Surf at Bogue Pier ranged from a Low of 74 to a high of 84 with a warm average of 78.1, (blue diamonds). For the month we had a positive slope of the temps at the pier: y=0.23x + 75. Bogue Sound (red squares) had a low of 73 and a high of 87-degrees with… Read more »
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Plastic tags meant to head off double safety inspections
Plastic tags meant to head off double safety inspections MOREHEAD CITY – N.C. Marine Patrol and N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission officers will be working together in the coming days on a pilot project designed to help avoid stopping boaters twice for safety inspections and to expedite other vessel stops. The two enforcement agencies will be… Read more »
SHARK RECREATIONAL SEASON, SIZE AND POSSESSION LIMITS
I. SHARK RECREATIONAL SEASON, SIZE AND POSSESSION LIMITS: PROCLAMATION FF-10-2014(REVISED) SPECIES AUTHORIZED FOR RECREATIONAL HARVEST Large Coastal Sharks (LCS) (non-ridgeback* LCS & tiger) Small Coastal Sharks (SCS) Pelagic Sharks Other BlacktipBullHammerhead, great** Hammerhead, scalloped** Hammerhead, smooth** Lemon Nurse Spinner Tiger Atlantic SharpnoseBlacknoseBonnethead Finetooth BlueOceanic whitetip**Porbeagle Shortfinmako Thresher Smooth dogfish (smooth hound shark)Spiny dogfish *Sharks… Read more »
Draft Off-Road Vehicle Management Plan/EIS for CAPE LOOKOUT NATIONAL SEASHORE
Draft Off-Road Vehicle Management Plan/EIS for CAPE LOOKOUT NATIONAL SEASHORE Comment Period: 05/23/2014 – 07/21/2014 http://parkplanning.nps.gov/document.cfm?parkID=359&projectID=15978&documentID=59427 ****Public Hearing List/Schedule – http://parkplanning.nps.gov/meetingNotices.cfm?projectID=15978
2013 commercial and recreational fish and shellfish harvests released
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 »
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 »
Tuna for the Rest of Us! Part 1,By Dr. Bogus
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 »