Ode to the Speckled Trout

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Ode to the Speckled Trout by Dr. Bogus (11/98) The Trout is a fish You’d like on your dish They’re as frustrating as they can be.   Neither plug or live bait Nor grub or cut skate Could reverse your fate called fish-free.   Even when they’re in sight Don’t mean that they’ll bite They’ll… Read more »

Grandpa Knows Trout

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Grandpa Knows Trout, By Dr. Bogus, 12/25/96 On a warm sunny Sunday in late November, just before the Thanksgiving holiday, I was fishing a hole about one mile up from Bogue Inlet. Bogue Inlet is a beautiful region of Bogue Banks, the East‑West running barrier island at the most Southern reaches of the Outer Banks… Read more »

Dr. Bogus’ mini-Fishing Report for 9/28/13

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Dr. Bogus’ “Ladies Galore!” mini-Fishing Report for 9/28/13. Surf 75°, sound 72°. Every Monday Morning at 7:30 am on www.TheTalkStation.com. 107.1 FM (WTKF), 1240 AM (WJNC). If you can’t listen on the radio, you can log in to www.TheTalkStation.com and listen on-line or check out Coastal Daybreak on Facebook. The show will be linked there… Read more »

Waters reopen to flounder gill nets

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Waters reopen to flounder gill nets MOREHEAD CITY – Waters south of Oregon Inlet will reopen to set flounder gill nets Sept. 30. N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries Director Louis Daniel issued proclamations yesterday that will reopen parts of Pamlico Sound, upper Core Sound and estuarine waters south of the N.C. 58 bridge that have… Read more »

Gill Net and Seine Restrictions: Deer & Schoolhouse Creek

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PROCLAMATION: M-29-2013 RE:  GILL NET AND SEINE RESTRICTIONS: DEER AND SCHOOLHOUSE (ROCKY RUN) CREEKS IN CAPE CARTERET Dr. Louis B. Daniel III, Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at 8:30 P.M.  Tuesday, October 1, 2013, the following provisions shall apply to the use of gill nets and seines: I.  AREA DESCRIPTION-CARTERET COUNTY… Read more »

Drivin’ the Beach (inspired by actual events)

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How To: Drivin’ the Beach (inspired by actual events). By Dr. Bogus If you are a staunch surf fisherman like myself, access to the good spots, jetties, inlets, bars, sloughs and the like, and mobility to get from one to the other, are high on the list for a successful catching, not just fishing trip,… Read more »

Dr. Bogus’ mini-Fishing Report for 9/14/13

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Dr. Bogus’ “Discouraging!” Fishing Report for 9/14/13. Surf 82°, sound 83°. Every Monday Morning at 7:30 am on www.TheTalkStation.com. 107.1 FM (WTKF), 1240 AM (WJNC). If you can’t listen on the radio, you can log in to www.TheTalkStation.com and listen on-line or check out Coastal Daybreak on Facebook. The show will be linked there as… Read more »

Fish Jump!

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Dance of the mullets: Fish jump. Some jump for food, like the explosive sky shots of the king mackerel as he hits a bait and some like the tarpon for survival in their attempts to escape captivity when hooked. Mullet jump. Theories include predator escape, parasite removal, spawning behavior, aid to respiration and so on…. Read more »

Division of Marine Fisheries receives sea turtle permit for gill net fisheries

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Division of Marine Fisheries receives sea turtle permit for gill net fisheries MOREHEAD CITY (9/11/13) – The N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries today signed an agreement with the National Marine Fisheries Service that implements a statewide incidental take permit for sea turtles in the estuarine large and small mesh gill net fisheries. The permit authorizes the… Read more »

August 2013 Water Temperatures

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Surf at Bogue Pier (blue) ranged from 76 to 84 and averaged 79.5 for the month. Bogue Sound (red) ranged from 74 to 87 and averaged 81.1 for the month.         Date Surf Sound 8/1/2013 82 83 8/2/2013 82 83 8/3/2013 81 83 8/4/2013 77 85 8/5/2013 78 82 8/6/2013 79 82 8/7/2013 81… Read more »