Fishing Report Nov 23rd 2013

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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

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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

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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

 

Fishing Report Mon Nov 18th 2013

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Today is looking to be seasonably mild with a high in the mid 70s under partly sunny skies.  Slim chance of rain and light SW winds switching to NW 10 – 15 later.  Sunset at 4:54 pm, sunrise tomorrow at 6:42 am.
First tide is a low at 1:03 am with a high at 7:21 am
Second tide is low at 2:02 pm and high at 7:40 pm

Monday Nov 18th may be a sequel to an awesome weekend for the number of puppy drum that were hooked on the beaches and piers of the outer banks.  The hole north of Avalon Pier was productive this morning – one customer buying Berkley gulps described the action as “fish every cast!”  Trout catches have been mostly under sized with the occasional keeper – as the weather gets more seasonal I expect to see larger specks on the stringers.  Expect some of that seasonal weather to show up tomorrow through the rest of the week.  Ocean temps are reported along the beach at around 58 degrees.  Brrrrrr!

The big boys who made it out through yesterday’s fog came back with more yellowfin tuna and mahi-mahi.

Be a hero.  TAKE A KID FISHING!!!
Coolbreeze out

Fishing Report Nov 17th 2013

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It’s Sunday Nov 17th.  The forecast is for a high of 69 degrees under mostly cloudy skies with a 0% chance of rain.  Wind will be light easterly shifting to south 10 -15 later.  Sunset is 4:55 pm and sunrise tomorrow is 6:41 am
First tide is low at 12:24 am with a high at 6 :43 pm
Second tide is low at 1:22 pm with a high at 7:01 pm

Yesterday was epic for “year 2011 class red drum” being caught on the northern outer banks.  Buxton jetties, Cape Point and Hatteras Inlet according to Red Drum Tackle has been off the hook surf fishing the last couple days.   Avalon reported keeper speckled trout during the early bite this morning.  Oregon Inlet beaches have been blistering red drum.  A customer this morning told me about catching a citation spec in his cast net.  Remember, possession for red drum is 1 fish between 18 – 27 inches per/day per/person. A speckled trout limit is 4 per/day, greater than 14 inches  (lets be real, a 14″ trout is a small trout).  Anyone need eels, we got lots of nice eels.

Enjoy your weekend!  TAKE A KID FISHING!!!     Coolbreeze out

11/16/2013

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#1 Pilgrim Platter
2oz Corned Beef 2oz Smoked Turkey on an oven baked 7 grain batard with baby greens, tomato, onion, banana peppers smoked Gouda cheese and 1000 islan dressing.
$7.29

#2 Plymouth Rock Rampage
2oz Cappi Ham 2oz Honey Turkey on a whole wheat or plain Ciabatta bread with lettuce, tomato, onion, sweet pepers, Mozzarella cheese and BBQ mayo.
$6.89

#3 Sqanto Scraps
Homemade hummus in a wrap with baby greens, tomato, banana peppers and a broccoli cauliflower salad in a sweet Thai chili sauce
$5.49

#4 Good Glory Give Thanks
3oz Buffalo Chicken on a toasted sundried tomato focaccia roll with lettuce, tomato, onion, roasted red peppers, black olives, horse radish cheddar cheese and ranch dressing
$6.89

#5 Harvest Handler
2oz Honey Ham heated with melted American cheese on a toasted Kaiser roll with lettuce, tomato, pickle and spicy mustard served with potato, pasta salad or an 8oz cup of soup
$6.49

#6 Culinary Cultivation Creation
3oz Jerk Turkey on a honey wheat or plain 8 inch sub roll with lettuce, tomato, banana peppers, pickle, onion, jack cheese, Duke’s mayo and Boars Head spicy mustard.
$4.89

Fishing Report Nov 16th 2013

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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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Fishing Report Nov 12th 2013

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It’s Tuesday Nov 12th and “the weather she’s a’changing”.  “If you don’t like the weather, just wait a little while.”  Mostly cloudy, high around 52, slight chance of rain, winds west earlier, shifting north and building midday 15 – 30+.  Sunset 4:58 pm, sunrise tomorrow 6:36 am.  Low tonight in the mid 30s – brrrrrrrr!
First tide is high at 2:42 am with a low at 9:07 am
Second tide is high at 2:00pm and low at 9:22 pm

This morning Avalon pier reported lots of speckled trout, often two at a time, problem was they were all 10 – 13 inches.  Duck research pier posted the ocean temp at 61 degrees today and all the piers report the water as muddy.  Jennettes pier reported about a dozen folks fishing with catches of red drum, some bluefish, a  small flounder and a few puffers.  OBX pier had a couple folks fishing with only a few sea mullet to report.

Definitely not a boat day, so sad.

My suggestion is throw another comforter on the bed and bundle up w/your significant other and think warm thoughts for now.  Maybe later, TAKE A KID FISHING!!!    Coolbreeze out

11/11/2013

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#1 Honey Hungry Hoagie
2oz Honey Ham 2oz Smoked Turkey on an over baked 7 grain batard with baby greens, tomato, sweet peppers, lacy swiss cheese and herb mayo
$7.29

#2 Spice-dilly-icous
2oz Cajun Turkey 2oz Roast Beef on a whole wheat or plain ciabatta roll with wasabi cole slaw, tomato, onion, banana peppers and jack cheese
$6.89

#3 Crunchy Granola Grub
homemade hummus in a wrap with baby greens, tomato, onion, banana peppers, poppy seed dressing and crunch berry and fruit granola
$5.49

#4 Buffalo Bonanza Bite
3oz Buffalo Chicken on a sun-dried tomato focaccia roll with lettuce, tomato, jalapeno peppers, 3 pepper cheese and tequila sauce
$6.89

#5 Comfort Combo
2oz Bologna on a toasted Kaiser roll with lettuce, tomato, pickle, American cheese and spicy mustard. Served this a side of potato or pasta salad
$6.49

#6 Forever Feast
3oz Ever Roast Chicken on honey wheat or plain 8in sub roll with lettuce, tomato, onion, pickle, banana peppers, Vermont cheddar cheese, dukes mayo and spicy mustard
$4.89

SOUP OF THE WEEK
Very Vegi Beef
16oz $4.99

Fishing Report Nov 10th 2013

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For Sunday Nov 10th we’re looking at sunny skies with a high of 62 degrees, with a 0% chance of rain, winds will be W 10- 15 mph.  Sunset is 4:59 pm and sunrise tomorrow is 6:54 pm.
First tide is high at 12:24 am and low at 6:42 am
Second tide is high at 12:49 pm with the low at 7:25 pm

Today is starting slowly but I expect it will pick up.  At 8 am this morning I called Avalon Pier and they reported there was no one fishing yet – their customers must have been out running in one of the marathon events today.  Checking in at Nags Head pier they told me of the 8 – 10 people on the pier no one had caught anything yet.  Jennettes pier staff reported 20 – 25 paying customers out on the planks and so far they were catching black drum, spot, sea mullet and small bluefish.  Outer Banks pier had 6-8 anglers and they had landed some trout, bluefish and puppy drum.  I’m guessing the OBX pier gets to win the morning S-n-S fishing report today.

Any big news comes this way, we’ll do an update.  TAKE A KID FISHING!!!   Coolbreeze out