Outer Banks Archives - Page 11 of 14

Outer Banks fishermen have had one of their best trout seasons ever this year, and prospects for a great November are even better.

OBX specks are on

This has been one of the best years in memory for speckled trout along North Carolina’s Outer Banks, according to guide Ken Dempsey, and it will get even better this month if it’s anything like past Novembers. […]

White marlin make a big showing in the bluewater off Oregon Inlet in late summer and fall; double-digit catches aren’t uncommon.

OBX whiteout

Dusty Wilson

Although blue marlin may be the most-romanticized member of the marlin family due to their size, it’s their smaller cousin, the white marlin, that will be causing all the fuss around North Carolina’s Oregon Inlet this month, when fish congregate around massive bait schools found in Gulf Stream eddies, fattening up before cooler weather pushes them south. […]

Since the yellowfin tuna virtually disappeared from these waters several years ago, blackfin tuna have been an important part of the Outer Banks fishing experience.

Blackfin tuna are biting along Outer Banks

Dan Kibler

The blackfin tuna are biting along North Carolina’s Outer Banks! Scott Rhodes of Statesville and Carrie Kibler of Winston-Salem caught these four blackfin — and 23 others — on a Sunday trip with Capt. Bruce Armstrong on the Sea Angel II out of Hatteras Landing Marina. […]

Hatteras and Ocracoke inlets offer anglers with plenty of sight-casting opportunities for abundant bull reds in July.

Target OBX bulls

Dusty Wilson

When July gets hot, the fishing gets even hotter inside Hatteras and Ocracoke inlets. Bull redfish up to 50 inches are all around, and there’s no more exciting way to catch them then chunking jigs and spoons to schools of 300 to 400 fish. […]

May is a great month for tuna fishing off the coast of the Outer Banks.

Hit the OBX tuna blitz

Dan Kibler

May is the month when bluewater fishermen flock to North Carolina’s Outer Banks for the year’s best chance at doing battle with big yellowfin tuna and their blackfin cousins. […]

Big, Outer Banks red drum have pier visits on their itineraries

Dusty Wilson

October is a special month for many of North Carolina’s fisheries, and none more so than the Outer Banks’ adult red drum stampede. Pier fishermen will get the first taste of reds longer than 40 inches as they follow baitfish evacuating the sounds and Virginia waters in anticipation of cold weather. […]

Sight-casting or bottom-fishing, it takes some stout tackle to take on big schooling reds in the Pamlico Sound just inside Ocracoke or Hatteras inlets.

Find a fish funnel, find OBX reds

Dusty Wilson

While sight-casting is certainly the most-thrilling means of targeting big red drum, it’s not always the most practical. Low-light conditions, high winds and occasional stained water can make putting eyes on a school nearly impossible. […]

Bull reds begin their late-summer run behind OBX inlets this month.

Sunburned OBX reds

Dusty Wilson

The mouth of the Neuse River and the western Pamlico Sound aren’t the only places to hook into a trophy red drum this month. Massive schools of the bronzed beasts still haunt Hatteras and Ocracoke Inlets, where they entered the estuary last spring after a long winter at sea. […]

Yellowfin tuna are the stars of the spring bluewater show off the Outer Banks, but they’re just one of several species that may show up in your bait spread.

OBX offshore kickoff – Hot bluewater fishing off North Carolina’s coast centers around Hatteras in April

Jerry Dilsaver

The first bluewater fish to arrive off the Outer Banks each year are tuna, and their names include a small variety of colors. Bluefin have become regular visitors in March, staying until the water begins warming in April. Pods of blackfin pass through in winter, but the schools get larger and hungrier as spring arrives. They are joined by a few yellowfin and occasional bigeye tuna in late March and early April, and the fishing continues to improve.

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This month, anglers from all over the world head to the Outer Banks to chase white marlin

September means Outer Banks white marlin, and this is how to catch them

Bob Goldstein

For saltwater fishermen who visit the Outer Banks regularly, September is a magical time. People from all over the world elbow their way to our docks, fill the motels, and mostly fill all the available boats. […]