i should've gone today, but i didn't

where the speckled trout fishermen at?

1/1/2010 12:59:50 AM

1rd

1/1/2010 1:10:59 AM

2st

1/1/2010 1:11:41 AM

are you a fisher of men?

1/1/2010 1:34:21 AM

wawebste asks serious questions, ITT.

1/1/2010 1:35:18 AM

and I demand answers!!!

1/1/2010 1:43:31 AM

no

1/1/2010 2:03:34 AM

I see how it is

1/1/2010 2:05:09 AM

I just texted someone telling them I want to trade Super Mario Bros. Wii for his boat this weekend. Keeping my fingers crossed.

1/1/2010 2:59:40 AM

I know a good spot where the ladies can fish for trouser trout.

1/1/2010 8:35:59 AM

maybe the wind wont blow this year

1/1/2010 11:30:41 AM

so did they shut down the turning basin with the explosive incident at the port today?

1/12/2010 5:12:23 PM

I caught a goldfish out of my aquarium


thats how i practice, i even have turtles up in there swimmin around too so its just like fishing in real life

1/12/2010 5:15:54 PM

man, a turtle will scope out your cork and go look under it for a worm or cricket

aggravating fuckers

1/12/2010 8:05:52 PM

who fishes for shad? i'm already getting the itch and the run is a month and a half away

1/14/2010 9:05:10 PM

Why are the specks so popular? Good fight and good eats? I've never really fished in my life outside of a couple of chartered fishing trips, which isn't really fishing when all you do is real the shit in. I just moved to the Crystal Coast so I'm hoping I can pick up the hobby and maybe put a meal or two on the table every now and then.

1/14/2010 9:06:44 PM

specks are great to eat. the fight isn't anything spectacular unless you hang a big one. you use light tackle, which is really fun to me. you also stand a good chance to catch red drum, flounder, and stripers when you trout fish. all of those are good eating too. i personally don't go fishing for meat and throw back a lot of legal fish. speck fishing is cheap. the rods and reels are cheap compared to other types of fishing. you don't burn much gas b/c the ramps are close to the holes and you use the trolling motor all day. it doesn't take a big fancy boat or ridiculous electronics. it's relaxing as hell. really quiet out on the creeks. you don't have to go all the way to the beach, either. plenty of times when specks can be caught around new bern and havelock. most of all, i like the challenge. it's kinda satisfying to return to the boat ramp having caught a good mess of specks and talking to several other boats who haven't been able to figure out the particular pattern that day.

i love speckled trout fishing, if you couldn't tell.

[Edited on January 14, 2010 at 9:20 PM. Reason : i will never understand the name "crystal coast". we have relatively murky water.]

1/14/2010 9:14:58 PM

Hey there, I'm looking for advice on deep sea fishing on our honeymoon. My fiance' was born and raised in Kansas and this will only be his second time seeing the Atlantic, so although avid freshwater fishermen, we have no clue when it comes to deep sea fishing. We're actually looking at honeymooning on the Georgia coast (looking at Tybee island-near Savannah) so if anyone has experience from down there, that would be really great. Also, is the deep sea fishing superior in NC? If so we may split our time between NC and GA coast. The wedding is in High Point, but we'd be willing to drive for a quality fishing experience. I know it depends on what we're looking for, but again....we're not experienced with salt water species. I would like to catch shark (weird fascination, too much shark week I guess), other than that...we want something fun to catch that eats pretty good too. Any advice as to how to determine a good deep sea charter from the sketchy ones would be great also; though I also know that it will largely depend on the weather and how the fish are biting that day. I've heard trips are usually a really expensive boat ride or the time of your life, we're willing to take that risk, we just want to increase our odds by having a good captain that knows where the fish usually are. We were also debating head boat v. charter. I know charter is more expensive, but do you think it would be a better fishing experience? Thank you for any help!

