Is it possible to have too much luck when you go fishing? It is if you fish with Capt. Reese Stecher with BeachBumFishing out of Nags Head. Just ask Donald Taylor of Charlottesville.
“I used his services when in Corolla back in middle May. We (three guests and myself) each caught Drum back in the Pamlico Sound. Great fun! But they were all too big to keep.”
If they are over 27-inches, you must throw them back in NC and these red drum were considerably over 27-inches. Still, what a fight!
A red drum of most any size is all you want to handle on light tackle, which Capt. Stecher uses. He believes the fishermen should fight the fish, not the boat. Fishing has been excellent on the OBX this spring. Contact Capt. Stecher at BeachBumFishing.com if you’re headed that way.
Lower Bay
Fishing opportunities continue to expand in the lower bay as Spanish mackerel, sheepshead, red drum, bluefish, and cobia arrive in force. The Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel remains the focal point of the action, with anglers enjoying productive catches around the islands, tunnel structure, and nearby shoals. The piers are producing croaker, Spanish mackerel, bluefish, sea mullet, drum, and cobia.
Freshwater
Bass in the Tidal Rivers are being caught in good numbers on topwater baits. Some huge blue catfish are also biting cut baits. At Anna, stripers are taking live bait in deep water. A few muskies are showing in the New River.
OBX
Bluefish and Spanish were biting for pier fishermen on Wednesday. The ocean temperature is currently 68 degrees. A few big drum to 39-inches were beached. The nearshore boats found tons of Spanish and bluefish with some cobia also being landed. The offshore action is going strong with fat yellowfin, mahi, wahoo, big eye tuna, tilefish and white marlin.
