05-18-2003, 09:20 PM
[font "Arial"][size 2]Charter boats out of Oregon Inlet have had yellowfins up to 84 pounds, bigeye tuna up to 163 pounds, gaffer dolphin and scattered stripers. Tons of blues in the inlet along with Big Black Drum being caught. A number of Black Drum were caught ranging in weight from 50 to 70 pounds.
Farther south, the cobia are starting to show with an 82-pounder landed. Spanish and blues have been caught in the surf along with some sea mullet north of Avon. A few nice flounder are starting to come out of the sound. The central coast has had great bluefish runs with fish into the teens at Emerald Isle piers along with good black drum and sea mullet. Some nice kings and Spanish have been caught from the Topsail piers. Gaffer dolphin, kings and Wahoo have been caught offshore. The southern coast has seen some nice flounder and blues from the south end of Carolina Beach and black and red drum from the surf and in the ICW. Wahoo and dolphin have been caught on the charters.
Inland, the stripers look to be spawning hard this week in the Roanoke River. Reports that 100 rock to the boat are being caught. Most fish are 2 thru 5 pounds but some Big Rock are in the river also some in the 20 to 30 pound range. Also in the rivers the Bream are just starting to rise from the deep and move to the shore line. Reports of limits of Bream being caught.
Falls Lake anglers are catching some bass shallow with spinner baits, buzz baits and trick worms. There has been some schooling activity near the dam.
Kerr Lake largemouth are doing well on soft plastics flipped in bushes. Most of the stripers are spawning up the rivers, but some blue cats have been caught on live bait in the mouths of the rivers. [/size][/font]
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Farther south, the cobia are starting to show with an 82-pounder landed. Spanish and blues have been caught in the surf along with some sea mullet north of Avon. A few nice flounder are starting to come out of the sound. The central coast has had great bluefish runs with fish into the teens at Emerald Isle piers along with good black drum and sea mullet. Some nice kings and Spanish have been caught from the Topsail piers. Gaffer dolphin, kings and Wahoo have been caught offshore. The southern coast has seen some nice flounder and blues from the south end of Carolina Beach and black and red drum from the surf and in the ICW. Wahoo and dolphin have been caught on the charters.
Inland, the stripers look to be spawning hard this week in the Roanoke River. Reports that 100 rock to the boat are being caught. Most fish are 2 thru 5 pounds but some Big Rock are in the river also some in the 20 to 30 pound range. Also in the rivers the Bream are just starting to rise from the deep and move to the shore line. Reports of limits of Bream being caught.
Falls Lake anglers are catching some bass shallow with spinner baits, buzz baits and trick worms. There has been some schooling activity near the dam.
Kerr Lake largemouth are doing well on soft plastics flipped in bushes. Most of the stripers are spawning up the rivers, but some blue cats have been caught on live bait in the mouths of the rivers. [/size][/font]
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