1/20/2010 2:03:14 PM

Went fishing for Stripers yesterday out of OI. Not a bite

1/20/2010 5:42:28 PM

http://www.newsobserver.com/sports/story/295153.html

Quote :

"The weather has been so cold along North Carolina's coast this winter that some speckled trout haven't survived. In the North River, an estimated 4,000 pounds of dead trout were collected after a cold snap on Jan. 4. Fish have turned up dead elsewhere: 2,000 pounds on the Pungo River, 500 pounds on the Pamlico River and 200 pounds on the Alligator River. "

1/21/2010 2:18:35 PM

hopefully heading out to oak island next week to do some fishing. hope somthing is biting. reading the fishing reports. looks pretty shitty

1/21/2010 2:20:51 PM

woot woot oak island ftw!

1/21/2010 2:37:03 PM

was in the cape fear for trout last wkd, nodda. Gonna try a wreck or two this wkd. The whole snapper and goliath ban has thrown a wrench in my spring fish tacos. I did get a new fly setup for reds and pampano tho.

1/21/2010 2:40:12 PM

^have you caught a pompano in NC before?


Whats the length on that fly rod?

1/21/2010 2:58:50 PM

personally, nay. but I know where they live and I intend to slay. I have a 8' and 9' (6weight). 8' doesn't fly well on the coast. the 9' is actually for freshwater, but works well in less than 10-12 knots. saltwater is more about the line type and weight

1/21/2010 3:12:14 PM

i've caught plenty of pompano in NC waters

1/21/2010 3:26:41 PM

Yah, I knew Pompano came up here but I wasn't sure how often and or how many (I thought they were more on the rare side). Where do you usually catch them, surf fishing?


^^Thats what I need to step my game up to. I only have a 7' fly rod right now. Im terrible and I blame it on the rod being too short (prob just need mo practice)


Anyone tried Lake Raleigh on some of these warmer winter days? Was it worth your time?

1/21/2010 3:44:11 PM

most of the pompano i've caught have been from the surf or pier. they're usually not present in numbers that make them targetable, but i've seen maybe one or two days where they were there in schools and you could catch them two-at-a-time as fast as you could go for a couple hours at the time when the tide was right.

[Edited on January 21, 2010 at 3:48 PM. Reason : i don't do lake raleigh in the winter. too scared of that frigid water if the canoe were to flip ]

1/21/2010 3:47:25 PM

Looking forward to trying out my new (to me) waders fishing in the mountains

1/21/2010 4:33:57 PM

Most of the pompano I've seen caught are in the surf. I went to key west over new years and we sight casted them, i think it's a possibility in clearer water, ie not CB or the river. In the ILM area, they're mostly caught at BHI or along the cape fear shoals.

1/22/2010 9:23:42 AM

from what i see this morning, it looks like the people are still catching whiting pretty good. and they're still some flounder around off the coast of oki.

1/22/2010 9:41:50 AM

Islamorada for Spring Break. To say that I'm excited is to say that the Atlantic Ocean is damp.

1/22/2010 9:51:37 AM

is it with NCSU? Kayaking?

1/22/2010 11:45:00 AM

Nope. My godparents have a place in Lower Matecumbe, just south of Islamorada. God willing, the water will be clear enough for pole spearing and diving. If the water lays down a bit, we may try the back side of Alligator Reef by the 40' drop.

1/24/2010 8:40:13 PM

what do you target down there?

1/24/2010 9:00:29 PM

We just got back from a trip over new years...Islamorada is absolutely beautiful. I also went last spring break w/the school's kayaking PE class.

The only thing we caught over break were cuda, crevalle jack, and a bunch of mangrove snapper. The kings are supposed to be in the area, but we didn't have the right boat to get in the deeper waters. Did see a few resident tarpon and rays breach though.

1/25/2010 9:58:25 AM

I've got the girlfriend with me, so we will definitely do some bottom fishing so she can catch some stuff. I don't know if the water will be warm enough by then, but if it is, I will probably target tarpon almost exclusively. Regardless though, I'll be equipped to catch anything shy of swords and marlins.

