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Regional Saltwater Fishing Reports

Northern District  Dare, Hyde, Currituck, & Beaufort Counties
 Contact: Brian Melott August 21, 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)

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: Offshore fishing is still good with limits of yellowfin tuna & dolphin, lesser amounts of wahoo, king mackerel, and amberjack. Billfish action continues to be successful with sailfish, blue&white marlin, all being caught. Midrange charters are catching fewer cobia than previously, but limits of bluefish and lesser amounts of tautog, blueline tilefish, and groupers have been caught. Inshore has been primarily limits of bluefish and much lesser amounts of kingfish, croaker, searobin, and flounder.

Headboats: Catches are varied with lots of bluefish and lesser amounts of kingfish, croaker, pigfish, black seabass, searobin, and skates.

Private Boats: Fishing activity similar to charter boats in above described waters,with the following exceptions. Spotted seatrout, weakfish, bluefish, and ever-improving keeper flounder ratios are keeping anglers happy who can access the shallow waters near the Islands at Oregon Inlet. Fishing near the bridge structure continues to yield nice specimens of black drum, triggerfish,& sheepshead.

Piers: Lots of bluefish with a mixed bag of others including croaker, pigfish, kingfish, searobin, menhaden, flounder, spadefish, Spanish mackerel, skates, and dogfish shark.

Shore: Catches are similar to piers with the exception of lesser amounts of bluefish and much more flounder being caught in the backwash as compared to piers. Red drum have been caught with moderate success from Rodanthe southward.

General Overview: Record high water temps and favorable weather conditions have contributed to fair-good fishing in all modes.

Central District  Pamlico, Craven, Carteret, & Onslow Counties
 Contact: Suzanne Hill August 21, 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)

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: Catches consist of grunts, tomtates, black sea bass and spottail pinfish.

CharterBoats: Catches consist of dolphin and wahoo.

Private Boats: There are reports of a few red drum in the Haystacks, small Spanish along the
beaches, weakfish around Harkers Island and Cape Lookout and small croakers in Beaufort Inlet.

Piers/Shore: No report.

Southern District  Pender, New Hanover, & Brunswick Counties
 Contact: Dennis Trowell August 21, 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)

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: Full/day trips are bring in vermilion snapper, triggerfish, red porgies, and various kinds of groupers, along with amberjacks, dolphin and king mackerel.

CharterBoats: Stream fishing picked up this week. Boats did fair on the wahoo's, along with some king mackerels and dolphin. Full/day trips are catching assorted kinds of bottom fish, along with some groupers,
king mackerels, and some dolphin. Inshore charters are catching flounders, Spanish mackerels, and a few drum.

Private Boats: Some boats did well on the wahoo's last week, fish were reported around the same ole, and north of there. King mackerel fishing continues to be good, any ledges or live bottom from 5 miles on out
that is holding bait should produce some fish. Grouper fishing has been fair over the last week or two. some nice Gags are being caught close to shore, and some nice scamps and red groupers are in the 30 to 45 mile range. Closer to shore, the flounder fishing on the near/shore reefs has been spotty, there are some good catches being made, but the fish are not everywhere. There has a been a decent flounder bite in the river the last couple of weeks. There are some speckled trout around, the Oak Island bridge has been producing some as well as the southern part of the river and the creeks behind Bald head. Live shrimp has been the key for catching them.

Piers: Things are some what slow. There are some nice flounders being caught on most piers, along with some good sheepshead, but other then that its been slow. I did not here of any kings reported last week on
any area piers, which might be the first time all summer, a few lost tarpon were reported but no kings.

Shore: Slow, a few pompano, sea mullet, and bluefish.

 

 

 

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