| Regional
Saltwater Fishing Reports
Northern
District Dare, Hyde, Currituck, & Beaufort Counties Please Note: Anglers sometimes confuse small king mackerel with spanish mackerel. King mackerel and spanish mackerel have different size and catch limits. Make SURE you properly identify the mackerel you are catching. (Tips here) Lionfish Alert: Please visit our lionfish information A recreational Saltwater Fishing License goes into effect Jan. 1, 2006 for all of the state's coastal and ocean waters. For more information on this license please view this fact sheet. . |
| Charterboats:
Moderate catches of Yellowfin Tuna and a few more Dolphin and Wahoo are
showing up. Inshore Striped Bass Charters have had moderate success.
Headboats: Few trips being made-slow fishing Private Boats: Offshore fishing success similar to Charter Boats. Inshore- slow with limited opportunities. Piers: The most improved fishing mode this week. Bluefish, Croakers, Kingfish, and Weakfish (Gray Trout) have been caught with moderate success. Shore: Fewer Dogfish Sharks and Skates being caught. Bluefish fishing is picking up. General Overview: Improving weather conditions and warming water temperatures have made opportunities better and more successful than previously. |
| Southern
District Pender, New Hanover, & Brunswick Counties Contact: Dennis Trowell May 8, 2005 For the 2005 fishing year, all owners/operators of vessels recreationally fishing for and/or retaining regulated Atlantic Highly Migratory Species (HMS) (Atlantic tunas, sharks, swordfish and billfish) in the Atlantic Ocean, including the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea, must obtain an Atlantic Highly Migratory Species (HMS) Angling permit. This permit has replaced the Atlantic tunas Angling category permit. In North Carolina, additional HMS harvest reporting requirements are also in place. Please Note: Anglers sometimes confuse small king mackerel with spanish mackerel. King mackerel and spanish mackerel have different size and catch limits. Make SURE you properly identify the mackerel you are catching. (Tips here) Lionfish Alert: Please visit our lionfish information A recreational Saltwater Fishing License goes into effect Jan. 1, 2006 for all of the state's coastal and ocean waters. For more information on this license please view this fact sheet. |
| Headboats:
Fishing has been productive on full/day trips. Vermilion snapper, sea
bass, triggerfish, and a assortment of other bottom fish including some
grouper. king mackerel, dolphin, and amberjacks are possibilities as
well.
CharterBoats: The few days boats were able to fish in the stream produced some nice catches of mahi and yellowfin tunas, along with some wahoo's. Full/day trips are yielding groupers and king mackerels, and half/day charters reported some big Spanish mackerel. Inshore, a few Atlantic bonitos, red drum, blues and a few flounder were reported last week. Private Boats: Boats that made it out to the break reported good catches of mahi, along with the yellowfin tunas and wahoo. Red and gag groupers are biting in 35 to 40 mile range. The first Spanish of the year made a showing on the shoals off of bald head island. Fish were very nice size, 3 to 4 pound range. Inshore things are still slow, blues, drum, and a few flounder. Piers: No change this week from last week, blues and sea mullets. There should be some Spanish mackerels showing up later on this week with the warming water temperature. Shore: Blues and sea mullets. |
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