THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Thursday, October 26, 1995 TAG: 9510260444
SECTION: LOCAL PAGE: B1 EDITION: NORTH CAROLINA
COLUMN: FISHING ON THE OUTER BANKS
SOURCE: Damon Tatem
LENGTH: Medium: 53 lines
Surf fishing was fairly good along the northern beaches Wednesday, with a few bottom fish, bluefish and nice-sized puppy drum taken.
Gray trout were plentiful around the Bonner Bridge at Oregon Inlet Tuesday night. Anglers using lights suspended from the catwalk scored well using shrimp and mullet for bait.
Surf fishermen around the inlet caught a few trout, bluefish and puppy drum Wednesday.
Lots of small black drum, scattered sea mullet, small blues and a few puppy drum were taken in the surf from Rodanthe to Buxton.
A good run of speckled trout developed along the south beach at Cape Point Tuesday afternoon and continued Wednesday. Scattered puppy drum, sea mullet, small bluefish, and one big drum also were taken during the day at Cape Point.
Scattered puppy drum were landed along the beach from Frisco to Hatteras Inlet.
Pier fishing along the Outer Banks was slow Wednesday.
Kitty Hawk Pier reported virtually no action. Anglers on Avalon Pier caught a few small speckled trout and bluefish during the morning, but nothing during the early afternoon.
A few speckled trout, sea mullet and small black drum were landed from Nags Head Pier early in the day. Fishing was slow on Jennette's Pier.
A few croaker and mullet were taken on Outer Banks Pier.
South of Oregon Inlet, Rodanthe Pier reported very little action. A handful of sea mullet and keeper flounder were landed on Avon Pier.
A few sea mullet, toadfish and a couple of pompano were caught by fishermen on Frisco Pier.
The headboat, Crystal Dawn, caught lots of big croaker, sea bass and small trout in the ocean off Oregon Inlet Wednesday.
Tuna fishing was good northeast of Oregon Inlet around the 40900 Loran line. King mackerel catches were fairly good around the offshore towers. A white marlin was released by the Outer Limits, fishing out of Pirate's Cove Marina.
Hatteras offshore action produced a few dolphin, tuna and king mackerel.
Although bottom fishing for spot is just about over for the year, sea mullet fishing should begin to improve and continue at a good pace through November.
The water temperature at the Army Corps of Engineers Pier in Duck was 71.5 degrees Wednesday. by CNB