Drum and flounder at Wrightsville

[Druminator]

Got out early Saturday morning with some good friends to do some much needed fishing. We left the ramp at about 6:30 and headed north fishing the docks on the stretch of road between the drawbridge and Banks Channel. I hooked up into a load of drum but unfortunately only got two (18 and 19 inchers) to the kayak. The bite was insane but difficult as they were underneath the docks. We lost a bunch to cut offs and pulled hooks as we tried to drag them out.

They were biting a little setup I made out of Berkley Gulp, 1/4 ounce jighead, and a small gold spinner that hooked onto the jig eye. The color of choice was rootbeer. Just cast under the docks and they are hitting the lures before they touch bottom. Make sure you have really heavy test (braid preferably) and tighten the drag down so you can pull them out quickly.

I had my drag tightened down to 10lbs of pressure which works great for dock fishing... except today. Around 7ish I had a hit that felt like a train. I locked the drag down as tight as possible just to have line still coming out. After a short fight all I got back was a hook bent in two places. It's worth seeing the pics and I'll try to get them up soon.

Anyway, we worked this one dock dry and paddled on to Banks Channel where my buddy Keith caught a a 17 inch flounder. The flatties are back and they are hitting the spinnerbaits too! A gold blade with a chartreuse curly tail grub produced two really nice flounder for him.

We headed in because a storm was rolling in but fished the "magic dock" one more time for a few more drum. They seemed to really like the shade and 4 foot of water.

Anyway, it was a good time. I'll get pics back soon.