Tuna for the rest of us! By Dr. Bogus (Click on photos for larger image) When you hear the likes of yellowfin, blackfin, giant bluefin or big eye tuna, visions of big boats, big gear and offshore excursions may dance in your head. But if you don’t have the boat, or the gear or… Read more »
Monthly Archives:: April 2014
FF-27-2014. RE: SNAPPER-GROUPER COMPLEX-COMMERCIAL AND RECREATIONAL PURPOSES
It is unlawful to sell or offer for sale vermilion snapper. The season will re-open Tuesday, July 1, 2014. Please refer to the entire proclamation below for any other changes. FF-27-2014 PROCLAMATION. RE: SNAPPER-GROUPER COMPLEX-COMMERCIAL AND RECREATIONAL PURPOSES Dr. Louis B. Daniel III, Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at 12:01A.M., Saturday,… Read more »
Engineers: Oregon Inlet too shallow to dredge
http://hamptonroads.com/2014/04/engineers-oregon-inlet-too-shallow-dredge By Jeff Hampton The Virginian-Pilot © April 15, 2014 HATTERAS ISLAND, N.C. Oregon Inlet has shoaled to a depth of about 2 feet and is too shallow for dredging. The channel under the Herbert C. Bonner Bridge connecting Hatteras Island to the northern Outer Banks will be left to the elements, according to… Read more »
Spring/summer commercial red drum season will not open
Spring/summer commercial red drum season will not open MOREHEAD CITY – The spring/summer commercial fishing season for red drum will not open this year because the annual harvest limit was exceeded in the fall/winter season. Preliminary calculations of commercial red drum landings between Sept. 1 and Nov. 23 totaled 260,866 pounds, exceeding the annual harvest… Read more »
Emerald Isle Water Temperatures for March 2014
Surf at Bogue Pier ranged from a high of 55 to a low of 45 with a frigid average of 49.5, again below 50-degrees for the month (blue diamonds). For the month we had a positive slope of the temps at the pier: y=0.23x + 45.7. Bogue Sound had a high of 60 and amazingly… Read more »
Bogus on Birds
Bogus on Birds We all know the importance of watching birds when we fish. It’s even a fisherman’s commandment: “Thy Must Watch the Birds”. Which of course is immediately followed by a second sub-commandment: “Thy Must Follow those Watched Birds”. We watch birds because THEY know where the bait is. Right? Right! But, what… Read more »