Wednesday, December 19, 2007
Fishing Trip - Dec 19, 2007
I had the pleasure of fishing with a buddy of mine from Raleigh this past week. Randy owns and operates the web site, NCAngler.com He pulled his 21’ Triumph and brought along a friend of his, Richard.
We headed out about 7:30 on Wed. morning. It was an absolutely calm and virtually windless day. There wasn’t even 6” swells and not a ripple on the water. We headed out of Topsail Inlet aiming for a set of ledges about 13 miles offshore. We fished there for a few hours. It was slow catching but we managed a few black bass.
We headed about another 9 miles out to another series of ledges. As soon as we arrived I knew it was going to be a good stop, the fish finder shown lots of fish through out the water column. We even saw some bait fish breaking the surface of the water.
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
Catching report 12-18-2007
The speckled trout bite is slow but they are still biting, look for the fish in deeper holes and channels now. The drum are schooling in the creeks. A few flounder are being caught but most are undersize. Black Sea Bass are in the 3 mile range with grouper and snapper further out. If you want to head out of the Topsail area, the Stripers are biting in the Cape Fear and some nice Blue Fin Tuna are being caught out of Morehead City.
Winter time fishing
It’s almost officially winter time. Does that mean the fishing has stopped? Nope, not in these parts anyway. There is still plenty of fish to be caught along our coast. Granted, the bite is slower and you have to work a little harder. However for an avid angler, there are fish to be caught.
Speckled trout and red drum are here all year round as are a few flounder. The big drum head out into the deeper waters of the ocean but the juveniles stay here. They gather in schools when the weather gets cool and can be found in the creeks. Look for them on the sand flats or shallow oyster rocks on a sunny day. Often they will tear up any bait or lure you send their way as the pickings are sparse in the winter. However a slow retrieve works best. Winter often also means clear water, so concentrate on presentation and stealth.
Saturday, December 08, 2007
Fishing Trip - 12-8-2007
Left the dock about 8:15 this morning and headed out to a spot about 13 miles out of the inlet. Brad, the Associate Pastor at my church went with me. The seas were flat and the wind was calm - awesome weather, and on a Saturday to boot. Brad hadn’t been out on the ocean in a long time and sure picked a great day for his return to the big blue!
Thursday, December 06, 2007
Wacky Weather
t’s wacky weather time. More often than not it seems each year we get some wacky weather this time of year.
Sometimes it comes in the form of temperatures that are out of the norm, like an 80 day in February or like this past week when the temperature vacillate between hot and cold. Sunday and Monday we had highs in the 60’s with an overnight in the high 50’s. Monday night thermometer plummeted from 62 in the daytime to 32 that night. A 40 degree shift! Brrrrr.
