a Hopkins tin on me as well (although Ive never caught anything on either).

 

Thanks!

If only I could cast into it, hook up, and be connected to it. My line would be attached to the chaos and, for a moment, I would mainline the power of nature.
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Geez...greedy much lol ;) congrats on some nice fish. You're a braver man than I if you walk out on that jetty. I'm way to clumsy for that. I'd hit the same spot and also the blue arrows for the sheep's head.

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Geez...greedy much lol ;) congrats on some nice fish. You're a braver man than I if you walk out on that jetty. I'm way to clumsy for that. I'd hit the same spot and also the blue arrows for the sheep's head.

 

Im fairly new to saltwater fishing. I fished this beach for 2 years and never caught anything other than a couple tiny dogfish, then before last years trip, I spent several hours/days/weeks reading through stuff here on SOL and it made all the difference in the world. Just hoping for some more mojo for this year. :)

 

Like I said, Ive never been up there, so Im not sure how far Id actually go. It does stay dry up top, but Im sure its still tricky.

If only I could cast into it, hook up, and be connected to it. My line would be attached to the chaos and, for a moment, I would mainline the power of nature.
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I wish you the best of luck.  I will be in Frisco the last week of July for a family vacation.  Not sure how much "active fishing" I will be able to do, but I sure as heck will be soaking a little bait anyway.


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I have fished this spot many times, usually on the inside where you red arrows are. I have done well here over the years but you got to get there early if you want a good spot but you already know that. I usually fish Gulp in this spot too and have done well on the shrimp. I will be down in August and will give it a go.

 

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Nice fish! Ive been reading about Spanish Macs on one of the other boards. Any idea if these are around at all? How about specks, or is that more of a fall thing?

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I was in Wilmington one year and wanted to run down there to try it about a decade ago, but time didn't permit travelling that distance while the family toured downtown Wilmington. All those inlets down there look good to me :)

 

I'd fish the red arrow area to start off at least ... it seems to have the deepest water adjacent to it and isn't that the side that the channel is closest to?

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I'd fish that jetty pretty much like any other jetty. Soft plastics on jigheads, sp minnows, bombers, xraps, mirrolure twitchbaits (52m or 77m). Definitely some gotcha lures fished with real fast and hard twitches. Kastmasters, hopkins, Krocodile spoons too. Miss anything?? :)

 

I would let the amount of current dictate how heavy I go.

 

I would bring some top water lures too.

 

From the beach I would be throwing a gulp/jighead combo with a gulp teaser in front for flounder and who knows what else. I'd also bring a variety of stingsilvers in addition to a variety of other metals. Heck I'd throw everything else until I got a bump!

 

Never fished that inlet or any NC inlet but I'd sure like try the bends or the tip!

 

Have a good trip!

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That'a a heck of a walk down there isn't it? I was there last year and went the other route and fished the inlet north of that beach. I did catch a few under sized flounder but that was it. The wind that week (week of 4th of July) made it hard to fish. I know Spanish Mac are caught off the pier right up the beach from there and a few Pompano's but not sure about from there at the inlet. I'd say fish the red arrows during the moving tides and the yellow arrows during low. That's just my guess.

 

I go down there at least once a year because my in-laws live there so if it's not too bad of a walk, Usually too busy or too crowded to fish when I'm down there. If the walk is not too bad, next time I'll have to haul my beach cart down and give her a go. Best of luck.

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Took out the pic. Too much of a spot burn. Sorry.

 

Ill change my question to how (and with what) would you fish a large rock jetty at an inlet?

- from surf on ocean side

- from surf on inlet side

- from rocks on ocean side

- from rocks on inlet side

- All of the above :D

If only I could cast into it, hook up, and be connected to it. My line would be attached to the chaos and, for a moment, I would mainline the power of nature.
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Like I said before I fish the inside of the jetty just because there is usually more (deeper) water on that side of the structure. I have also thrown live bait there with similar results. I have cast netted mullet there a few times and also brought live shrimp to the spot that I netted in the creek at Atlantic Ave. I try to avoid crowds at all costs so I haven't fished the spot in question in a couple years. Now I usually go to the south side and take my cast net for mullet and head out towards the tip and do well there as well. I will be down in mid august and I will be in the usual spots

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Took out the pic. Too much of a spot burn. Sorry.

 

Ill change my question to how (and with what) would you fish a large rock jetty at an inlet?

- from surf on ocean side

- from surf on inlet side

- from rocks on ocean side

- from rocks on inlet side

- All of the above :D

 

If you are interested in sheephead, fish the rocks on the inlet side. Wait for slack tide, there is a 1 hr window during which they all come out of the rocks to feed :)

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If you are interested in sheephead, fish the rocks on the inlet side. Wait for slack tide, there is a 1 hr window during which they all come out of the rocks to feed :)

 

Good stuff. Hadn't read that anywhere else, but certainly makes sense. :th:

If only I could cast into it, hook up, and be connected to it. My line would be attached to the chaos and, for a moment, I would mainline the power of nature.
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I would fish the rocks for sheeps with fleas, I'm sure a pup wouldn't mind the fleas either. I would also fish the gulp with a tandem rig, maybe 1/2 or 3/8oz on the longer drop and 1/4oz on the shorter with a strip of only meat. Other than that, like Mtd said, like any other jetty.

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Finally getting around to updating this thread. I only made it up to the rock jetty a couple times. This was because low tide (the only time I can ride my bike all the way up there) occurred in the afternoons and I do most of my fishing in the mornings and evenings. Caught tons of spot, but no sheepshead (the rocks ate lots of rigs and those barnacles are impossible to keep on the hooks - next time I'll bring some magic thread). Also caught 2 flounder while up there.

 

The highlight of the trip though, came one morning when I took the kids up to catch some whiting/kingsfish/seamullet in the surf. The day before I had found a nice cut in the sandbar that emptied into a hole at high tide. I had been getting hits on nearly every cast and figured it would be enough action to keep everyone interested. I didnt even bother bringing a rod because I knew that keeping bloodworms on the hooks of 3 girls would be a full-time job. Anyway, we weren't there 5 minutes when my 12yo daughter starts yelling "I got one! I got one!". I, of course, dropped everything and grabbed my camera hoping to document the first kingfish of the day. Only it wasn't a kingfish....

 

 

 

Afterwards I was sick to my stomach that I didnt put down the camera and help her land the fish. We stayed and caught kings/spots for another hour or so when I suddenly spotted another (or the same?) drum. The water was crystal clear and it was literally only a couple yards from my feet. I watched as it circled up baitfish in the hole. It was obviously feeding. My wife's cousin grabbed his rod and casted his Gulp Alive in the direction of the drum. Only took a few casts and he had this 25" drum on the beach. First thing it did when it hit the sand was cough up a 5" spot.

 

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If only I could cast into it, hook up, and be connected to it. My line would be attached to the chaos and, for a moment, I would mainline the power of nature.
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