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Northern
District Dare, Hyde, Currituck, & Beaufort
Counties
Contact: Brian Melott June 18 For the 2006 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. Tagged Red Drum: Download PDF with reward details. |
| Charterboats: Fishing offshore was very
good with limits of yellowfin tuna & dolphin being common. Large
bigeye tuna were caught on a regular basis. Wahoo, king mackerel, and
billfish showed up in lesser amounts. Midrange catches have been good
with catches of blueline tilefish, black seabass, tautog, grouper, and
improved catches of cobia & king mackerel. Inshore fishing is much
improved with nice flounder being caught. Bluefish, Spanish mackerel,
and speckled trout and weakfish are being caught with increased
regularity. Headboats: Fishing in this mode was the most improved this week with nice catches of keeper flounder, along with ever-increasing amounts of speckled trout and weakfish, croaker, pigfish, kingfish, spadefish, bluefish, searobin, and skate Private Boats: Fishing success similar to that of charter boats. Anglers are happy with catches of keeper flounder at Oregon Inlet near the shallow waters of the small islands. Bluefish and Spanish mackerel and large sheepshead were caught near the bridge structure at Oregon Inlet. Striped bass fishing was somewhat improved. Piers: Fishing has been one extreme or the other in this mode. Limits of seatrout were quickly caught sometimes, while other times things were very slow. Anglers have to play the law of averages and hope the trout and others will come by for their brief visit and just about guarantee a good catch. Bluefish, croaker, kingfish, skate, puffer, spot, and cobia have been caught here and there. Shore: Fishing similar to piers with those great seatrout catches when the fish show up. Assorted other species were caught in low amounts. Cobia being caught in the surf with increased regularity was a welcome surprise to anglers this past week. Red drum were caught with moderate success from Avon southward. General Overview: Water temperature in the surf-Kill Devil Hills has reached 72° with hot sunny days to help it keep climbing. Fishing in general is much improved, and favorable weather patterns allowed anglers to try their luck. |
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Central
District Pamlico, Craven, Carteret, & Onslow
Counties Contact: Suzanne Hill June 18 For the 2006 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: Black sea bass, porgies,
grunts, triggers, snapper and grouper are being caught.
CharterBoats: A lot of the boats were concentrating on the Big Rock - hoping to catch the big marlin. Several were caught. Boats also brought in dolphin. Private Boats: A 67-pound cobia was weighed in at Island Harbor Marina . It was one large fish. Dolphin, kings and Spanish were caught by everyone. The Spanish were on the small side. Flounder were hooked in Bogue Sound. One boat reported seven undersized gag grouper thrown back - they were fishing out of Bogue Inlet. The area behind Shackleford Banks contains flounder. The Turning basin of the Port has sheepshead, small spot and pigfish. Anglers report Spanish and dolphin fairly close to shore. Piers/Shore: Small spots, pigfish, and Florida pompano are coming in with bluefish and Spanish mackerel. |
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Southern
District Pender, New Hanover, & Brunswick Counties Contact: Dennis Trowell June 18 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: Full/day trips are catching
vermilion snapper, grouper, amberjacks, and a host of other bottom
fish. Half/day trips are producing some keeper sea bass along with
some nice flounder CharterBoats: Full/day trips are producing lots of fish. King mackerel, dolphin, groupers, and some nice cobia were caught last week by area charterboats. Not many boats are making the long run to the gulf stream, as fishing has slowed. Nearshore/Inshore, lots of Spanish mackerel on half/day trips, and inshore charters are catching flounder, drum, and some trout. Private Boats: Offshore, good bottom fishing for red,
scamps, and gags in the 35 to 45 mile range. There were good reports
on king mackerel around the 23-mile rock area, along with some gaffer
dolphin. King fishing slowed down last week off the Southport area,
due to the rain. Inshore, things were a little slow last week due to
the rainfall. I still saw and heard of some decent flounder and trout
catches coming from the river, and near/shore reefs. |
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