Carolina Beach Nearshore Trolling for Kings!!
After having to cancel 2 trips due to weather this past week, decided to head out for a little while this afternoon to do some nearshore king mackerel fishing. Left the Carolina Beach boat ramp at 2:00 pm and found all the bait (menhaden) you could want in the boat basin. The wind by now was blowing +15 knots out of the South/Southwest. Decided to go ahead and troll near the beach for some kings since the bite has been good all week. The ocean was ruff and white caping everywhere. In the first 20 minutes we had a nice fish on, it turned out to be a 22 lb king on the short bait. Continued trolling and 15 minutes later had another fish on, this time the king hit the ribbon fish. This king put up a good fight and it ended up weighing 14 lbs. Continued trolling but the wind got stronger and the waves got bigger. Fished for another hour before I decided to call it a day, the wind was not going to corporate. The only other action we had was another king skied but missed the bait. The way the forecast looks for the next couple days, I don’t think anyone is going to be able to do any fishing.
