| 11/20/2005 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) A
recreational
Recreational Fishing License goes into effect Jan. 1, 2007
for all of the state's coastal and ocean waters. |
| Charterboats: Fishing has been good
offshore for yellowfin tuna, along with a few wahoo & dolphin. Very few
billfish trips are being made at this time. Midrange success has been
moderate with large striped bass and a few red drum have also being
caught. Inshore success has been best with limits of striped bass and
nice spotted seatrout. Headboats: Closed for the winter season. Most trips resume April-May. Private Boats: Spotted seatrout have been the species of choice most recently with most being of legal size. There have been great catches of striped bass along with a few red drum, bluefish, & kingfish. Piers: Fishing has been good when isolated schools of spotted seatrout move through most often in the early post-dawn hours. Red drum, skate, dogfish shark, bluefish, spot, and large kingfish have also been landed. Shore: Success has been similar to piers with even more spotted seatrout being caught in the surf zone. Red drum catches from Rodanthe southward have improved greatly. Striped bass landings have leveled off somewhat. General Overview: Fishing success has been moderate-good in most modes |
| Central
District Pamlico, Craven, Carteret, & Onslow
Counties Contact: Suzanne Hill November 20, 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
Recreational Fishing License goes into effect Jan. 1, 2007
for all of the state's coastal and ocean waters. |
| Headboats: Boats are still fishing.
Snappers and groupers, triggers, sea bass, porgies are the main fish
caught.
CharterBoats: Boats are looking for blue fin tuna. They have not showed yet. One boat went offshore and came in with kings, wahoo and nice dolphin. Most of the fleet is waiting for the blue fin. Private Boats: Red Drum and seatrout everywhere you go. Fishing around the bridges is especially hot at night. Sea trout and red drum were caught in the turning basin at the port, Cape Lookout, Bear Island, Bear and Browns Inlet, Newport River ( especially the Haystacks ) Bogue Inlet and Middle marsh in North River. People report huge numbers of undersized trout thrown back - some tossing 50 to 80. Kings offshore. Little tunny around the Cape. Sea mullet off the beaches. Piers/Shore: Red Drum are still at the Cape
jetty. Seatrout reported along the beaches at Radio Island. Bogue Pier
had a nice 25-inch red drum come up. |
| Southern
District Pender, New Hanover, & Brunswick Counties Contact: Dennis Trowell November 20, 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
Recreational Fishing License goes into effect Jan. 1, 2007
for all of the state's coastal and ocean waters. |
| Headboats: No trips due to weather. CharterBoats: Not many trips last week due to high winds, inshore/near/shore trips produced gray and speckled trout along with some drum and bluefish. Private Boats: No offshore reports from last week due to
weather. Inshore speckled trout fishing was good. Reports from New River
all the way down to Little River reported speckled trout. When the wind
was blowing offshore, boats were able to fish near/shore reefs and
reported good numbers of gray trout and some keeper flounder. Drum
fishing in creeks and rivers last week was good as well. Shore: Fishing is slowing in the surf, there are some drum around and even some speckled trout scattered through out the area. |
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