If you’ve ever done any kind of fishing, you know that a surefire way to find your prize is to look for a potential food source. This could be checking the hatch to know what fly to use or the structure for what may bring up that bigmouth bass. When it comes to offshore fishing, birds are the key. As baitfish are driven to the surface, birds will pick them off, so if you spot birds diving in a particular location, you can bet it’s a good place to wet a line.
And that’s what happened off Cape Lookout in North Carolina recently, within an easy swim of shore no less. Red drum and spot-tailed bass had driven a buffet of bait to the surface and with the shallow depth and clear water, the entire show was something to see.
Check out the photos after the jump.
