Shallotte River fishing trip was good. Equipment was excellent and in great shape. Captain Austin was good and full of information and knew what to do to fish the river. Learned a lot. Fishing however was vey slow. Caught a small red drum on third cast but very little after that. Not Captain Austin’s fault, but made for a slow morning. Perhaps one improvement would be to use live shrimp on the “popping” bobbers instead of plastic shrimp.