December 4, 2004

Cabin fever got to me in December after finishing up the cotton so my sons Kevin and Matthew and I went to Lake Murray striper fishing. We caught a few stripers so see the picture here!

**NOTE**

The fishing trip below will be my last one for this season. We have 2000 acres of cotton to get in before my striper fishing vacation on Lake Murray in December. I want to thank everyone for your support this year! I have started booking trips starting May 1 of 2005 so let me know if you want to go and we can lock in a date!

September 25, 2004

I fished today with Lanny (from York, SC), Robbie (Charlotte, NC), Curt and Alex (from Monroe, NC). The water was still dirty and it looks like more is on the way with the remnants from Jeanne. The water temp ranged from 78 to 80 degrees, the air temp ranged from 68 to 80. The wind was out of the NE at 10-20. We fished the Shallotte River and the Lockwood Folly Inlet and caught blues, brown trout (lizzard fish) and 5 flounder, with Alex catching a really nice 21 1/2" fish. It was a nice comfortable day on the water. Click here for pictures.

September 4, 2004

I fished today with Pat and Patrick from Maryland. We fished the incoming tide in the Lockwood Folly Inlet. The wind was out of the NE at 10-20, the water temp was 77.8 and the air temp ranged from 68-83 degrees. We caught 14 flounder with one being a real nice 17 incher. We also caught blues and a nice whiting. It was a nice day. Click here for pictures.

September 3, 2004

I fished this morning with David from Florence SC. After all the rains and the water looking like the coffee my grandfather made when I was a puppy we cruised up the ICW to the Lockwood Folly Inlet and started trolling. Low tide was at 5:27am and it was around 7:30 so the incoming tide had pushed the muddy water back into the ICW. The water temp was 77.8 and the wind was out of the ENE at 10-15 knots. We caught 2 keeper flounder, a 15 ½ and a 14 ½. At 9:00 we rode to the Shallotte river and caught a 13 ½ incher and rode up the river scouting out some drum and trout locations. It was a nice morning on the water. Click here for picture.

August 24, 2004

I fished today with Greg from Raleigh NC. We fished the Lockwood Folly Inlet, Shallotte Inlet & River and Tubbs Inlet. The wind was NE at 8-15. The water temp was 79 deg and the air temp was 68 - 83. We caught 4 flounder. The water still has some clearing to do. We had a nice day and the cooler temps and the dead leaves on the trees from Charley made it look and feel like Fall this morning. Click here for picture.

August 19 and 20, 2004

I fished with Bill, Bill Jr, and Kenny from Columbia SC. The water is still stained from the rains from Charley. We went out Lockwood and trolled for Spanish catching 4 before making the turn at Southport. It was a little choppy. We trolled for Flounder at the Lockwood Folly inlet and Shallotte River catching five.

Friday morning we decided to check out Tubbs Inlet. We caught 8 with 2 being a 14 ½ and a 17 ½ incher. We had a good time. The storm has hurt the fishing but it is clearing a little each day. Check here for picture.

July 30, 2004

I went touring this morning with Howard and his daughters Katie and Julia and his son Jay from Nashville, Tenn. We rode up the intercoastal waterway to the Lockwood Folly Inlet and up the Lockwood Folly river to Varnumtown and checked out the shrimp boats. We then went down the ICW to the Shallotte Inlet and on to the Ocean Isle bridge. We went back up the waterway to the Shallotte River and a thunderstorm up the river kept us from exploring it. We fished a little but all the rains we have had the past few days had the water color off. The wind was out of the east at 10-15 knots, the water temp was 82 degrees, and the air temp ranged a nice 70-84 degrees. We had a nice morning on the water and dogged all the showers. Click here for picture.

July 22, 2004

I fished today with Craig and Danny from Peachland NC. We fished the Shallotte Inlet and River and Tubbs Inlet. The wind was variable in the morning and changed to out of the SW at 5-10 in the afternoon. We caught 8 flounder with 3 being a 21 ½", 18" and a 15 ½". It was a nice day. Click here for picture.

July 21, 2004

I fished this morning with John and Tony from Long Island NY. The wind was out of the NE at 5 Knots, the water temp was 82.5 degrees, and the air temp was 78- 87 degrees. We fished the Lockwood Folly Inlet and then rode and looked at property. We caught 7 flounder with 2 being a 16 1/2" and a 17". We had a enjoyable morning on the water. See the picture.

