Fishing Forecast

Welcome back to another blog post presented by Marker23 Guide Service. My name is Captain Ozzy, and I am very excited to bring, to you a fishing forecast! It is currently late august and we are starting to stare down the barrel of our summer time dog days. With that being said we are seeing cooler water temps in our inshore and backwater areas, resulting in fired up fish and consistent action. Looking forward, we should except these water temps to continue to plummet until stabilizing briefly in the fall. This will cause a few things to happen in the Topsail Island fishery, one of which being our migratory population of trout should start to move in. This is a very exciting time to be on the water due to the increase in population among the speckled trout the inshore fishing can be exceptional. Another thing to look forward to is NC Flounder season, we all know how delicious these fish are and are chomping at the bit to put some flat fish over the rail. Flounder fishing has been very consistent this year and I predict it will continue to be consistent through out the flounder season. Last but not least, something to look forward to as the summer comes to an end, is old drum fishing. Old drum, also known as Bull Drum, are Red Drum that migrated to NC to spawn, these old mature redfish can reach up to 50+ inches and be as old as 35 years old! If old drum fishing is something you have yet to experienced I highly recommend giving it a shot! Well as always Thank you for tuning in and we will catch ya next time.