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Regional Saltwater Fishing Reports
Northern
District Dare, Hyde, Currituck, & Beaufort Counties
Contact: Brian Melott August
5 , 2007
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 went into effect Jan. 1, 2007
for all of the state's coastal and ocean waters. Tagged
Red Drum:
Download PDF with reward details. |
Ocean: Offshore success levels have
improved slightly. Dolphin still make up the bulk of the catches, along
with increasing numbers of very nice wahoo. Yellowfin tuna catches were
very few. Billfish anglers had moderate success with sailfish being
most prevalent, along with a few blue & white marlin. Midrange anglers
continue to be pleased with catches of very large blueline tilefish
along with plenty of gray triggerfish mixed in. Tautog, black seabass,
hake, and grouper were also caught in moderate amounts. Near-shore
anglers have been limited to plenty of small bluefish, and a few Spanish
mackerel.
Inlets/Sounds/Bays: Anglers fishing these waters saw only a mixed
bag of species including skates, spot, croaker, kingfish, weakfish,
silver perch, pinfish, pigfish, and flounder. The only exception to
this would be the nice sheepshead & black drum being caught off of sand
fleas around the bridge pilings at Oregon Inlet.
Piers/Shore: Anglers fished the same waters with similar
results. Anglers caught plenty of small bluefish. Red drum catches
have increased slightly, with most of them being caught by anglers that
are lots of pompano on sand fleas in the near-shore surf zone. Nightime
anglers continue to have moderate-good success with cobia.
General Overview: Fishing success rates made a
modest improvement. History shows that mid-late August usually yields
much improved fishing as compared to June, July, and early August.
Water temp in the surf, (Kill Devil Hills) the day of this report was 77
degrees. |
Central
District Pamlico, Craven, Carteret, & Onslow
Counties
Contact: Suzanne Hill August
5, 2007
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 went into effect Jan. 1, 2007
for all of the state's coastal and ocean waters.
Tagged Red Drum:
Download PDF with reward details. |
Ocean: There are still plenty of dolphin
in the Gulf stream along with wahoo, sailfish and marlin. Wahoo and
kings also can be found around the Atlas Tanker and Buoy 14. Headboat
fishing is 90% vermillion snapper with jacks coming in next. A 12-foot
tiger shark swam around the Carolina Princess and an 8 foot tiger shark
was caught and released that same trip
Inlets/Sounds/Bays: Bluefish are thick in Beaufort Inlet
and Spanish mackerel are all over the Cape Lookout area and down the
beaches to Bogue Inlet. Sheepshead and black drum can be caught under
all bridges in the county. Bogue Sound anglers are doing great catching
red drum and the holes on the bottom out there contain flounder.
Flounder are reported in Beaufort Inlet and Middlemarsh in North River.
Piers/Shore: Pier fishing remains a mixed bag - small
spot, croaker, pigfish, flounder, perch , lizardfish and small shark
abound. Surf fishers are catching the same. |
Southern District Pender, New Hanover, &
Brunswick Counties
Contact: Dennis Trowell August
5, 2007
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 went into effect Jan. 1, 2007
for all of the state's coastal and ocean waters.
Tagged Red Drum:
Download PDF with reward details. |
| Ocean: Offshore, there are some wahoo
being caught for the few fisherman willing to make the long run this
time of year. Bottom fishing in the 35 to 50-mile range will put you in
the red groupers, along with an assortment of other bottom fish. The
kings are still biting in the 10 to 20-mile range along with a good many
sailfish. It has been a banner year with the sailfish off the SE coast.
Near/shore flounder fishing is very good right now. Typically, this is
the best time of the year to catch flounders in the ocean off of New
Hanover and Brunswick counties. Inlets/Sounds/Bays: Fishing
slowed some this week from last week. For the most part it's what you
would expect this time of year. With the inshore water temperature in
the mid 80s, fish aren't real active. With that being said, there are
some flounder coming out of the river and around Southport, and there
still are some nice trout being caught in the creeks and bays behind
Bald Head. If you find you're self struggling to put fish in the boat
give sheepshead fishing a try. There are plenty of them around and this
is a very good time of year to fish for them.
Piers/Shore: Trout fishing on Oak Island piers is still
outstanding. Some days the fish are bigger then other days, but they
seem to bite everyday - that is if you are fishing live shrimp. Best
fishing as always is in the morning, but I've seen them caught all day
as well. Topsail Island anglers are doing good on the trout also. Other
than that there are some keeper flounder, sea mullets, blues, and some
sheepshead. There were a
few kings caught last week on area piers, but no real big numbers.. |
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