2013 commercial and recreational fish and shellfish harvests released MOREHEAD CITY – The state’s commercial fishing harvest continued in a three-year decreasing trend in 2013; while the dockside value of that harvest increased for the third straight year. Commercial fishermen sold 50 million pounds of fish and shellfish at North Carolina docks in 2013, a… Read more »
Monthly Archives:: May 2014
Spanish Tricks, By Dr. Bogus (published in Raleigh N&O)
Spanish Tricks, By Dr. Bogus (published in Raleigh N&O) Sure, North Carolina offers the possibility of year round coastal fishing opportunities, but disappointingly, every fall many anglers pack the fishing gear away until the daffodils return. So, sometime around the Ides of March, depending on the personal severity of winter “cabin fever”, the tackle… Read more »
Spanish Tricks, Part 1, Pier fishing, Part 2 Boating for Spanish
Spanish Tricks, Part 1, Pier fishing, by Dr. Bogus Typically, the Spanish mackerel return in a blitz condition in early May and along Carolina’s Crystal Coast, and May Day has been synonymous with the return of the Spanish. This is however fairly remarkable, since barely a decade ago, the fishery was on the verge of… Read more »
Tuna for the Rest of Us, part 2. by Dr. Bogus
One of our spring visitors showed up in good numbers this past week, the Atlantic bonito, Sarda sarda, which is a large mackerel-like fish of the family Scombridae. It is common in shallow waters of the Atlantic, the Mediterranean, and the Black Sea, where it is an important commercial and game fish. The Atlantic bonito… Read more »
Emerald Isle Water Temperatures for April 2014
Surf at Bogue Pier ranged from a Low of 53 to a high of 70 with a cool average of 59.1, below 50-degrees for the month (blue diamonds). For the month we had a positive slope of the temps at the pier: y=0.33x + 54. Bogue Sound (red squares) had a low of 54 and… Read more »