THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Saturday, December 16, 1995 TAG: 9512160380
SECTION: LOCAL PAGE: B1 EDITION: NORTH CAROLINA
COLUMN: FISHING ON THE OUTER BANKS
SOURCE: Damon Tatem
LENGTH: Medium: 52 lines
After more than a year's absence, some big bluefish appeared in the surf in the Oregon Inlet area Friday.
George Price of Kill Devil Hills landed a 17-pound, 14-ounce chopper on a Rat-L-Trap while fishing from the inlet's south side during a bluefish blitz. No other anglers were in the immediate area.
The hungry bluefish drove large numbers of trout high and dry on the beach and feasted on the unfortunate speckled trout that remained in the water. A good run of big bluefish also developed during the afternoon along the Pea Island beach.
Exceptionally good striped bass fishing was reported from Kitty Hawk Pier Friday. A large school hit the pier about 8:30 a.m. and were landed by anglers on a variety of artificial lures throughout the morning. Around 50 fish were taken.
Nags Head Pier also reported several striped bass landed during the morning. Surfcasters produced a few bass from deeper sloughs along the beaches from Corolla to Buxton. Good beach haul-seine catches were reported from north of Kitty Hawk Pier.
Trout fishing was good Friday all along the Dare Coast. Plenty of action was reported along the beach behind the Holiday Inn, south of Jennette's Pier in sloughs along Pea Island, in the Avon surf, behind the motels in Buxton and the Cape Hatteras lighthouse, and near Frisco Pier.
The most productive Mirrolure color in the Buxton area has been hot pink with good catches reported during daylight and after dark.
Yellowfin tuna continued a good run in the Gulf Stream off Oregon Inlet Friday. King mackerel action was fairly good in the Hatteras area behind the wrecks.
Water temperature at the Corps of Engineers Pier in Duck was 50 degrees on Friday. ILLUSTRATION: [Color Photo]
DREW C. WILSON
The Virginian-Pilot
George Price of Kill Devil Hills landed a 17-pound, 14-ounce chopper
on a Rat-L-Trap while fishing from the Oregon Inlet's south side
during a bluefish blitz. He also holds a speckled trout, bitten in
half by the aggressive feeders. It was among many fish chased onto
the beach by the blues.
by CNB