Archive for month: November, 2013

It’s Saturday Nov 16th and it doesn’t feel like it’s freezing anymore.  Wind is light E, skies are mostly sunny, high expected of 65 degrees, 0% chance of rain today.  Sunset at 4:55 pm, sunrise tomorrow is at 6:40 am.
First tide is high at 6:03 am and low is 12:40 pm
Second tide is high at 6:20 pm and the next low is early tomorrow morning

It’s a beautiful fall day to be outside.  If you didn’t want to spend it fishing, I believe you could be forgiven.  So far I’ve heard of lots of puppy drum and small speckled trout being caught from the surf this morning.  The water is clean and 59 – 60 degrees with small waves.  The piers are also reporting red drum, black drum and small trout.  Sources up north tell me there are still lots of  nice sized trout in the Chesapeake so maybe we have a shot at whacking them good when they start heading past us on the sandbar.

Some of the offshore fleet went out yesterday and decked nice yellowfin, mahi and a few wahoo.  Today should be another bonus day for them.

This is a great day to get outside and celebrate life – we don’t get  enough of them so enjoy it now.  TAKE A KID FISHING!!!
Coolbreeze out

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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It’s Tuesday, Nov 5th, and these 15 – 25 mph NE winds are generating a strong onshore windswell that is complicating our ocean fishing report.  It’s mostly sunny today, expect a high of 61 degrees and a 0% chance of rain.  Sunset will arrive at 5:03 pm; sunrise tomorrow will be at 6:30 am.
First tide is low at 1:47 am with a high at 8:05 am
Second tide is low at 2:38 pm and a high at 8:26 pm

Although conditions are challenging, there are fish to be caught by those hardy and adventurous  souls willing to brave the brisk winds and surging seas.   Puppy drum love these conditions.

At the reddrumtackle.com site in the main forum (click on AGE) there is an interesting thread discussing the age and  growth rate of red drum, our state fish.  In 2011 N C marine biologists reported there had been the “most productive spawn in decades” that year.  Correspondingly in fall of 2012 there were very good catch numbers of 13″-17″ fish.  These slot-sized pups we are currently harvesting are that 2011 class and barring any weather anomalies will give us another good run next year after which they will graduate out of the N C slot to hopefully become a whole new mega class of breeders (or am I hoping for too much?  To quote Bob Eakes, “I hope we get completely  overrun with puppy drum.”).  This is where I say thank you to fish management and hope I live long enough to enjoy the benefits.

As always , TAKE A KID FISHING!!!  Coolbreeze out

For the 3rd of Nov expect mostly sunny skies, 0% chance of rain, high around 58 degrees.  Winds will be northerly 15 – 25 mph, sunset at 5:06 pm EST and sunrise at 6:07 am EST ( did you set your clocks back from daylight saving time? )
First tide is low at 1:12 am and high at 6:28 am
Second tide is low at 12:58 pm and high at6:46 pm

As far as weekends go, this has been a slow one.  When I called Avalon this morning, Budgie told me there was no one fishing.  Duck Research posted the water temp @ 66 degrees.  Jennettes and Outer Banks piers had a few hardy souls with lines in the water but the only thing landed so far was a couple of skates.  Sean at Fishing Unlimited next to the little bridge reported that they had observed 1 (one) small trout and a puppy drum this morning.  Slow everywhere.  They must have enjoyed Halloween too much and forgot to set their clocks back.

Thursday morning the Cape Hatteras Anglers Club Invitational Surf Fishing Tournament kicks off.   Good luck to everyone involved – I hope you all catch tons of fish this week.

As always, TAKE A KID FISHING!!!   Coolbreeze out