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 »
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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 »
Division of Marine Fisheries receives sea turtle permit for gill net fisheries
Division of Marine Fisheries receives sea turtle permit for gill net fisheries MOREHEAD CITY (9/11/13) – The N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries today signed an agreement with the National Marine Fisheries Service that implements a statewide incidental take permit for sea turtles in the estuarine large and small mesh gill net fisheries. The permit authorizes the… Read more »
August 2013 Water Temperatures
Surf at Bogue Pier (blue) ranged from 76 to 84 and averaged 79.5 for the month. Bogue Sound (red) ranged from 74 to 87 and averaged 81.1 for the month. Date Surf Sound 8/1/2013 82 83 8/2/2013 82 83 8/3/2013 81 83 8/4/2013 77 85 8/5/2013 78 82 8/6/2013 79 82 8/7/2013 81… Read more »
» Dr. Bogus’ mini-Fishing Report for 9/7/13
Dr. Bogus’ “Anchovy BLOW!” Fishing Report for 9/7/13. Surf 81°, 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… Read more »
State’s Oyster Shell Recycling Ends
State’s Oyster Shell Recycling EndsPosted: 05 Sep 2013 10:00 PM PDT The N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries’ 10-year-old program to recycle oyster shells into oyster reefs ended earlier this summer after the N.C. General Assembly deleted the program’s money from the state budget.
Bonefish Caught in the White Oak River (No Joke???)
I got an interesting call from Lee Manning (Nancy Lee Fishing Center) yesterday about bonefish in the White Oak River. Lee lives along the WOR. A friend of his saw fish busting from his dock and cast into the fish, hooked and lost 7 or so and finally landed a 20-inch fish that was IDed… Read more »
MFC Takes Action on Several Issues
Marine Fisheries Commission takes action on several issues (nr 40-13) MOREHEAD CITY – The N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission took action last week on several issues impacting commercial and recreational fishermen, including votes on two petitions for rulemaking. The commission voted to: Deny a petition for rulemaking that proposed reclassifying most internal coastal waters as… Read more »
Fishin’ the Fort (Macon) by Dr. Bogus
Fishin’ the Fort (Macon), by Dr. Bogus Ft. Macon State Park, on the far eastern end of Bogue Banks along Beaufort Inlet, became the North Carolina’s second state park in 1924, for the outrageous purchase price of one-dollar. Today the fort is one of North Carolina’s most popular, attracting over one million visitors a year,… Read more »
Fall on the Fly along the Crystal Coast with Capt. Dean Lamont
Fall on the Fly, By Dr. Bogus One of the things about the fall…you can fly fish here all year around, but fall fishing can be special. I recently talked to one of our local guides and fly fishing experts Capt. Dean Lamont of Crystal of Coast Adventures, about targeting fall species on the fly…. Read more »