North Beach Fishing
not 38 degrees and howling out of
the north at 30 kts, but those days
CORRECTION
will come along every now and
In our Fall edition of the
then and it’ll be worth it to char-
North Beach Sun, I wrote about
By Capt. Billy Griggs light surf gear ready for the great won’t know, and the guy standing
ter a boat, or fish in the surf when
the Dare County Arts Council
ou’ve got to be a lit-
action we can expect right off the next to you with a $100 outfit, will
the right day comes along. Tight
that “ . . . the council is also
Y
tle hard core to stick
beach. Specks are moving south probably out catch you anyway. If
lines!
planning on offering scholar-
it out during the
out of Lynnhaven and Rudee In- it’s a matter of expense, spend the
Capt. Billy Griggs has been fishing
ship programs in the schools.”
winter Outer Banks
lets in Virginia Beach and will start extra money on the better rod.
the inshore waters of the Outer
The Arts Council has of-
fishing season. Most
making their way south for the Daiwa is making great little reels
Banks all his life. He can be booked
fered scholarships to Dare
of those magic days
winter. Corolla will get some good called Sweepfires that cost all of
for charters aboard his 26 ft. Cus-
County high school students
are gone and although we’ll get a
Speckled Trout and Puppy Drum about $12 - $15 bucks and if they
scattered day of Indian Summer
get a little ragged or stiffen up, you
tom Carolina Center Console by
for a number of years, and the
weather in the middle of January,
can sling them in the trashcan and
calling him directly at 252-202-
statement as written was incor-
it’ll be a rare thing so you need to
You can go nuts and go get a new one. You can get a
2174.
rect.
be on it.
spend $ 500 on a trout
great 7’ graphite rod for $60 easily.
I am sorry for any confu-
The target species for the
It’s hard to say at this point
sion my error may have caused.
winter sport fishing season will,
setup, but the fish won’t whether we’re going to get a good
for the most part, be the Striped
know, and the guy
Ocean Striper season. There are
Bass, locally known as Rockfish or
some big fish at the Chesapeake
OPEN
Year-Round at 5pm
just plain Rock. They will provide standing next to you
Bay Bridge Tunnel right now, but I Closed Sundays
the necessary action to keep you
think those fish are probably com-
the place for
interested, and will also provide
with a $100 outfit, will ing down from the Upper Bay and
cozyevenings
you with some excellent table fare
probably out catch you
just hanging around the structure
on chilly winter nights.
of the Bridge and the rocks close
Right now, there are plenty of
anyway.
by. But, the big cows will eventu-
ally make a showing right on the
Stripers in the sounds. They are
Oregon Inlet shoals any day now
bigger than usual this year, with
and it’ll be a fiberglass jungle there
plenty topping 10 lbs. This pro- action in the tidal pools along the
with boats from all over the re-
vides some great light tangle an- north beach from Carova Beach,
gion.
441.9555
gling for casters and trollers and south through
working the bridge struc- Ocean Sands and
Recent years have produced
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big Stripers on the Shoals up to
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35-40 lbs in November, then
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they’ve headed to parts un-
known after a couple weeks
and the shoal fishery dried
up. The huge schools of
SUPPLIES
Stripers have wintered off FOR ALL
Viginia Beach for the last couple
OCCASSIONS!
years and a lot of the Outer Banks
Charter boats and their crews
Rockfish
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tures in both Pine Island.
have made the move to Rudee
Birthday/themed supplies
the Roanoke and The beaches
Inlet to take advantage of calmer
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Croatan Sounds. There have been north of Corolla
conditions, better fishing, and of
some good reports of decent sized Village are hard
course the excellent night life
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Rockfish along the twin spans of and flat, but the gullies are pro-
waiting for them after a hard day
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well. Night time fishing around
either.
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I think those sloughs are best
the Manteo Bridge has been ex-
fished in the mid tide range, either
Have some fun fishing the
Cards,favors,novelties for all occasions
cellent with 30 inch fish being re-
coming in or out. For the Puppy
Outer Banks this winter. You’ll
Seasonal items
ported regularly.
Drum, you can fish with fresh cut
have to pick your days when it’s MEMBER OUTER BANKS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE & OUTER BANKS WEDDING ASSOCIATION
There are also plenty of mullet and just leave your bait in
Speckled Trout, and Redfish in the the water. For the Specks, artifi-
Sounds right now, and they’re cials like Mirrolures, Jigs with your
pretty easy to catch. You might favorite Soft Plastics such as Gulp
MP 4 • Kitty Hawk
have to run your boat to a couple baits, or Fins will do the trick. You
of different spots to get on them, do not need heavy 10’ surf com-
252.261.2175
but they’re here, they’re biting, bos. In fact, using those broom
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and once on them, you can pretty sticks will actually be counter-
well get yourself a decent catch. productive. Go to one of the sev-
Waterfront Shops, Duck
These fish are just hanging around eral fine tackle stores and get the
Fall &
252.261.5164
the marsh points, some of the experts there to set you up with a
deeper slough next to flats, and in high quality 7’ light graphite rod
Holiday
the “Pond”. A couple of sharp cold rated for up to 10 lb. test, and a de-
fronts could put them on the cent 2500 to 3000 class spinning
Fashions
move, out of the inlet, and in the reel of moderate quality.
surf zone.
You can go nuts and spend
have arrived!
This is a good time to get your $500 on a trout setup, but the fish
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