Hatteras Surf Fishing Report and Pics

[Sea Frog]

Ok all, I'm back from Hatteras and am officially worn out but had a blast.

We left for Buxton Friday about noon with pretty weather and high hopes. First thing on Saturday morning the weather was blue sky and the wind was out of the South / SE so we decided to fish the south beach at the false point near Hatteras inlet. We caught a great number of large blues, puppy drum, flounder, round heads, and a few black drum in the morning. The bite turned off mid day but then picked back up around mid afternoon. The highlight of day one was my friend Trent's 29 puppy drum.

Day two same wind same place same results except we also caught a lot of skates.

Day three the wind switched to NW and changed to NE so we set our course for the North beaches and setteld on ramp 23 near Avon because it had the least flat beach. The morning started pretty slow, but about 8:30 am Mr. 18 inch spec trout showed up on cut mullet. So.....we got out our grubs, mirror lures, and various plasitcs on jig heads. At the end of the day we of course had caught puppy drum, blues, round heads, and flounder. This time we also had 8 specs from 16 to 22 inches. We fried them all that night and it was the best meal I have had in a long time.

Day four the wind was still out of the North but 25-30 knots and cold. Not many fish at the same ramp 23 so we decided to move to the area near the point on the eastward facing beach near the lighthouse and found our way again catching mostly blues and round heads.

We talked to others at the hotel and it seemed that no one quite had the luck we did. Of course I noticed that instead of fishing they spent most of their time cruising around asking people if they were catching anything. Got to have lines in to have any luck and persistence pays off.

[gottaflylee]

Great pictures and report. Looks like you guys got some very nice fish...

[cravertosu]

Sounds/looks like you guys had a great trip! Great work and thanks for sharing!!

[Jer]

Great report and pictures. I really like the BBQ table setup

So far for bait I've tried only dead shrimp, squid, Gulp! bloodworms and shrimp (only twice), fishbites and a tiny fish I found dead on the beach The small fish may have worked, I caught a fish that time but I don't remember on which hook.

I bought fresh spanish mackerel to use as cut bait in my last trip but I ended up not trying it. I'll look for fresh mackerel or mullet and try next time.

[tunatamer4]

Pretty work Frog. I have to ask, what's a roundhead?

[marlineer]

nice report!

[Jesse Lockowitz]

Pretty work Frog. I have to ask, what's a roundhead?

sea mullet, aka whiting.

nice trout, behind the motels? :-) its nice to see that OI still has a decent bar running on the left...place changes every 20 minutes

nice fish/report

Jesse

[giantfan]

Nice job...

Great pics, thanks for sharing.

What ya cooking on the stove.???

I hear that the piping plovers taste just like chicken.

[esangler]

Great pix, beautiful puppy and specks. I went down last Wednesday for the Cape Hatteras Anglers Club Surffishing Tournament and Avon and Chicamacomico (sp?) were under water from 9 inches of rain. Here are some pix that I took with my cell phone from my Durango while I was going through Avon. The water across the road was so deep that I could feel it through the floor hitting against the bottom of my truck. It was the first time that I have seen white caps in the road!

[Sea Frog]

Round Head = Sea Mullet = Whiting

Jesse, nothing going on behind the hotels, we were north at ramp 23 for the trout.

On the stove we made breakfast burritos, hot dogs, cheese burgers, and sausage biscuits. Then of course either went to Finegans, Pops, or The Sand Bar for dinners. By the way...The Sand Bar has the best Hatteras Clam Chowder in the world and I am a chowder snob.