There’s been a surge of large Black Drum over the last week, according to Stan Cobb of Greentop, from both the seaside of the Eastern Shore and inside the bay. The Bay bite has been from the CBBT to Cape Charles, with some 70-pounders caught. Fresh clam has been an outstanding bait. The red drum are biting well also, but the blacks made the bigger headlines. Along with the drum, anglers have been hooking up with sheepshead, some in the 12- to 14-lb. range. The better flounder catches are still coming from the Eastern Shore. Lynnhaven Inlet is giving up good catches of flounder. Buckroe Beach Pier is reporting small spot, croaker, bluefish, sea mullet and trout. Croakers have been slow to show in the regular places, but that should change soon. Speckled trout are being caught by surf anglers from Nags Head to Va. Beach.
On the Outer Banks, surf anglers in Avon and Hatteras are pulling in bluefish, Spanish mackerel, sea mullet and pompano. The offshore fleet is reporting Mahi, Wahoo, and blackfin tuna.
At Nags Head, surf anglers caught trout, big black drum and sea mullet. The Little Bridge on the Nags Head/Manteo causeway reported lots of trout with some keepers. Avalon Pier reported bluefish, Spanish, black drum, sea mullet and a 21-inch speckled trout. Inshore boats fishing the sound were catching trout. Nearshore boats landed Spanish and bluefish. Aboard the Little Clam out of Oregon Inlet, the Ritter party landed a 78-lb. cobia, a 45-lb, grouper and a 25-lb. wahoo
At Hatteras Harbor, inshore anglers had a good catch of Spanish Mackerel and bluefish Wednesday morning. They got on citation red drum in the afternoon. Offshore anglers caught dolphin, Wahoo, and blackfin tuna.