North Topsail King Mackerel 5-17-08

[Topsail Angler]

My friend and owner of Blue Water Candy Lures, Jodie, told me that he and his buddy Andy of “all In” Charters found the kings chomping on Saturday. They left out of New River inlet Saturday morning. It was a bit rough at first so they decided to pull dead cigar minnows. They headed for the “E” bouy and trolling on a line headed for Christmas Rock.

It wasn’t long before they had their first fish on. Then it was steady action for the rest of the morning.

They had the best results over some small humps between the buoy and Christmas rock. Jodie said they weren’t big but it was a good tune up for the coming season as they had some newer anglers on board. Most of the fish were caught on the down riggers at 30 - 40 feet. They were using Blue Water Candy skirts in Green, Blue and Pink (all three colors worked equally well).

He said the wind & seas laid down around mid-morning and it was right pleasant out there!