THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Thursday, November 30, 1995 TAG: 9511300382
SECTION: LOCAL PAGE: B1 EDITION: NORTH CAROLINA
LENGTH: Short : 43 lines
Gusty northerly winds and rough seas kept angling to a minimum along the Outer Banks Wednesday.
Some good catches of trout were reported from Corolla to Oregon Inlet during the late afternoon Tuesday. Scattered speckled trout were landed from deeper sloughs along the beach early in the morning, before sea conditions halted effective fishing.
Plenty of striped bass were caught in the surf from the north side of Oregon Inlet between the wreck of the Lois Joyce and the Bonner Bridge late Tuesday evening. The fish were landed on everything from surface plugs to bait. A few stripers were landed in the area Wednesday morning before the weather halted fishing.
Surfcasters south of Oregon Inlet caught some speckled trout early in the day from Rodanthe to Buxton.
Some nice-sized trout and sea mullet were beached at Cape Point late Tuesday. A few trout were taken early Wednesday in the surf behind the lighthouse.
Small speckled trout and black drum were landed along the beach from Ramp 55 to Hatteras Inlet Wednesday.
Good catches of stripers were reported Tuesday afternoon in the Manns Harbor area. Fair action also was reported Wednesday morning.
Rough seas precluded the operation of charter boats Wednesday.
Speckled trout action should resume in the surf once sea conditions improve.
The water temperature at the Army Corps of Engineers Pier in Duck was 56.5 degrees Wednesday. ILLUSTRATION: Color photo by DREW C. WILSON, The Virginian-Pilot
Ron Wiltfong, 47, of Kansas City, Mo., returns to his beach cottage
Wednesday with his limit of rockfish, two in the 33- to 35-inch
range. The rockfish were landed from Kitty Hawk Pier.
by CNB