Public comment sought on spotted seatrout management

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Public comment sought on spotted seatrout management measures MOREHEAD CITY – The N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries is accepting public comment until Jan. 18. on a draft supplement to the Spotted Seatrout Fishery Management Plan. The draft supplement provides the Marine Fisheries Commission with alternatives to implementing stricter commercial and recreational spotted seatrout fishing regulations… Read more »

Dr. Bogus’ mini-Fishing Report for 11/09/13

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Dr. Bogus’ “DrumBlitz” mini-Fishing Report for 11/9/13.                                                Surf 67°,sound 63°. NOTE: www.ncoif.com is finally back and better than ever! Every Monday Morning at 7:30 am on www.TheTalkStation.com. 107.1 FM (WTKF), 1240 AM (WJNC). If you can’t listen on the radio, you can log in to www.TheTalkStation.com and listen on-line or check out Coastal Daybreak… Read more »

N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission will meet Nov. 13-15

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MOREHEAD CITY – The N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission will meet Nov. 13-15 at the Double Tree by Hilton, 2717 West Fort Macon Road, Atlantic Beach. The meeting begins with public comment periods at 6 p.m. Nov. 13. The business meeting is at 9 a.m. Nov. 14 and continues at 8:30 a.m. Nov. 15. The commission… Read more »

Dr. Bogus’ mini-Fishing Report for 10/26/13

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Dr. Bogus’ “trouty?” mini-Fishing Report for 10/26/13. Surf 68°, sound 61°. Every Monday Morning at 7:30 am on www.TheTalkStation.com. 107.1 FM (WTKF), 1240 AM (WJNC). If you can’t listen on the radio, you can log in to www.TheTalkStation.com and listen on-line or check out Coastal Daybreak on Facebook. The show will be linked there as… Read more »

Ode to the Speckled Trout

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Ode to the Speckled Trout by Dr. Bogus (11/98) The Trout is a fish You’d like on your dish They’re as frustrating as they can be.   Neither plug or live bait Nor grub or cut skate Could reverse your fate called fish-free.   Even when they’re in sight Don’t mean that they’ll bite They’ll… Read more »

Grandpa Knows Trout

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Grandpa Knows Trout, By Dr. Bogus, 12/25/96 On a warm sunny Sunday in late November, just before the Thanksgiving holiday, I was fishing a hole about one mile up from Bogue Inlet. Bogue Inlet is a beautiful region of Bogue Banks, the East‑West running barrier island at the most Southern reaches of the Outer Banks… Read more »

Dr. Bogus’ mini-Fishing Report for 9/28/13

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Dr. Bogus’ “Ladies Galore!” mini-Fishing Report for 9/28/13. Surf 75°, sound 72°. Every Monday Morning at 7:30 am on www.TheTalkStation.com. 107.1 FM (WTKF), 1240 AM (WJNC). If you can’t listen on the radio, you can log in to www.TheTalkStation.com and listen on-line or check out Coastal Daybreak on Facebook. The show will be linked there… Read more »

Waters reopen to flounder gill nets

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Waters reopen to flounder gill nets MOREHEAD CITY – Waters south of Oregon Inlet will reopen to set flounder gill nets Sept. 30. N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries Director Louis Daniel issued proclamations yesterday that will reopen parts of Pamlico Sound, upper Core Sound and estuarine waters south of the N.C. 58 bridge that have… Read more »

Gill Net and Seine Restrictions: Deer & Schoolhouse Creek

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PROCLAMATION: M-29-2013 RE:  GILL NET AND SEINE RESTRICTIONS: DEER AND SCHOOLHOUSE (ROCKY RUN) CREEKS IN CAPE CARTERET Dr. Louis B. Daniel III, Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at 8:30 P.M.  Tuesday, October 1, 2013, the following provisions shall apply to the use of gill nets and seines: I.  AREA DESCRIPTION-CARTERET COUNTY… Read more »