Fishing Report Nov 26th 2013
For Tuesday Nov 26th, the forecast calls for cloudy skies and an 80% chance of rain, SE winds 15 – 25 mph, high temp in the mid 60’s. Sunset will be at 4:50 pm and sunrise tomorrow will be at 6:50 pm.
First tide is high at 1:02 am with a low at 7:10 am
Second tide is high at 1:06 pm and low at 7:37 pm
Conditions are good this morning with clean water, 2 – 3 ft waves, ocean temps in the low to mid 50’s. The first report I had this morning was slot size red drums and a few keeper speckled trout were being hooked from the beach north of Avalon pier. All the piers said the puppy drum bite was on again.
Avalon and Outer Banks piers are closing for the season on Saturday Nov 30th. Nags Head pier will shut down Sunday Nov 31st. Jennettes pier will remain open all winter.
Be a hero, TAKE A KID FISHING!!! Coolbreeze out
Fishing Report Nov 25th 2013
For Monday Nov 25th, the expected high will be around 44 degrees with partly cloudy skies and 0% chance of rain. Wind will start out N shifting to SE 10 -15 mph. Sunset is 4:51 pm and sunrise tomorrow is 6:49 pm.
First tide is high at 12:07 am with a low at 6:11 am
Second tide is high at 12:13 pm and low at 6:48 pm
Driving to work this morning I noticed the ice on some areas of Kitty Hawk Bay so it had to be a bit more than chilly last nite. Calling around to the piers, Outer banks pier was the hot spot with several slot puppy drum hooked this morning. Sea water temp is posted as 50 – 51 degrees. Tuesday and Wednesday are supposed to be in the 60s but with a significant chance of rain. Thanksgiving is typically a popular holiday on the OBX so I’m hoping we don’t get weathered out on the weekend. Not trying to date myself but I can remember surf fishermen coming here for the holiday to chase schools of large bluefish blitzing the beaches. Not holding my breath but wouldn’t that be something to be thankful for!
If those fat speckled trout decide to start showing up this week and the cold weather is making you re-think your wader situation, come on in, we can help you out. If you need fresh eels, we can help you out.
Make a good fish story, TAKE A KID FISHING!!! Coolbreeze out
Fishing Report Nov 23rd 2013
For Saturday Nov 23rd mostly cloudy with a small chance of rain, high around 54 degrees. Winds fresh N to NW at 15 – 25 mph. Sunset is 4:51 pm and sunrise tomorrow is at 6:47 pm
First tide is low at 4:27 am and high is 10:37 am
Second tide is low at 5:15 pm with a high at 11:15pm
Well, like the weather, the drum bite has cooled down a lot from earlier this week. Piers and beaches had little to report this morning. Temps are dropping tonight and the breeze is building – that should chase some more fishes out of Virginia down our way – we can only hope.
Offshore fleet stayed at the docks today – probably tomorrow also.
Good weekend to work on your gear. TAKE A KID FISHING!!! Coolbreeze out
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Fishing Report Nov 22nd 2013
For Friday Nov 22nd, warmer today, high around 68 degrees mostly cloudy skies, wind south shifting to southwest 10 – 15 and a 0% chance of rain. Sunset is 4:52 pm and sunrise tomorrow at 6:46 am
First tide is low at 3:42 am with a high at 9:55 am
Second tide is low at 4:33 pm with a high at 10:27 pm
Not sure what the ocean temp is cause we’re getting different readings – we’ll just call it at 55 degrees. Not hearing a lot of puppy drum, mostly small specks although I did weigh a 5.54# spec caught by Jim Soles north of Avalon pier. I did hear that the offshore boats did go out.
Fishing Report Nov 19th 2013
Tuesday Nov 19th, same sandbar, different day. Expect a high around 54 degrees under mostly sunny skies with a 0% chance of rain today. Sunset is 4:53 pm, sunrise tomorrow is 6:43 am. Winds are N at 20 – 30 mph.
First tide is low at 1:41 am with a high at 7:58am
Second tide is low at 2:38 pm and high at 8:19 pm
This northerly breeze is expected to stay with us for a couple days at least. Yesterday was very productive on the piers and especially the beaches with lots of slot sized puppy drum and some keeper speckled trout in the mix. Today’s weather calls for a different approach, “plan B” if you will. A strong north wind means a strong current along the ocean shore with dirty water for sure. Throwing lures in the surf today would be a little too challenging. If 8 and bait won’t hold bottom inside of the first 30 yds maybe we need to think about fishing somewhere else.
Oregon inlet – the jetty, the catwalks, Bodie light, propeller slough, Green island slough first come to mind.
Sounds – Kitty Hawk Bay, Colington Island, little bridge, the pier under the west side of the Pirates Cove bridge, west end of Wright Memorial Bridge, back side of Jockeys ridge, the pier at the west end of old Manns Harbor bridge.
Hatteras Island – Pea Island, New Inlet, old channel at Kinnakeet Station, Canadian Hole, south beach (Cape Point to Hatteras Inlet). lots of other honey holes to be sure.
There is always somewhere on the OBX to feed the fishing beast. Boat not required. TAKE A KID FISHING!!! Coolbreeze out