Surf had a Low of 57°, high of 68° with an average of 62.8°, very closet to normal. Sound had a Low of 56° and high of 69° and an average of 63.9°. April water temperatures climbed nicely through the month and a plot through the surf temperature data showed about 0.3°/day rise (slope of… Read more »
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Atlantic Bonito/False Albacore Jigs
1) Kastmaster 3/4 oz. 2) Stingsilver 1 1/8 oz. 3) Stingsilver 3/8 oz. 4) Maria Jig 5) Crippled Herring 3/4 oz. 6) Thingma Jig 3/4 oz. 7) Tungsten Jig 1 oz. 8) Tungsten Jig 3/4 oz. 9) Diamond Jig 1 oz. 10) Clouser Glass Minnow Fly 11) Soft plastic 12) Not Shown: Yozuri Deep Divers… Read more »
Beach Towns Restrict Recreation Water Access
PRESS RELEASE April 2, 2020 Beach Towns Restrict Recreation Water Access Carteret County, NC: To further protect local residents from the community spread of coronavirus (COVID 19), the Towns of Atlantic Beach, Emerald Isle, Indian Beach and Pine Knoll Shores will limit recreational water access beginning April 2, 2020. In a joint effort, each of… Read more »
Emerald Isle Water Temperatures for March 2020
Surf had a Low of 50°, high of 62° with an average of 55.9°, more than a degree above normal. Sound had a Low of 43°and high of 67° and an average of 58.3°. March seeing spring on 3/19/20, the water temperatures climbed nicely through the month and like the rest of the year, remained… Read more »
NCDMF Artificial Reef Program, Jordan Byrum
Coastal Daybreak Radio, 3/23/20, WTKF 107.1, FM 1240 AM, Host Mike McHugh, guest Jordan Byrum Dr. Bogus: We have Jordan Byrum who is the coordinator of the NCDMF Artificial Reef Program, good morning Jordan. We’ve had Jordan on before and a number of people from including the late Jim Francesconi many of times talking about… Read more »
Emerald Isle Water Temperatures for February 2020
Emerald Isle Water Temperatures for February 2020 Surf had a Low of 48°, high of 56° with an average of 52.4°. Sound had a Low of 42° and high of 59° and an average of 51.7°. Although the temps rollercoastered the net abut 2°above the normal of 50.5° in the surf at Bogue Pier. Plot… Read more »
Emerald Isle Water Temperatures for January 2020
Emerald Isle Water Temperatures for January 2020 Surf had a Low of 49°, high of 58° with an average of 53.1°. Sound had a Low of 40° and high of 62° and an average of 51.3°. Although the temps (especially in the sound) roller-coastered in the surf at Bogue Pier, with a downward trend for… Read more »
Groundhog Super Bowl and other Haikus
Groundhog Haikus: Punxsutawney Phil / No furry shadow today / Winter’s door now shut. (or Sir Walter Wally) Possumwood Puck (Jacksonville, NC) Punxsutawney Phil/ Now aghast at his likeness /Winter’s grip lingers (or Sir Walter Wally) Fishing Haikus Morning calm, no ice/Steam curls rising from the rocks/Only loons, no trout Fishing in the crik/Cormorants… Read more »
Emerald Isle Water Temperatures for December 2019
December was a stable month with the surf hovering around 55°+/- . Surf was at a high of 58°, low of 52° with an average of 54.9°, which is exactly normal for December 54.9°. Bogue Sound had a high of 58° and low of 44° with an average of 51.6°. Check out the graph, blue… Read more »
Emerald Isle Water Temperatures for November 2019
November is a month of change…goin’ down! And the first two weeks the temperatures dropped quickly then stabilized with the surf hovering right around 58 to the end of the month. Surf was at a high of 71°, low of 57° with an average of 61.7°, just about normal for November is 61.4°. Bogue Sound… Read more »