Dr. Julie Ball As anglers keep an eye on the weather for fishable openings, the saltwater temperatures continue to cool, encouraging the fall bite to transform into a more winter-like trend. No one is anticipating the onset of the winter fishery more than local striped bass enthusiasts. While Bay anglers are now content with rockfish ranging from school-sized up to nearly 40-inches, the real … [Read more...]
More Nags Head Stripers
The stripers in the sound are still biting, says Capt. Reese Stecher of Beach Bum Guide Service, but the powers that be won’t report it. The thinking goes that if more anglers knew about the inshore bite, fewer would take the bluewater trips offshore. Regardless, CvilleBuzz is happy to report the good news and to urge anglers interested in catching a quick limit of stripers to head for the sounds … [Read more...]
I Got The Blues
Virginia Saltwater Dr. Julie Ball Yet another front will roll through this weekend, but that’s just how the weather behaves starting in October along the Mid Atlantic coast. A few decent days during the week gave some anglers a chance to get out on the water, while surf anglers continue to line local shorelines. Not much has changed from last week on the fishing front, except that we now … [Read more...]
Fall Fishery Escalates
Justin Wilson and crew out of Virginia Beach with a catch of wahoos, 2 yellowfins, gaffer dolphin and a white marlin. Virginia Saltwater Dr. Julie Ball As the fall saltwater fishery escalates, anglers are still relying on breaks in the weather to access the action. Speckled trout usually begin their rise into the limelight about this time, but this year the trend is still behind … [Read more...]
Carolina Redfish
Capt. Alan Cain Fishing here along the NC coast has been good up until this last week’s bad weather, but with a few more days of tide flow the water should clear up quickly. We have been having some very good days targeting schools of redfish on the low tides and tailing redfish on the flood tides. Flounder fishing has also been very good with lots of quality 3-5lb. flounder being … [Read more...]
Fall on the Outer Banks
It’s a great time to be on the Outer Banks of North Carolina, especially if you’re in a fishing boat. The Oregon Inlet Fishing Center says that it’s great fall fishing right now. Norma notes that the fish are cooperating after the storm. OFFSHORE: Anglers, including those from a make-up charter group, brought in good numbers of mahi mahi, near limits of yellow-fin tuna, and good numbers of … [Read more...]
Big Drum Off the Piers
Dr. Julie Ball reports: Surf and pier anglers braving the elements are scoring with dozens of big red drum from local bay and ocean piers. Cut mullet, bunker, and spot heads are the baits of choice. Look for the drum bite to develop around the islands of the CBBT once boats can reach them with consistency. Puppy drum are still coming from these same areas, as well as from shallows and inlets on … [Read more...]
Drumming Things Up
Lots of fish scatter when a big blow comes through, but the drum stay put. They actually like it when the surf is rough. It stirs up bait and all sorts of juicy snacks for the reds. Dr. Julie Ball reported that the red drum brigade took off over the past week in the lower Bay and along coastal shorelines. These prized fighters thrive in churned water, and respond aggressively during fronts. … [Read more...]
Blown Away!
For most boats, it was a week to stay in port and work on the decks and motors at Oregon Inlet. A few boats ventured out on Monday and caught mahi-mahi and had good results with billfish. There were 9 white marlins, 2 sailfish, and 1 blue marlin released Monday. Since then, most boats stayed inshore. A few went just offshore and caught kings, blues and Spanish. Monday, most boats have remained … [Read more...]
Goodbye Cobia
Dr. Ken Neill III says that the cobia are mostly gone - but some continue to be caught. They are being boated mostly be anglers chumming on the hills in the bay and along the oceanfront as well as off of the buoys as they head south. While the cobia bite has cooled down, the red drum bite continues to heat up. Reds are being found by anglers looking for cobia. More fish are being caught stacked up … [Read more...]