THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Thursday, November 23, 1995 TAG: 9511230860
SECTION: LOCAL PAGE: B1 EDITION: NORTH CAROLINA
COLUMN: FISHING ON THE OUTER BANKS
SOURCE: DAMON TATEM
LENGTH: Short : 49 lines
Strong northwest winds and cold weather put a damper on Wednesday's fishing along the Outer Banks.
Kitty Hawk Pier reported keeper striped bass taken sporadically throughout the day on Rat-L-Traps and other artificial baits.
Six nice-sized stripers were landed during the morning on Avalon Pier by anglers using bucktails.
Fishing was slow on Nags Head Pier, with only a few small bluefish taken.
A 30-inch striped bass was landed, and several lost, from Jennette's Pier during the morning.
Outer Banks Pier reported slow fishing overall.
South of Oregon Inlet, anglers on Rodanthe Pier caught only one puppy drum.
Sharks, skates and a few sea mullet were landed on Avon Pier.
Several puppy drum, speckled trout and quite a few nice mullet were taken from Frisco Pier.
Surf fishing along the northern beach area was generally slow Wednesday. A few trout, along with an occasional striped bass, were taken from deeper sloughs along the beach.
Surfcasters landed a few stripers and puppy drum around Oregon Inlet. Sea conditions were difficult in the inlet, but boaters who fished east of the bridge were rewarded with good catches of stripers.
Scattered black drum, puppy drum and trout were landed along the beach from Rodanthe to Buxton.
A 36-inch drum and some puppy drum were landed Tuesday night at Cape Point. A few puppy drum were beached Wednesday.
Some black drum and sea mullet were landed in the surf from Frisco to Hatteras Inlet.
Striped bass action in the Manns Harbor area was excellent Wednesday. Anglers trolling west of the draw caught plenty of 21- to 24-inch fish with few throw-backs. Bucktails and Rat-L-Traps were the big producers.
No offshore trips were run Wednesday because of gusty winds.
Light winds and falling seas should produce increased striped bass and trout action along the Dare coast today.
The water temperature at the Army Corps of Engineers Pier in Duck was 54.5 degrees Wednesday. by CNB