July 15, 2004

I fished this morning with Jerry from Lillington, Don from Sanford, Dan from Monroe, and Bobby from Buies Creek. The water temp was 79 degrees, the air temp ranged from 76 degrees to 89 degrees, and the wind was variable. We caught 12 flounder with 2 being a 15" and a 14 ½". The sharks also came to the buffet we were trolling. We had a nice morning and quit before it got too hot. Click here for picture.

July 8, 2004

I fished today with Terry from Savannah Ga and his son Scott from Jasper Ga. It was another hot one. The wind was WSW 8-12, the water temp was 82-84 deg. and the air temp was 94 deg. We fished the Shallotte Inlet and the Lockwood Folly Inlet. We caught 9 flounder with 2 being a 16 ½" and a 16" fish. See the picture.

July 7, 2004

I fished today with Mimi, Luke, Scott, Stan, Ben, and Sam from Raleigh in the morning and Annette, Birch, Matthew, Scott, and Luke in the afternoon. It was a hot one today. The wind was SW 10-15, the water temp was 82-84 degrees, and the air temp was 94 degrees. We caught 9 flounder with 2 being 15 ½" and 15 ½". We also did some riding to cool down. Click here for pictures.

July 6, 2004

I fished today with Carey and his son Rodney from Lavonia Ga. The wind was out of the WNW at 5-10. The water temp ranged from 80 - 82 deg., the air temp ranged from 79 to 94 degrees. We fished the Shallotte River and Lockwood Folly inlet. We caught 11 flounder with 2 being real nice- a 18 ½" and a 15 ½". It was hot but we had a good time. Click here for picture.

July 5, 2004

I fished today with Calvin, Jr., Calvin III, Jason, Jennifer, Tiffany and Wendy from the Mooresville/Charlotte area of NC. The inlet and waterway was like a washing machine with all the holiday boats. The wind was WSW at 10-20, water temp was 82 degrees and air temp was 94 degrees. We fished the Lockwood Folly Inlet and River areas. We caught 8 flounder and one real nice Spanish mackerel. One flounder was 15 inches. Maybe some of this crowd will go home after today and the water will calm down some tomorrow. Click here for picture.

July 2, 2004

I fished today with Warren from Warrenton VA and Josh from Hickory NC. We fished the Lockwood Folly river and Inlet. The wind was out of the S at 5-15. The air temp ranged from 74 to 87. The water temp was 80 deg. We caught 16 flounder with 2 being 15 inch fish. The rains moved in and we quit when the lighting started to pop. I really enjoyed the trip. See the picture.

June 30, 2004

I fished with Dan and Terri from Chambersburg Pa. We fished the Lockwood Folly Inlet. The wind was variable. The water temp ranged from 80-81 deg. The air temp was 75 - 84 deg. We caught 14 flounder with 5 being 20", 19", 16 ½", 16", and a 15 ¼". This was our third year of fishing together and as always we had a good time. Click here for picture.

June 25, 2004

I fished today with John, Jack, and Bobby from Texas and Bob, Mallory, and Eric from Milwaukee, Wis. We fished the Lockwood Folly Inlet. The wind was out of the west at 5 knots and then switched to out of the SW at 10 to 15. The air temp was 85 and the water temp was 79-80. We caught 9 flounder with 4 being 16, 15 ½, 15, and a 14 ½. We had a nice morning on the water. Click here for picture.

June 23, 2004

I fished today with Joe, Lonnie, Mike, and Brandon from Albemarle NC. We awoke with the wind Howling out of the SW at 25 knots and it made boat control for trolling challenging. The water temp was 79-80. The air temp got up to 85. We fished the Lockwood Folly Inlet & River and caught 15 flounder with 3 being 17 ¼ , 15, and a 14 ¾ . We had a good time. Check out the picture.

June 22, 2004

I fished this morning with Dale from Cincinatti, Ohio, Lesia from Chicago Ill, and John and son Duncan from St. Louis, Missouri. The wind was SSW 5-15, The air temp was 75-85, and the water temp was 79 deg. We fished the incoming tide and caught 12 flounder with 5 being really nice fish: 17 ½, 16, 16, 15, and a 15. The action started slow and then picked up. Click here for picture.

