It’s a lot of fun! Definitely get some reactionary bites from fish even when they don’t want to eat.

They’re fun to catch, would’ve made some tasty sandwiches. A lot of it is my own time on the water just looking for spots. It’s easy to keep going to the same holes that produce, but I’m always trying something new that looks good on contour maps, or something I see on a forum from years ago. I do use Top Spots map for Onslow Bay, but it seems pretty dated. A lot of it it getting comfortable with your fish finder and ability to drift and anchor on top of what you want, since I don’t spot lock. I may spend 30 minutes trying to get the anchor spot just right but it pays dividends when you are going to fish that for the next 4 hours. Being 70 feet off can be the difference between a full cooler vs few short bites.

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Thanks for the tip! Hopefully the weather cooperates and we can push out further for some vermillion snapper here soon.

Thanks for watching, and glad you enjoy the videos! The reel is an Accurate Valiant 300 SPJ, and the rod is the Temple Reef Elevate 2.0 (100-300g jigs). It’s been a solid setup. The rod does very well for its price point, and I have nothing but amazing things to say about the Accurate but they are priced towards the top. In some videos soon, you’ll see me switch it up to a Jig Star Slow Jerk rod, and a daiwa bait caster for another type of slow jigging that’s deadly and since it is super light, you can do it all day.

Thanks for the info, I'm vacationing in North Topsail July 13th-20th, any chance you would take me on your boat? I'd pay for everything. I'm looking to buy a 23-24' sportfisher and would love the experience and knowledge from you guys, if not i understand, thanks Dominick

@@antisocialracing100 unfortunately without a captains license I cannot take people out for hire. Hit me up when you get the boat, I’ll give you some good public numbers that produce fish - hope you enjoy Topsail this summer!

The flounders hit the Johnny jig 130g watermelon flatback. Probably one of my favorite bottom jigs, great mix of action and gets to bottom fairly quick.

Thanks Mark! Definitely loads of sea bass around right now for the freezer. I’ll probably be making a trip out tomorrow to fill the cooler. I’ve been wanting to jig up a grouper on metal instead of live or butterflies bait, we got on them last trip, but no luck this one. Maybe this coming season I’ll get one slow pitch jigging though. Thanks for watching!

@@TopsailFishing should be pretty easy rn with the jig don't give up the grouper are schooled up inshore rn you will get one just beat the bottom