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Late May Fishing Hotspots: Inshore Reds, Nearshore Bonito, and Offshore Tuna Bonanza

Late May Fishing Hotspots: Inshore Reds, Nearshore Bonito, and Offshore Tuna Bonanza

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 Good morning from Wilmington, this is Artificial Lure with your May 25, 2025, fishing report. Classic late May weather is on tap, with sunrise this morning right around 6:00 AM and sunset coming up close to 8:15 PM. Expect warm temps, steady breezes out of the south, and mostly clear skies—a recipe for lively action up and down the coast.

Tides are swinging in our favor today, with a morning high tide and a good outgoing current leading up to lunchtime. These moving waters are ideal for inshore anglers looking to target red drum and black drum. Carolina-rigged live or fresh shrimp are working best, especially around docks, oyster beds, and other hard structure. There’s been a solid showing of reds and a few hefty black drum caught right around the Wrightsville Beach area and Masonboro Inlet. Keep an eye out for sheepshead as well—though the bite is just picking up, fiddler crabs are your best bet for hooking into some early arrivals.

Nearshore is where the real action has been lately. Atlantic bonito are stacked up over the nearshore reefs and ledges, with some Spanish mackerel starting to mix in. Trolling Clarkspoons and deep diver plugs is a proven method, but when the fish are busting on top, casting Big Nic Spanish Candy spoons or any glass minnow-style metal jig will get you hooked up fast. Early mornings and late afternoons have seen the most surface action. There’s also been a few small king mackerel showing up—just be sure to check those size limits if you land one. Bluefish and the occasional false albacore are rounding out the mix if you’re fishing around the bait schools.

Offshore, the bite should continue to heat up. Reports this past week included blackfin tuna and wahoo, with anglers looking forward to the sailfish showing in coming days. Grouper season just opened, so expect some effort shifted out to the 100-foot ledges. For those bottom fishing closer to shore, shrimp is turning up plenty of sea mullet.

Best bets for the day: Try the nearshore reefs off Wrightsville Beach for bonito and Spanish mackerel, or target the docks and marsh edges on the falling tide for red drum. For pier anglers, Johnnie Mercers Pier continues to produce a mixed bag—sea mullet on shrimp, with a shot at bluefish and bonito for those tossing jigs.

In short, bait and lure choices are simple: shrimp or fiddler crabs for inshore species, Clarkspoons and metal jigs for the nearshore pelagics. Get out early or fish the dusk bite for your best chance at a full cooler. Tight lines and good luck from Artificial Lure—see you on the water.
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