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 »
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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 »
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 »
Emerald Isle hopes for new pier (my N&O article)
Emerald Isle hopes for new pier By Richard Ehrenkaufer Correspondent March 5, 2014 Here is my article today in the N&O on the status of a new fishing pier in Emerald Isle. http://www.newsobserver.com/2014/03/05/3676867/emerald-isle-hopes-for-new-pier.html
Water temperatures for Emerald Isle February 2014
Surf at Bogue Pier ranged from a high of 51 to a low of 41 (same as January) with an average of 45.9 for the month (blue diamonds). Bogue Sound data were incomplete while I was out of town. Only 50days in February were temps were in the 50s, that is only 50 and 51… Read more »