Oregon Inlet Fishing Report 8/3/08

Offshore the fishing over the weekend was mostly dolphin and billfish. Both gaffer size dolphin and school fish were caught. Both sailfish and white marlin were caught and rleased. One boat had five white marlin. Several boats had two white marlin. Two blue marlin were caught and released. Inshore trollers caught lots of tailor bluefish and spanish mackerel. The spanish mackerel were bigger and more of them. Cobia half day trips caught two in the morning and three in the afternoon. The biggest weighed fifty eight pounds. Miss Oregon inlet caught sea mullet, croakers and grey trout in the morning. They caught croakers in the afternoon and a few flounders. Sunday offshore mostly school size dolphin with some gaffer sized mixed in. White marlin and sailfish were caugfht and relesed. One inshore boat caught tile fish, amberjacks and king mackerel on an allday deep bottom fishing trip. An open boat all day trip caught three cobias weighing 49, 40 and 25 pounds. They also had a good catch of trigger fish. A big red drum was caught and released while shark fishing.

Oregon Inlet Fishing Center
Manteo, North Carolina
www.oregon-inlet.com