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 »
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Dr. Bogus’ mini-Fishing Report for 10/26/13
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
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
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
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
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
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 »
Drivin’ the Beach (inspired by actual events)
How To: Drivin’ the Beach (inspired by actual events). By Dr. Bogus If you are a staunch surf fisherman like myself, access to the good spots, jetties, inlets, bars, sloughs and the like, and mobility to get from one to the other, are high on the list for a successful catching, not just fishing trip,… Read more »
Dr. Bogus’ mini-Fishing Report for 9/14/13
Dr. Bogus’ “Discouraging!” Fishing Report for 9/14/13. Surf 82°, sound 83°. 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 »
Fish Jump!
Dance of the mullets: Fish jump. Some jump for food, like the explosive sky shots of the king mackerel as he hits a bait and some like the tarpon for survival in their attempts to escape captivity when hooked. Mullet jump. Theories include predator escape, parasite removal, spawning behavior, aid to respiration and so on…. Read more »