THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Thursday, April 18, 1996 TAG: 9604180357
SECTION: LOCAL PAGE: B1 EDITION: NORTH CAROLINA
COLUMN: FISHING ON THE OUTER BANKS
SOURCE: Damon Tatem
LENGTH: Short : 46 lines
A slight drop in water temperature, combined with chilly winds, kept pier catches to a minimum along the northern beaches Wednesday.
People were scarce on Kitty Hawk Pier, and so were fish.
Avalon Pier reported good catches of sea mullet late Tuesday afternoon, and scattered mullet during the day Wednesday.
Nags Head Pier reported slow fishing.
Fishermen on Outer Banks Pier caught skates and a couple of small croaker, and they released a 10-inch flounder.
South of Oregon Inlet, Rodanthe Pier reported a few skates and one toadfish landed from dirty water.
Anglers on Avon Pier caught skates and some sea mullet weighing more than a pound. The mullet were taken on bloodworms.
Large skates were plentiful on Frisco Pier.
Skates, several croaker and a few toadfish were landed along the beach from Corolla to Oregon Inlet by surf fishermen.
Scattered big bluefish were landed from the surf on cut bait along the Avon beach late Tuesday afternoon. A few skates, mullet, toadfish and bluefish were beached Wednesday.
Eight to 10 drum weighing between 30 and 50 pounds were taken Tuesday night at Cape Point. A 48-inch channel bass was released by George Gilbert of Long Beach Island, N.J., Wednesday morning. Some toadfish and a few mullet also were taken from Cape Point Wednesday.
A few nice-sized yellowfin tuna were landed off Oregon Inlet by the one charter craft that traveled offshore.
Hatteras charters found fairly decent yellowfin tuna fishing, but the fish were scattered. Most of the fish taken weighed between 20 and 25 pounds, although a few 50-pounders were reported.
The water temperature at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pier in Duck was 45 degrees Wednesday. The water temperature at Frisco Pier was 61 degrees.
Warm water and pretty weather should produce a good run of big drum soon at Cape Point. by CNB