Outer Banks Fishing Report

FINALLY, I can post a good fishing report.  There were good catches of bluefish and trout in the surf, mostly taken on cut bait.  Inshore boats caught bluefish trolling.  And offshore fishing was fair with some tuna and dolphin caught.  I got reports from down in Hatteras that they had a good day on cobias yesterday.  This is great news, an early showing of cobias means we are going to smoke them this year.  We had Scott Strebbler fish with us yesterday on the Sea Robin.  He chartered the boat all to himself and it paid off.  He got to catch his tuna, and he got a bonus  limit of dolphin. We are now taking reservations for the Outer Banks Fishing Schools fishing seminar on May 24th.  This seminar is going to cover fishing for cobia, kings, and amberjacks.  Some of the topics covered will be, sight casting and chumming for cobia outside Oregon Inlet, live baiting and trolling for king mackerel, jigging for monster amberjack, trolling for blues and spanish mackerel, fishing the artificial reefs and Navy towers, net casting for live bait, the Shimano Butterfly Jig, sorting out modern fishing lines and what the pros use, knot tying and rigging workshop (bimini twist, spiderhitch, nail knot, blood knot, double-uni knot, dropper loops, snelling, and the no name knot).  The seminar will run from 8:30am till 4:30pm at the Hilton Garden Inn in Kitty Hawk.  The cost will be $125 per person.  For more info give me a call at (252)255-BAIT

The water temperature at the Duck Pier is 59.7.  There is a low tide at 10:56 am, and a high tide at 5:33pm.

Good Luck,

Chris at Sharky’s

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