Oh, saw a couple specials on kite fishing for sharks. Thinking about trying that. My research lab up here at NCSU is looking at tagging sand tigers and Atlantic sharpnose, so kite fishing may be a good way to raise those species.

Other stuff I may pursue (dependent on dock talk, weather, and legit fishing reports):

Snapper
Redfish
Jewfish (Goliath Grouper)
Jacks
Kings
Wahoo
Mahi

The last three will really be weather dependent, since I won't have a whole lot of boat (22') to work with.

[Edited on January 25, 2010 at 7:12 PM. Reason : ]

1/25/2010 7:12:30 PM

I thought Jewfish are prohibited to catch nowaday.

1/25/2010 7:21:35 PM

yeah, i thought that in florida you can't even take them out of the water

1/25/2010 9:11:21 PM

FISH PWNT. STAY HOME

1/25/2010 9:23:49 PM

Also, I'm pretty sure you can't fish for grouper and red snappers this time of the year in FL.

1/26/2010 12:36:16 AM

You can't remove them from the water, but you can still fish for them. They're fun to fight, and the ones up in the mangroves are small enough for lighter tackle.

I'll be more specific- yellowtail and mangrove snapper. The former of which the limit was just raised on, since they have been hammered year after year without much management attention.

I'm not looking to go out there and slaughter as many fish as I can. I do mostly catch and release anyway. Don't get me wrong though- if I raise a big enough snapper, trigger, or whatever, and it's in season, it goes in the cooler.

[Edited on January 26, 2010 at 9:40 AM. Reason : ]

1/26/2010 9:39:43 AM

i will tell you that the tarpon that remain in the area are "harvard" educated. They are resident tarpon and extremely hard to catch. I was told this by a couple of guides and they said the best chance was to hit spots on the gulf side almost to the edge of the keys.

Mangrove snapper are the heat. live shrimp, .5 oz sinker or no sinker if it's not windy. the further away you are from populated spots, the bigger the fish. As a matter of fact, we used bobbers and live shrimp/ballyhoo most of the time.

The whole jewfish thing - i mean, if one bites your line, it's not your fault. you do have to catch and release, but they're not going to fine you for trying to get a hook out of it's mouth. just don't get caught fishing next to the bridge or in jewfish creek with a tunny rig.

1/26/2010 1:05:00 PM

^truth.

I use live blue crabs and striped mullet for live-baiting the tarpon (I've seen this done with some success using kites as well), and I use the DOA swimming mullet in root beer as an artificial. Truth be told, I have had more regular success with the DOA than anything else, live bait included.

1/26/2010 4:34:16 PM

i've only heard good things on DOA...they sometimes work better than live shrimp in this area as well. Although, i think its b/c most of the recreational fishermen don't realize how important it is to prep bait correctly

EDIT:

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[Edited on January 26, 2010 at 5:01 PM. Reason : ^]

1/26/2010 4:55:57 PM

Agreed.

My general tarpon set-up is 2 trolling rods off the back with live-somethings on 50 lb braid with 100 lb fluoro leader, and then two anglers casting big-boy spinning reels (like the Shimano Stradic 8000FI) with the same line/leader combo and DOA's as terminal tackle.

On a related note, I would like to try butterfly jigs on the silver kings. Apparently you can catch just about anything else with them.

1/26/2010 5:01:07 PM

sounds effective, good review:
http://www.tackletour.com/reviewshimanobutterflyjigs.html

1/26/2010 5:26:20 PM

Quote :

"Although, i think its b/c most of the recreational fishermen don't realize how important it is to prep bait correctly"

what do you do?

[Edited on January 26, 2010 at 6:11 PM. Reason : also, there are reports of the first few shad showing up ]

1/26/2010 6:10:53 PM

depends on hook, size of bait, target species...usually under the horn or last joint of the tail

1/27/2010 10:57:42 AM

so you're just talking about how to properly hook live bait?

1/27/2010 4:05:11 PM