| Regional
Saltwater Fishing Reports
Northern
District Dare, Hyde, Currituck, & Beaufort Counties 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) Lionfish Alert: Please visit our lionfish information A recreational Saltwater Fishing License goes into effect Jan. 1, 2006 for all of the state's coastal and ocean waters. For more information on this license please view this fact sheet. . |
| Charterboats:
There was no offshore action this week due to NE swells. Most action was
catch and release striper fishing in the Mann's Harbor area.
Headboats:Very slow fishing this week. Private Boats:There were stripers at Mann's Harbor, and trout and spots at Green Island and Oregon Inlet bridge. Piers:There were lots of short puppy drum and striped bass and scattered black drum this week. A few piers reported good spot fishing but this was sporadic as the fish were moving. Shore: Surf fishermen had it rough this week with high surf and flooding. Some anglers did catch drum, spot and sea mullet along with a few small bluefish |
| Central
District Pamlico, Craven, Carteret, & Onslow
Counties Contact: Suzanne Hill October 31, 2004 For the 2004 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) Lionfish Alert: Please visit our lionfish information A recreational Saltwater Fishing License goes into effect Jan. 1, 2006 for all of the state's coastal and ocean waters. For more information on this license please view this fact sheet. |
| Headboats:
No report this week.
CharterBoats:Kings, little tunny and wahoo are being caught. The wahoo are enormous- one boat had 10 all around 40 plus pounds and several over 50 pounds. Private Boats: Spot fishing is slowing down. Anglers are coming in with a mixed catch of : some pigfish , some spots, some sea mullet, some bluefish and some flounder. Fishing hot spots remain the same : the Turning basin of the port, Newport , North, White Oak , New River and Bogue Sound. Inlet fishing remains good with flounder and bluefish showing up in numbers. Spotted seatrout are getting larger - up to 2 pounds and they are being caught in the Haystacks, around Town Creek Marina in Beaufort, and Bear Island . Red Drum are reported in the same places. Piers: Spot, pigfish, black drum, flounder, sea mullet. Shore:There was a good run of sea mullet down the Emerald Isle Beaches. Anglers were filling their coolers. One mullet was a hair under 2 pounds. Good-sized pompano are still being caught. |
| Southern
District Pender, New Hanover, & Brunswick Counties Contact: Dennis Trowell October 31, 2004 For the 2004 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) Lionfish Alert: Please visit our lionfish information A recreational Saltwater Fishing License goes into effect Jan. 1, 2006 for all of the state's coastal and ocean waters. For more information on this license please view this fact sheet. |
| Headboats:Boats
are running on a limited schedule. Call for trip dates in advance. Same
story, grunts, sea bass, porgies, groupers, vermilion snapper,
triggerfish, amberjacks, and a assortment of other bottom fish are being
reported on full/day trips.
CharterBoats:Stream trips produced some very good catches of wahoo's this week, along with some sailfish. Some boats had as many as 20 wahoo's with the majority of the fish weighting over 40 pounds, and some as much as 70 pounds. Full/day charters are doing very well on the king mackerel and groupers, and half/day charters are doing fair with the gray trout. Inshore charters are reporting flounder, gray and speckled trout, and some puppy drum. Private Boats: Wahoo bite in the stream last week was very good. most boats caught around 10 fish, along with some sailfish. King mackerel can be found on any piece of bottom this time of year from 5 to 30 miles off the beach that is holding bait. The fairway ledge produced some good bites during the week. Inshore gray trout are being caught on near/shore reefs along with some flounder. Speckled trout are being reported at Carolina Beach Inlet, bays behind Bald Head, and a few around riches inlet. The flounder fishing is slowing down for the year. This was a good year on flounder, both in size and numbers of fish. Piers/Shore: Piers reported some spots, lots of little croakers, and some pompano. There were some flounder reported, including a 9 pounder caught on carolina beach pier. The sea mullets are biting as well. Surf fishing produced black drum, bluefish, sea mullets, and pompano. |
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