THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Friday, April 5, 1996 TAG: 9604050483
SECTION: LOCAL PAGE: B1 EDITION: NORTH CAROLINA
COLUMN: Fishing on the Outer Banks
SOURCE: Damon Tatem
LENGTH: Short : 39 lines
Although weather conditions were excellent along the Outer Banks Thursday, inshore fishing was slow.
Anglers on Kitty Hawk and Avalon Piers caught a few small croaker on squid from the piers' ends.
Some small croaker were landed during the morning on Nags Head Pier, but action was nil during the afternoon.
Outer Banks Pier reported skates and little croaker landed on bloodworms from the north side of the pier near the end during the afternoon.
On Hatteras Island, Rodanthe Pier fishermen caught some skates.
Frisco Pier reported slow fishing, even though water temperatures rose to 52 degrees by mid-afternoon.
Surf fishing along the northern beaches was slow again Thursday, most likely because of low water temperatures.
A good run of toadfish developed during the day at Cape Point. Some small puppy drum were landed and released on the south side of Cape Point by anglers using bloodworms.
A few small puppy drum were beached from the surf in the Frisco area. Some small flounder also were taken.
Gusty southwest winds and choppy seas kept offshore fishing to a minimum off Hatteras. The Hatteras Fever fished, and reported some yellowfin tuna and king mackerel landed.
Good catches of small yellowfin tuna were taken by charters operating out of Oregon Inlet Fishing Center.
The water temperature at the Army Corps of Engineers Pier in Duck was 44.5 degrees Thursday. by CNB