THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Thursday, May 4, 1995 TAG: 9505040371
SECTION: LOCAL PAGE: B1 EDITION: NORTH CAROLINA
COLUMN: Fishing on the Outer Banks
SOURCE: Damon Tatem
LENGTH: Short : 41 lines
Strong northeast winds and rough seas caused slow pier fishing along the northern beaches Wednesday.
Inshore water was dirty and the tide was running at a rapid rate in a southerly direction.
Anglers managed to catch a few sea mullet, small spot, tailor blues and an occasional speckled trout.
Pier fishing on Hatteras Island was a little better.
Rodanthe Pier anglers caught fair numbers of sea mullet, spot and small blues during the afternoon.
Avon Pier reported slow fishing, with a few sea mullet and small croaker taken.
A variety of fish was landed on Frisco Pier, including pigfish, sand perch, croaker and a few mullet. Unfortunately, most of the fish taken were small.
Surf action was slow from Corolla to Oregon Inlet due to heavy seas.
A few flounder and tailor blues were beached around Oregon Inlet.
Sea mullet fishing was fairly good on Hatteras Island from Ramp 23 south along the beach to Avon.
Drum fishing was slow Tuesday night at Cape Point.
Wednesday, anglers caught a few blues and mullet during the day.
The few boats that braved the rough seas southeast of Oregon Inlet Wednesday caught plenty of tuna and gaffer dolphin.
The Hatteras fleet also reported good yellowfin tuna and dolphin fishing.
Fishing along the northern beaches should be excellent once the winds and seas subside. Meanwhile, with current wind conditions, anglers should find some trout action in the sound.
The water temperature at the Army Corps of Engineers Pier in Duck Wednesday was 55 degrees. by CNB