THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Thursday, April 13, 1995 TAG: 9504130510
SECTION: LOCAL PAGE: B1 EDITION: NORTH CAROLINA
COLUMN: FISHING ON THE OUTER BANKS
SOURCE: Damon Tatem
LENGTH: Short : 43 lines
Pier fishing has improved along the northern beaches, with pier anglers catching speckled trout on a variety of artificial lures late Tuesday and Wednesday. Skates, sharks and some large toadfish also were caught from the piers.
The best action was reported from Kitty Hawk Pier, where Sonya Peace of Elizabeth City landed five trout weighing between two and three pounds each.
On Hatteras Island, pier fishermen caught lots of toadfish, mullet, sand perch and flounder. Avon Pier has reported unusually good flounder fishing for the past few days.
Surf fishing around Oregon Inlet has been fair, with small bottom fish taken. Speckled-trout fishing in the surf along the northern beaches has been slow due to dirty water along the shore line. Sea mullet and toadfish have been plentiful in the surf from Rodanthe to Buxton.
Anglers at Cape Point caught quite a few small blues and flounder on Wednesday morning. Fishermen along the beach south of Cape Point hauled in some good size mullet and toadfish.
Offshore action was good on Wednesday near ``the point,'' southeast of Oregon Inlet. Limits of yellowfin tuna were quickly landed by charter boats.
With water temperatures in the mid-50s in the Nags Head area, trout fishing should continue to improve.
As long as winds are from a southerly direction, nighttime channel bass fishing should remain spectacular at Cape Point on Hatteras Island. ILLUSTRATION: [Color Photo]
DREW C. WILSON
Staff
Anne Howell of Frisco hooks a sea mullet while angling from the end
of the Frisco Pier on Hatteras Island on Wednesday.
by CNB