THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Saturday, June 22, 1996 TAG: 9606220369
SECTION: LOCAL PAGE: B1 EDITION: NORTH CAROLINA
COLUMN: FISHING ON THE OUTER BANKS
SOURCE: DAMON TATEM
LENGTH: 61 lines
Piers along the northern beaches reported pretty good fishing during most of Friday morning. A falling tide in the afternoon slowed action.
Scattered bluefish and small spot were taken on Kitty Hawk Pier.
Avalon Pier reported a good run of 14 to 16 inches blues during the morning. Some spot and sea mullet also were landed. A cobia was lost, and a king mackerel was seen in the late afternoon.
Anglers on Nags Head Pier caught some bluefish, croaker and sea mullet.
Sea mullet, gray trout, bluefish and some trigger fisher were taken throughout the morning on Jennette's Pier.
Sea mullet, spot, bluefish, small gray trout and a few flounder were landed on Outer Banks Pier during the morning.
On Hatteras Island, Rodanthe Pier fishermen decked a 60 pound cobia and four king mackerel weighing as much as 43 1/2 pounds. Some small bottom fish, a few keeper flounder and scattered pompano also were landed.
Fishing was slow on Avon Pier, with a few small spot, croaker, sea mullet and Spanish mackerel taken.
Action also was slow on Frisco Pier, where anglers caught scattered small bottom fish.
A few small bottom fish were taken by surf fishermen from sloughs along the northern beaches on Friday morning's rising tide.
Small bottom fish, a few triggerfish and small blues were taken in the Oregon Inlet area. Some sheepshead were landed around the Bonner Bridge pilings.
A few small bottom fish were taken by surf fishermen from sloughs along the northern beaches on Friday morning's rising tide.
Small bottom fish, a few triggerfish and small blues were taken in the Oregon Inlet area. Some sheepshead were landed around the Bonner Bridge pilings.
A few spot, sea mullet, croaker and an occasional pompano were beached by surfcasters from Rodanthe to Buxton.
A 43 pound drum was landed at Cape Point Thursday night by John Ochs of Hatteras. A few small bottom fish and several puppy drums were taken at Cape Point Friday.
Lots of sea grass caused slow fishing along the south beach from Cape Point to Hatteras Inlet.
Inshore trolling around Oregon Inlet was good for Spanish mackerel and bluefish. Some cobia and king mackerel were taken on large bucktails and live bait a short distance offshore, south of Oregon Inlet.
Headboats fishing in the sound caught plenty of nice croaker. Sea bass and trigger fish were landed by headboats operating in the ocean east of Oregon Inlet.
Boaters in the Manns Harbor area caught croaker weighing as much as two pounds on shell beds south of the Manns Harbor Bridge. A few nice flounder were caught near the bridge.
Dolphin fishing was good off Oregon Inlet, with some limits taken. Tuna fishing was only fair. Several billfish were released, including a blue marlin by the Marlin Fever and a white marlin by the Gannet.
Dolphin were plentiful off Hatteras. Tuna were scarce, but a few wahoo were taken. Billfishing was fairly good, with a blue marlin and a sailfish released by the Nancy K. and two white marlin by the Eagle.
The water temperature was 67 degree Friday at the Army Corps of Engineers Pier in Duck, and 79 degrees at Frisco Pier on Hatteras Island. by CNB