Outer Banks Ready to Set a Guinness World Record?! Actually two OBX records?!

Posted on January 27, 2011

Guinness Book of World Records Logo

There is some interesting OBX fishing news gaining some attention. There’s a movement starting on FaceBook to try to set two Guinness World Records. One for the most people surf fishing at one time, and one for the largest fishing tournament.

You can find more information about the record attempts by searching “Obx fishing” on Facebook (or clicking that link). The Obx Fishing Facebook group has already been in contact with the Guinness Book of World Records, and an agreement to attempt the records is in the review process at Guinness. A snippet of the email from Guinness is below.

The plans are still being formalized, and additional feedback is still needed from Guinness, but the tentative plan is to attempt the records on July 4^th weekend.

The current record is 2,000 people surf fishing at one time and 796 participants in the largest fishing tournament. Both of these records seem very beatable on a busy Outer Banks weekend.

Here’s a snippet from the official Guinness Book of World Records email confirming the record attempts:

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Agreement Regarding Record Attempt (‘Agreement’)

In relation to the record attempt (‘Record Attempt’) of: Largest fishing tournament & Most people surf fishing at one time.

This Agreement dated 27 January 2011

Between:

GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS LTD (hereafter referred to as ‘GWR’/'us’/'we’), Company Number

00541295, of 3rd Floor, 184-192 Drummond Street, London, NW1 3HP UK and ‘you’ Obx Fishing, Outer Banks, North Carolina, United States

Dear Obx Fishing,

We are glad to inform you that your record application has been transferred to our internal system. You do not need to do anything at this stage. We will process your claim and to give you an answer in 4 weeks. At Guinness World Records, we take great care to evaluate every claim we receive. Before we accept or reject a new record proposal, we always carry out claim-specific research, which may require the expertise of external consultants

Once we have considered your record suggestion, we will contact you with our decision. In case of success, we will send to you the current world record, the guidelines you must follow and details of the evidence you must compile.

Thank you for contacting Guinness World Records.

Best regards
Records Management Team
Guinness World Records

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Kudos to Obx Fishing for organizing this event.

PS – Are you aware of the other Guinness World Record located on the Outer Banks?

The smallest waist on a living person resides on the Outer Banks!

Cathie Jung is the proud holder of the record. You can find more information about Cathie on her website (http://www.CathieJung.com/), and below is a great video about Cathie.

Huge Run on Outer Banks Rock Fish Sets Two State Records

Posted on January 10, 2011

NC Record - 64 LB Rock Fish

As a hobby, fishing is famous for tales of the big one that got away. For the past week and a half, the Outer Banks has been buzzing with fish stories. But these aren’t stories about the fish that got away; these are tales of limitless catches, state records, and tasty eats.

Rock fish, aka stripers or striped bass, move down the east coast in the early winter months as the water cools. Following the bait fish and staying in water temps that are just right for their temperament, these fish can be difficult to predict. It’s easy to predict that some will show up, but when and how many is anyone’s guess. Every year brings a unique experience, and 2011 is bringing a run that the OBX hasn’t seen in quite a few years…in fact, it’s been a record setting run!

Hundreds of boats have gone out of Oregon Inlet over the past two weeks. 500+ over New Years weekend alone. FaceBook is full of great images of local catches. The roads are full of boats being trailored and heading south to the Inlet. It seems everyone is talking about the big one that didn’t get away. But there are two catches that beat them all.

Last Wednesday a 12 year old fishing out of Oregon Inlet landed a NC record setting striped bass tipping the scales at 63 pounds! This is huge for a rock fish, and it broke the North Carolina record that stood since 2005.

But the new record only lasted for 48 hours. On Friday, a party chartered the Poacher out of Oregon Inlet, and Keith Angel reeled in a giant rock weighing in at 64 pounds! Two state records within two days.

The Poacher netted a state record, caught the limit of two stripers per person for everyone on the boat, and released 50 more rock fish! There are clearly a giant amount of rock fish in the area, and based on the records, it seems there is both quantity and quality.

The word on the street is that this is easily the best rock fishing the Outer Banks has seen in 5 or 6 years. It’s great to see so much excitement during a relativley quiet time on the OBX.

If you’re thinking about coming down, please take a look at www.OuterBanksVacations.com We have plenty of houses available with easy access to Oregon Inlet, and we’d love to help you find a house that meets all of your needs.

Outer Banks Beach, Surf, & Fishing Report – 1.10.11 – Rock Fish Blitz is Still On!

Posted on January 10, 2011

Outer Banks - 1.10.11 - Chilly Start at Kitty Hawk Bath House

Here’s the Outer Banks Beach, Surf, & Fishing Report for Monday, January 10, 2011.

This video was shot at the Kitty Hawk Bath House at 8:30 AM.

Chilly day with overcast skies. A north wind at 10-15 mph is adding to the chill. The clouds will stick around for the next couple days with a chance of rain tomorrow, but the sun should return for the rest of the week. But chill will remain all week; temps should be in the low 40′s.

Some swell has arrived in the waist high range, but the wind isn’t matching up, so no surf. Doesn’t seem like we’ll have surf most of the week, but the swell should build to chest high by the end of the week, and the current forecasts call for a good day of surf on Saturday. Forecasts change quick, so we’ll keep an eye on that.

The good news for the day is the rock fish blitz is still on. Last week was a huge week for OBX fishing. A lot of boats were out of Oregon Inlet all week, and most were catching their limit of two rock per person. Last week also saw that North Carolina state record broken twice! On Wednesday a 12 year old caught a 63 pound rock fish, and two days later his record was broken with a 64 pound rock fish. There have been reports of boats catching and releasing 50 – 100 fish in addition to their limit of keepers. Clearly, a lot of big rock fish are in the area.

Enjoy!

Record Year for Sea Turtles on the Outer Banks

Posted on September 17, 2010

Outer Banks Sea Turtle Boil

The Virginia Pilot recently reported that 2010 has been a record year for sea turtles on the Outer Banks.

With 153 nests, this is a record year for turtles at Cape Hatteras National Seashore – 68 miles of federally owned, public ocean shoreline managed by the National Park Service.

Three species of sea turtles – the loggerhead, green and leatherback – nest within the park, but only two are common. Leatherback turtles are considered federally endangered and rarely nest on the Outer Banks, the northernmost tip of their range.

Record Setting Blue Marlin Caught on the Outer Banks

Posted on August 6, 2009

Outer Banks Record Blue Marlin

During last year’s 25th annual Pirates Cove Billfish festival, on the Outer Banks of North Carolina, history was made!

A state record breaking 1,228.5 pound blue marlin was pulled from the depths of the Atlantic. This catch outweighed the previous record holder (1,142) by a long shot.

The gulf stream, which is situated about 15 miles offshore from Hatteras Inlet, is home to a vast amount of fish and marine life, and attracts fishing enthusiasts from all over the world. A wide variety of fish are caught on the OBX, from striped bass to mahi mahi, and of course, marlin.

In most of the world , marlins do not exist in high populations. Off the coast of North Carolina, many blue marlin thrive in the waters of the Atlantic.

Curious about why fisherman from all over the world come to the Outer Banks to fish? Come check out the Pirates Cove Fishing Tournament and see.