The October Solunar tables, for Ocracoke and Baghdad.
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And a request for tips, from Texas, from reader Kevin M.
Emailing for N Carolina fishing tips. We have a team installing some gear at Cherry Point air base. They have rented a house with a lighted pier at temple point. They have all their tackle from Texas, but I don’t know if Texas techniques work in Carolina.
They also relate catching a bunch of panfish sized fish with big dorsal fins and spines. Any idea what they might be? (besides crabtrap bait)
Temple Point? Small world. If they look straight across the river, they’ll see the sailing camp I worked at in the 80s.
I think most Texas techniques will work fine, though there’s no need to wade in up to one’s waist, like many fisherman do in the Gulf down that way. This time of year, there’s lots of speckled trout in the Neuse, as well as red drum–the limit here is one a day per person, between 18-27 inches. You’ll also catch a bunch of croaker and spot, as well as Pinfish–the spiny panfish your friends mentioned. Aside from crab trap bait, there’s not a lot of use to them. Bottom rigs, spoons and top water plugs should cover most of your lure needs. Cut mullet is your best bait, followed by shrimp. There are tarpon stll around, and it’s not unheard of for them to be caught from a pier, but most are caught from boats close to the mouth of the river. If they can manage to find one of the numerous creek mouths feeding into the river down that way, trout and flounder usually hang out there.
If they manage to get time to go out to the beach, Fort Macon at Atlantic Beach is the closest public area. There’s also Ocracoke, if they have time for a 2.5 hour ferry ride and a 4WD vehicle to get out to the beach in. I’ll be out there Oct 21-26 if they manage to find the time. Once out on the beach, little spoons or minnows are good for flounder if they have lots of patience. Lots of pompano and bluefish around, so rigs for those two species will work as well. Otherwise, do what I always do, put out a fishfinder rig and crack open a beer.
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