Emerald Isle Water Temperatures for December 2022

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Emerald Isle Water Temperatures for December 2022 Water temps continue to hold above normal like they have much of the year. The surf temps ranged from a high of 61° to a low of 50° with an average of 56.9°. The sound had a high of 63° and a low of 39° with an average… Read more »

Emerald Isle Water Temps for November 2022

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Water temps continue to hold above normal like they have much of the year starting in the 70s at the beginning of the month and dropping quite a bit but despite that remaining above normal. The surf temps ranged from a high of 72° to a low of 59° with an average of 65.2°, the… Read more »

Emerald Isle Water Temps for October 2022

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Interesting month with water temps average to slightly below normal. The surf temps ranged from a high of 74 to a low of 67 but from mid-October on, were mostly 68° with only minor changes from 67° to 69° along the way, the average was 70.0° +/- 2.2° (2.2 is very tight) for the month… Read more »

Emerald Isle Water Temperatures for September 2022

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Emerald Isle Water Temperatures for September 2022 Another hot month to start but temps dropping through the month with temps ranging over a 12° drop for the surf and a huge 19° drop for the sound. We also had at least 4 good peak runs of bait mullets during the month along with good runs… Read more »

Emerald Isle Water Temps for August 2022

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Emerald Isle Water Temperatures for August 2022 Another hot month with temps above average through the month of July and noticeably FLAT with a slightly negative temperature curve. No wonder the surf fishing and pier action is again slow. Surf temps for July were ranged from a high of 86 to a low of 81… Read more »

Emerald Isle Water Temperatures for July 2022

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Emerald Isle Water Temperatures for July 2022 Another hot month with temps above average through the month of July and noticeably FLAT with very little fluctuation. No wonder the surf fishing and pier action is again slow. Surf temps for July were ranged from a low of 82 to a high of 84 averaging 83.2… Read more »

Emerald Isle Water Temperatures for June 2022

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Emerald Isle Water Temperatures for June 2022 Another hot month with temps above average through the month of June. No wonder the surf fishing and pier action is slow. Surf temps for May were ranged from a low of 76 to a high of 84 averaging 79.7 +/- 2.0, 8-degrees above May. Bogue Sound was… Read more »

Emerald Isle Water Temperatures for May 2022

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Emerald Isle Water Temperatures for May 2022 What a wild month with big swings ending with surf temp at 81…mid July territory. Surf temps for May were ranged from a low of 66 to a high of 81 averaging 71.7 +/-3.7, over 7-degrees above April. Bogue Sound was had a low of 62° with a… Read more »

Emerald Isle Water Temperatures for April 2022

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Emerald Isle Water Temperatures for April 2022 First of all surf temperatures from New Years Day through the end of April averaged a whopping +3° above my average since 1995. Surf temps for April were ranged from a low of 60 to a high of 69 averaging 64.4 +/-2.0. Bogue Sound was had a low… Read more »

Sheepshead Tagging Research, Lewis Naisbett-Jones (UNC/IMS)

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Sheepshead Tagging Research, Lewis Naisbett-Jones (UNC/IMS) We’ve had on this show many times research being done with fish particularly focusing on tagging studies, speckled trout, gray trout, cobia and this one has to do with tagging sheepshead. Good morning Lewis. Before we get into the study itself what are some of the things that we… Read more »