June 21, 2004

Today I fished with Joe, Lonnie, Brandon, Mike and Matthew from Albemarle, NC and Joe's son-in-law Mark from California. We fished the Lockwood Folly Inlet. The wind was SE at 5-10 knots, the water temperature ranged from 78.5 to 80 degrees, the air temp was 83 degrees. The fish bit well. We caught 25 fish with 10 being a 18", 17 1/2", 17 1/2", 17", 15 1/2", 15 1/2", 14 3/4", 14 1/2", and 14 1/2". A really nice catch. We are going again Wednesday on the multi-day discount. Click here for picture.

June 18, 2004

What a difference 24 hours makes! I fished today with my friend Gene from High Point, NC. I picked him up at Hughes Marina and headed to Lockwood Folly Inlet. The wind was SW at 15-25 knots and it was rough. The offshore boats were heading back in with green-faced people aboard. We moved to the Shallotte River in the afternoon, ending up catching 9 flounder. Even on a bad day Gene and I had a good time and know we will get them next time. Click here for picture.

June 17, 2004

I fished today with Darryl and son Darryl, Jr. from West Virginia and son Roger from Charlotte, NC. We fished the Lockwood Folly Inlet. The wind was SSW at 10-15 knots, the water temp was 79 degrees, and partly cloudy and 85 degrees. We caught 24 flounder with 7 being: 19 1/2", 19 1/2", 19 1/4", 18", 17 1/2", 17", and 16 3/4". Look at the nice stringer of fish.

June 11 & 12, 2004

My sons Kevin and Matthew and our buddy Bryan fished the Shallotte Point VFD Flounder Tournament. On Friday we caught 15 flounder and had 4 keepers with Matthew catching a really nice 3.76 lb fish. Click here for pictures. On Saturday we caught 10 flounder with 3 keepers. We did not get a picture of them. As always we had a really good time together.

June 7, 2004

I fished today with Tom, Phil and Chuck from Statesville, NC. We went out the Lockwood Folly Inlet and trolled for some Spanish in the morning and moved to Lockwood Folly River for the afternoon. The wind was S at 10-15 knots, seas at 2-3 ft. We caught 11 nice Spanish and 10 blues outside and caught 10 flounder with 3 being a 17", and 2- 15" fish inside. We had a good time and Chuck was really wound up and hard to guard. Click here for pictures.

June 6, 2004

I fished today with Daniel, Paul and Bradley from Western Virginia. The wind was SE 5-10 until the storm hit. We fished the Shallotte River and creeks. We were run out by the storms that made up and got good and wet before we could get back to the dock. We caught 9 flounder with 2 being a 17 ½ and a 15 inch fish. We were enjoying the trip until all HAIL broke loose. Click here for picture.

June 5, 2004

I fished today with Matt & Chuck from Greensboro NC and Doug from Carthage NC. The wind was SW 10-20. The rain yesterday turned the big fish on. We fished the Shallotte River and Creeks. We caught 15 fish with 8 being 21", 17", 16", 15 ¼", 15", 14 ½",and 2- 14 ¼". It was a nice day on the water. Click here for picture.

June 3, 2004

I fished today with Kevin from Charlotte NC. The wind was SWS 5-10. We fished the Shallotte River and Lockwood Folly Inlet. We caught 10 flounder with one being a nice fish. They are calling for rain tomorrow and it should help the fishing if we don't get too much. We had a nice day. Click here for picture.

May 30, 2004

I fished with George from Fuquay-Varina, NC today. We decided to go even though it was drizzling rain at 7:30AM. Well, that was what the flounder wanted. We caught 16 with 6 keepers--14 1/4, 14 1/2, 15 1/2, 16, 18, and a 18 1/2 inch fish. Oh, yeah, by the way, it had rained 3/4" at 10:00AM. The wind was calm to SSE at 5-10 knots, water temp was 75 degrees and air temp was 82 degrees. It turned out being a really nice trip and we were glad we didn't cancel. Click here for picture.

May 29, 2004

I fished today with Randy from Tennessee and Don and sons Will and Ethan from St. Pauls, NC. We fished the Shallotte River. The wind finally turned around and came out of the NE this morning with a few early light showers. Water temp was 79 degrees and air temp was 84 degrees. We caught 12 flounder with 2 being 14 1/2 incher and a 17 incher. Click here for picture.

May 28, 2004

I fished today with Lanny and Vicki from Rock Hill, SC. We fished in the Shallotte River in the morning and Lockwood Folly in the afternoon. The wind was SW at 15-25 knots, the water temp was 79 degrees and the air temp was 89 degrees. We caught 6 flounder and 1 trout with one flounder over 14 inches. We had a fun day. Click here for pictures.

