Fort Fisher 4x4 2025 - Reading the Beach Surf Fishing

At the start of every season, reading the beach surf fishing is a critical activity. Things change with the winter storms and you will not catch any fish if you do not read the changes. We take a run down to Fort Fisher to assess the surf fishing and look at changes to the two kayak launches that may constrain our ability to launch to fish the Cape Fear River basin at low tide.

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[racerxr]

It never ceases to amaze me how that area changes from year to year. 3 weeks ago, I was south of you around Shallotte for a few days for a little saltwater action. I fished ICW, but didn't get that far north. Hopefully, I'll get back out soon and run across y'all. Thanks for the recon report.

[jimwhite]

As an uncle said to me many years ago, “You just never know about the ocean.” When we vacationed in this area, the first order of business each year was to check out the changes from the year before. I fish in the Lockwood Folly area primarily and it’s the same here- the water and sand have minds of their own. But that’s part of the challenge of fishing in the salt

[paulwyman]

Thank you for the videos. What do you normally run your tires at for pressure when you’re on the sand

[brianflippin]

Thank you for the info.
I'll be purchasing a ebike by end of year.
Waiting to see if game and fish outlaws them for elk hunting in the mountains.

My newest what
I've been cutting auto shammys into 1/4" × 1/4" pieces.
I soak them in whatever scent I think I want to use. I put them on hook first then plastic jigs, worms
even put it on treble hooks of crank baits.

I'm sure I'm just a great fisherman and the scent trail is not improving my success.
Hahaha
I use a safety pin to hold several pieces of the same scent to use if that's the scent of the day.
Several different scents in cheap baggies will fit in a medicine bottle
For space saving.
Not that I have a lot of medicine bottle left over.
(You knew that was coming)
Haha
Find any value,
Make it better? Please share.

[reelyakrz]

On SGI, our best times are moving tides. Shortly after the low tide starts coming in and about 30-60 minutes before and after a high tide.

The slack tides tend to have more sharks (which are fine) and hardhead catfish (which are awful).

How is it in Wilmington?

[reelyakrz]

Well... Something a lot less interesting than nothing is bugs 🤣. Hopefully, there were none of those 😊