Join us Saturday, March 19th at the Crystal Coast Civic Center for the Crystal Coast Chapter of CCA’s Annual Fundraising Banquet. Doors will open at 6pm. We have some exciting raffle prizes this year including sought after firearms and top-rated fishing gear to get you ready for spring fishing! You won’t want to miss the… Read more »
Posts By: Doc
O trout trout wherefore art thou speckled trout
Reflecting back on the past 2015/16 season, how did you do with speckled trout? Well if you didn’t do very well, join the club, it probably wasn’t your fault, because not only did you do poorly, but so most recreational anglers and ditto for the commercial catch as well. Commercial includes internal water strike-netters as… Read more »
Emerald Isle Water Temperatures for January 2016
Surf at Bogue Pier ranged from high of 64-degrees (New Year’s Day) to a low of 47-degrees with an average of 54.0-degrees (blue diamonds). Bogue Sound had a high of 66-degrees and a low of 38-degrees with an average of 48.5-degrees (red squares). January temperatures started very warm on New Year’s Day and shortly plummeted… Read more »
Pufferfish Primer
Blowfish, the bad the ugly and the tasty Dr. Bogus One of the first harbingers of spring for us fishermen along the Carolina Coast is the return of lowly puffer fish. Okay, they are not pretty, eat anything they can get their mouths on, average only a pound or less, don’t put up a good… Read more »
Shrimp in Coconut Milk
WINE RECOMMENDATION Sparkling wines go well with a wide variety of dishes. For an unexpected treat with this exotic curry, serve a good-quality bubbly from California. SERVES 4 1/4 cup cooking oil 2 onions, chopped fine 4 cloves garlic, minced 2 tablespoons minced fresh ginger 2 tablespoons ground coriander 1/4 teaspoon ground cumin 1/4 teaspoon… Read more »
Emerald Isle Water Temperatures for December 2015
Surf at Bogue Pier ranged from high of 65-degrees to a low of 58-degrees with an average of 62.7-degrees (blue diamonds). Bogue Sound had a high of 69-degrees and a low of 50-degrees with an average of 61.4-degrees (red squares). December saw an unusual increase in surf temps for this relatively mild December. Average temperature… Read more »
Emerald Isle Water Temperatures for November 2015
Surf at Bogue Pier ranged from high of 72-degrees to a low of 61-degrees with an average of 66.5-degrees (blue diamonds). Bogue Sound had a high of 74-degrees and a low of 53-degrees with an average of 63.4-degrees (red squares). November saw the typical drop in surf temps (-0.36 degrees/day) especially during the one real… Read more »
NCDMF Regs & Fishing Tourney (Citation) Criteria
NCDMF Regs & Fishing Tourney (Citation) Criteria. These can be moving targets so the Regs are as of August 2015. This includes finfish, shellfish and crabs etc.The fishing tourney has do with citations given for big fish, There are catch, catch and release and release only categories http://portal.ncdenr.org/web/mf/recreational-fishing-size-and-bag-limits http://portal.ncdenr.org/web/mf/n.c.-saltwater-fishing-tournament
Emerald Isle Water Temperatures for October 2015
Emerald Isle Water Temperatures for October 2015 Surf at Bogue Pier ranged from high of 79-degrees to a low of 67-degrees with an average of 72.7-degrees (blue diamonds). Bogue Sound had a high of 79-degrees and a low of 57-degrees with an average of 69.4-degrees (red squares). October saw the typical drop in temps especially… Read more »
Net Effect: The fight over flounder
We are all aware of the continuing debate concerning large mesh gill nets and southern flounder fishery in our state. Recently WRAL TV in Raleigh ran a documentary on this and the use of inshore shrimp trawls. They gave a fair presentation from the commercial side, recreational side and regulatory side of the southern (internal)… Read more »