May 27, 2004

I fished this afternoon with David, his son Nate and son-in-law Tim from Kannapolis, NC. The wind was WSW at 10-16 knots, the water temp was 79 degrees and air temp was 89 degrees. We fished the Lockwood Folly River and caught 5 flounder with 2 being over 14 inches. Click here for picture.

May 26, 2004

I fished this afternoon with Larry, Paul and Steven from Tennessee. Instead of letting up, the winds, as Emeril says, "kicked up a notch", SW at 15-25 knots. It was blowing the possums out of the trees. The water temp was 77 degrees, air temp was 88 degrees. We fished hard and caught 4 flounder in the Shallotte River. Click here for picture.

May 25, 2004

I fished today with Joseph from Southport, NC and son Andy from California. The wind was out of the SW at 10-20 knots, water temp was 77 degrees and air temp was 86 degrees. The winds have the water stirred up but we managed to catch 7 flounder with one being a nice 17 inches. Andy gave his father this trip for Christmas and we had a good time. Click here for pictures.

May 20, 2004

I fished today with Jim, Dale and Big Tree from Smyrna (near Nashville), Tennessee. The wind was out of the SW at 5-20 knots, water temp ranged from 71 to 77 degrees, the air temp was 72 to 85 degrees. We fished the Shallotte River. We caught 24 flounder and a really nice speckled trout that was around 20 inches. We had a 19 1/2-inch flounder, a 18 incher and a 15 1/2 incher. We had a good time. Click here for the pictures.

May 17, 2004

I fished today with Rick and Faith from Cincinatti, Ohio and Faith's father Larry from Winston Salem, NC. The water ranged from 75 to 78 degrees, the wind went from calm to SSE 5-10 knots, air temp got up to 85 degrees. We fished the Shallotte River and caught 16 flounder with 3 being nice keepers. Click here for pictures.

May 15, 2004

I fished today with Andrea and Cheryl from Raleigh. We fished the Shallotte River in the morning and Tubbs Inlet in the afternoon after picking up Kimmy and Donna at lunch. The wind was out of the S at 10-15 knots, water temp ranged from 69 to 77 degrees in the areas we fished. The air temp got up to 87 degrees. We caught 15 fish with 2 being really nice, a 17 inch and a 18 inch fish. We had a good time and the ladies put on a fishing show for the guys today. Click here to see the picture.

May 14, 2004

I fished today with Rick and Jason from Standfield, NC. (near Charlotte) We fished the Shallotte River in the morning and Lockwood Folly Inlet in the afternoon. The wind was S at 10-15 knots, water temp was 72 to 77 degrees, air temp was 87 degrees. We caught 18 flounder, with 2 being a 15 1/2 and a 16 1/2 inch fish. We had a nice day on the water. Click here for picture.

May 13, 2004

I fished today with Marvin from Holden Beach. We went out to catch bait but caught 10 flounder with 2 being nice fish. We fished the Shallotte River. The wind was S at 10-15 knots, water temp was 72 to 76 degrees and air temp was 85 degrees.

May 8, 2004

I fished today with my sons Kevin and Matthew. The wind was SE at 5-10 knots, air temp ranged from 72 to 87 degrees, the water temp from 65.7 to 69.8 degrees. We fished Tubbs with the armada of boats. We caught 20 flounder with 2 being a 15-in. and a 14 3/4-in. fish. We had a nice day and still made it home for Mother's Day. Click here for picture.

May 7, 2004

I fished today with Marvin and Bryan. The wind was out of the SE at 5-15 knots, air temp ranged from 72-85, water temp ranged from 64.5 to 69.7 degrees. We fished the Shallotte River and caught 14 flounder, with 2 being a 15 3/4 in. and a 15-inch. We forgot to take pictures.

April 28, 2004

Captain Eddie is at the beach fishing for flounder so I (his wife) am writing the first fishing report of 2004. He went fishing for the first time this season today and had great luck. He fished with Marvin and Bobby from Holden Beach. The wind was NE at 10-15 knots, changing to E. They fished Tubb's Inlet and caught 20 flounder, with 6 being nice keepers: 17", 16 1/2", 16 1/4", 16", 15 1/4" and 14 1/4". He said that he just finished "hanging a tooth" in some of them. If you are interested in fishing, give him a call at the beach number: 910-842-9572, at home: 910-843-5516, cellphone: 910-624-5691 or email him at webmaster@flounderguide.com. The flounder are biting!!! Click here for pictures!


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