THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Thursday, August 15, 1996 TAG: 9608150341
SECTION: LOCAL PAGE: B1 EDITION: NORTH CAROLINA
COLUMN: FISHING ON THE OUTER BANKS
SOURCE: Damon Tatem
LENGTH: 59 lines
Pier fishing along the northern beaches was fair Wednesday.
Fishing was slow during the morning on Kitty Hawk Pier, but scattered tailor bluefish were landed in the afternoon from the end of the pier.
Spot, croaker and several sea mullet were caught from Avalon Pier in the morning. Spot, bluefish and a few Spanish mackerel were taken later in the day.
Anglers on Nags Head Pier caught a few spot and croaker off and on all day.
Jennette's Pier also reported spot and croaker, along with a few speckled trout and small flounder.
Spot and croaker were landed on Outer Banks Pier Tuesday night. Pigfish were taken, and several striped bass were released Wednesday.
South of Oregon Inlet, Rodanthe Pier reported a few bottom fish landed during the morning. Fishing picked up in the afternoon, with a mixture of spot, croaker, flounder, black drum and tailor blues taken.
Plenty of bottom fish, Spanish mackerel, tailor blues and some pompano were landed from Avon Pier Wednesday afternoon.
A few blues, small flounder and bottom fish were caught sporadically throughout the day on Frisco Pier.
Surfcasters from Corolla to Oregon Inlet caught small bottom fish in fair numbers on the rising tide.
A few small bottom fish, flounder and bluefish were landed around Oregon Inlet. Some fair-sized gray trout were hauled in from the inlet's south side late Tuesday night.
Action was slow along the beach from Rodanthe to Buxton, with spot, croaker and a few small mullet taken.
Some Spanish mackerel were beached from Cape Point late Tuesday afternoon and again Wednesday. Small croaker and spot also were taken during the day.
Small flounder, a few seamullet, bluefish and some Spanish mackerel were landed along the beach from Frisco to False Point.
Small king mackerel and Spanish mackerel were landed by boaters trolling off Hatteras Inlet.
Blue water charters off Hatteras reported a few dolphin and wahoo taken. Several billfish were released, including a blue marlin and a white marlin by the Tuna Duck, a blue marlin by the Lucky Chip, a white marlin by the Chaser and a sailfish by the Hatteras Fever.
Scattered bluefish and a few Spanish mackerel were landed by charters trolling around the Oregon Inlet. Croaker, pigfish and some small gray trout were taken by headboats in the area.
Billfishing was excellent northeast of Oregon Inlet. Contestants in the 13th annual Pirates Cove Billfish tournament released 90 billfish. The Prime Time continued to hold the lead, with six additional billfish released.
Dolphin and tuna were scarce northeast of Oregon Inlet, but a few catches were reported from the point.
The water temperature was 76.5 degrees Wednesday at the Army Corps of Engineers Pier in Duck, and 79 degrees at Frisco Pier on Hatteras Island.
The previous report erroneously said the second-place boat in Sunday's Alice Kelly Memorial Billfish Tournament was the Sea Note. The boat was later identified as the C-Mist, with four billfish releases. by CNB