THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Tuesday, May 23, 1995 TAG: 9505230358
SECTION: LOCAL PAGE: B1 EDITION: NORTH CAROLINA
COLUMN: FISHING ON THE OUTER BANKS
SOURCE: DAMON TATEM
LENGTH: Medium: 62 lines
Decent-sized sea mullet and small bluefish were abundant along the Outer Banks over the weekend.
Anglers on Kitty Hawk Pier caught small spot, croakers, some keeper gray trout, little blues and some nice-sized sea mullet. Fishermen on Avalon Pier caught small blues, a few trout and sea mullet.
A good run of speckled trout developed Sunday morning on Nags Head Pier, but action was over quickly. Fishermen also caught some bottom fish and blues from Nags Head Pier.
Small bottom fish, gray trout and tailor blues were landed on Jennette's Pier. In addition, tiger sharks weighing 246 pounds and 254 pounds were taken Saturday night by Reggie Fix of Charlottesville, Va., and Mark Robinson of Davis, W.Va.
Sea-mullet fishing on Outer Banks Pier was good at night. During the day, anglers caught some toadfish, spot, mullet, gray trout and small blues.
Northern beach pier action was fairly slow Monday, with a few blues, mullet and small gray trout taken.
On Hatteras Island, Rodanthe Pier reported a few bottom fish and blues landed.
Anglers on Avon Pier caught mainly bottom fish Saturday and Sunday. Clearing water allowed a few Spanish mackerel to be taken in addition to the bottom fish Sunday.
In the surf, some small bottom fish and a few blues were taken from deeper sloughs from Corolla to Oregon Inlet. Nice-sized speckled trout were beached south of Nags Head Pier Sunday morning on plastic artificial baits. Surfcasters from Rodanthe south to Buxton have caught scattered sea mullet and blues.
Nighttime drum fishing at Cape Point has been slow. Daylight angling has been fair, with a few puppy drum, small blues, bottom fish and a few Spanish mackerel landed.
Along the beach south of Cape Point, small bottom fish and blues have been landed. Several big drum have been dragged from the surf at False Point.
Yellowfin tuna catches southeast of Oregon Inlet were excellent Saturday and Sunday. The best of the action was north of ``the point,'' in depths ranging from 20 to 200 fathoms.
Over the weekend, blue marlin were released by the Fight-N-Lady, the Suspense and the Phideaux. One white marlin was released by the Obsession. A 192-pound bigeye tuna was landed by Butch Bull of Chesapeake, aboard the Reel Bull.
Tuna and dolphin fishing was good Saturday off Hatteras, but it slowed Sunday. The best of the action was southeast of the tower.
Blue marlin were released by the Box Lunch and the Hatteraser on Saturday, and sailfish were released by the Chaser and the Capt. B. Several blue marlin were reported hooked, fought and released Sunday, although many more were seen.
Light winds and rising water temperatures should provide some good Spanish mackerel-fishing in the Hatteras area soon.
The water temperature at the Army Corps of Engineers Pier in Duck was 63 degrees Monday. by CNB