THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Thursday, July 27, 1995 TAG: 9507270502
SECTION: LOCAL PAGE: B1 EDITION: FINAL
COLUMN: FISHING ON THE OUTER BANKS
SOURCE: DAMON TATEM
LENGTH: Medium: 52 lines
Pier fishing improved a little along the Dare Coast on Wednesday.
Some spot and speckled trout were landed on the incoming tide on Kitty Hawk Pier. Anglers on Avalon Pier caught some spot, flounder, a few bluefish and a couple of speckled trout.
Spot, croaker, pigfish and some tailor blues were taken from Nags Head Pier. Jennette's Pier reported good numbers of spot landed during the morning, and a few bottom fish during the afternoon.
Fishermen on Outer Banks Pier caught plenty of spot early in the day, and bluefish on jiggers and bucktails through the afternoon.
South of the inlet, anglers on Rodanthe Pier caught small croaker and spot.
Small spot, croaker and bluefish were landed on Avon Pier. The best of the bluefish action was during the afternoon.
Frisco Pier reported some small bottom fish taken.
Surf fishing along the northern beaches for small bottom fish was good. Some croaker, sport and small blues were taken around Oregon Inlet. Croaker were plentiful along the beach from Rodanthe to Cape Point.
Some nice Spanish mackerel were landed at Cape Point just before dark Tuesday. During the night some puppy drum were taken. Tailor bluefish and a few Spanish mackerel were landed Wednesday.
Some sea mullet were taken along the beach south of Cape Point. Surfcasters in the Hatteras Inlet area caught lots of small bluefish.
Inshore trolling around Oregon Inlet was unusually slow. Headboat action was good, with morning trips to producing triggerfish, spadefish and sea bass. Lots of croaker, some pigfish and small trout were decked on afternoon excursions.
Off Oregon Inlet, bluewater fishing was fair. Some dolphin, a few nice yellowfin tuna and scattered wahoo were taken, but billfishing was slow.
Dolphin fishing was good off Hatteras Island, with bailers and a few gaffers landed. Some wahoo also were taken. Several billfish were released, including a grand slam aboard the Tuna Duck. The captain of the Tuna Duck, Jerry Shepherd, reported 10 fish on at one time. He managed to catch and release a blue marlin, a white marlin and two sailfish.
A drop in water temperature along the beach, caused by southwest winds, has cooled off pier cobia and king mackerel action. Look for a resumption of this fishery when winds return to a more easterly direction.
The water temperature at the Army Corps of Engineers Pier in Duck was 67 degrees Wednesday. by CNB