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Saltwater Fishing reports
10/1/2006
Northern
District Dare, Hyde, Currituck, & Beaufort Counties
Contact: Brian Melott October
1, 2006
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 has been
excellent with plenty of yellowfin tuna & dolphin hitting the docks. A
few wahoo, king mackerel, & bigeye tuna were also caught. Midrange
success was fair, with blueline tilefish & black seabass being most
prevalent. Cobia & king mackerel were caught along with assorted
others. Inshore success was exactly the same as mentioned in private
boat report.
Headboats: Fishing has been slow-moderate with a mix bag. Most
common was silver perch, spot, croaker, kingfish, weakfish, blackbass,
searobin, and puffers.Private Boats: Offshore & midrange
success was exactly the same as mentioned in charter boat report
Inshore success was not as good as the previous week. Flounder keeper
ratios have improved with the few that have been caught being nice
ones. Spotted seatrout catches improved slightly compared to the
previous week.
Piers: Silver perch, spot, and croaker were most common and a
guaranteed catch most of the time. There were a few bluefish & Spanish
mackerel blitzes and anglers who were present caught their share of
them. Red drum were been caught with increased regularity but less than
half of them were legal size.
Shore: Catches similar to pier catches with very few
exceptions. Beach anglers have managed to have more success with
pompano & red drum, which seem to be concentrated in the near shore surf
zone. Anglers should walk along the beach and cover more area as
opposed to trying long distance casting into the surf. Mole crabs,
{sand fleas} have proven to be excellent bait for both pompano & red
drum. More striped bass have started to show up in the surf.
General Overview: Water temperatures remain in the
lower 70,s in the surf with favorable weather conditions predicted for
the coming week. |
Central
District Pamlico, Craven, Carteret, & Onslow
Counties
Contact: Suzanne Hill October
1
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. |
| Headboats: Great fishing, as always, black
seabass, grouper, snapper, grunts, triggers, porgies, and spotailled
pinfish. The smaller headboats are catching black seabass, bluefish,
flounder, and some Spanish or king mackerel.
CharterBoats: King mackerel, wahoo and dolphin are still the
target fish and they are catching lots of each along with some little
tunny. The guide boats are going after red drum and seatrout, and
having lots of luck. Catches of 6 to 8 per boat are very common, and
reports of lots of under-sized red drum. They are great fun to catch and
release.
Private Boats: Spot fishing is in full swing, they are not
catching lots but all boat ramps are full. The ppot I have seen are
good ones, they are catching them on fresh shrimp, blood worms, and
Bites (Artifitial bait). Some boats are fishing for seatrout and having
some luck, Dawson Creek, Neuse River around Oriental, and Goose Creek
are producing some nice trout and red drum, also around Bear Island and
Browns Island, and the Haystacks around Morehead. Bottom fishing is
producing some nice pigfish, croaker, flounder, big sheepshead around
bridges, bluefish, and also pinfish as always.
Piers: Spot is the fish of choice, but they are not
catching the numbers yet, lots of smaller ones, along with flounder,
sheepshead, bluefish, croaker, puffers, pigfish, a few pompano, and –
yes, pinfish.
Shore:Lots of small fish being caught - bluefish,
croaker, a flounder or two, some sea mullet and black drum, pigfish, and
tons of pinfish. A red drum caught at the jetty at Fort Macon along
with some spotted seatrout. |
Southern
District Pender, New Hanover, & Brunswick Counties
Contact: Dennis Trowell October
1, 2006
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.
Tagged Red Drum:
Download PDF with reward details. |
Headboats: Fishing is good. Full-day
trips are producing very nice catches. Vermilion snapper, grouper,
amberjack, and triggerfish just to name a few. Half-day trips are
producing black sea bass, gray trout, bluefish, and some keeper
flounder.
CharterBoats: Fishing was good last week. The weather was nice
for the most part, and so were the catches. There were some nice
catches of wahoo last week, no real big numbers, but some boats had as
many as eight fish along with some king mackerel and blackfin tuna.
Bottom fishing boats did well on the grouper, with reports of some
catching limits. Inshore charters brought trout, drum and flounder to
the docks last week.
Private Boats: Offshore, the wahoo are biting some, with most
boats that make the long run catching a few fish. If the wahoo are not
biting, most likely the red groupers will be just inshore of the break.
Closer to shore, the kings have begun to show. Best catches are coming
down south around the jungle area, but I also heard of fish being caught
in the river channel, around the fairway ledge, and ledges south of the
wr4. Inshore, despite stained water conditions, fishing for the most
part was decent last week. I didn't see any large numbers of fish last
week, but most boats had some trout, drum, and flounder. With the water
starting to cool, fishing should only get better in the coming weeks. I
would start stocking up the trout tackle box, all indications are
pointing to a banner year.
Piers: Everyone is waiting on the spots to show. They made a
little run a few weeks back, and have since been very spotty at best.
The good news is that the piers are still catching fish. Black and red
drum, sea mullet, pompano, Spanish mackerel, speckled trout, and
bluefish were reported last week.
Shore: Pretty much the same as the piers. I heard some good drum
reports last week. Lee's Island, Masonboro Island, and the point at Bald
Head Island would be good places to try. |
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