Fishing Report Jan 4th 2014

For Sat Jan 4th, expect it to be mostly sunny with a high about 44 degrees, light NE winds and a 0% chance of rain.  Sunset will be at 5:01 pm and tomorrows sunrise will be at 7:14 am.
First tide is low at 3:07 am followed with a high at 9:16 am
Second tide is a low at 3:47 pm with the high at 9:47 pm

Coming to work this morning was down right chilly in the high 20s but at least it wasn’t blowing 20 – 30 mph like yesterday.  People keep asking if there has been any action on ocean stripers, but I haven’t heard anything yet that would indicate that we will have an ocean rockfish season on the OBX.  During the week there were some puppy drum landed on the beaches at Oregon Inlet and around Cape Hatteras but that has cooled off along with the  weather.

There is now a size and possession limit on Black Drum in North Carolina.  Effective 01/01/2014, recreational anglers are allowed to keep 10 black drum per day between 14″ – 25″.  Of those 10 fish, 1(one) may be over 25 inches.  Previously there was no size or possession limits for black drum.  Some anglers confuse small sheepshead and black drum – aside from having a different body shape and mouth configuration, the drum always has barbells or “whiskers” under its chin that are easily recognized.

TAKE A KID FISHING!!!

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