Outer Banks Beach, Surf, & Fishing Report – 1.17.11 – 2 weeks and fish still biting! Surf tomorrow?

Posted on January 17, 2011

Outer Banks - 1.17.11 - Fish Still Biting (Boats on the Horizon)

Good morning. Here’s the Outer Banks Beach, Surf, & Fishing Report for Monday, January 17, 2011.

This video was shot at 9AM at the Avalon Pier in Kill Devil Hills, NC.

It’s a good start to the week. A bit overcast today, but the sun is trying to push through. A light wind at 10 mph out of the northeast, and temps are in the upper 40′s. Should be bright and sunny with temps in the 50′s for the next few days.

It was a good weekend with sun, almost no wind and temps in the upper 40′s. Saturday saw some fun, clean, waist-high surf. Waist-high swell coming through today, but no surf. Looks like we could have head-high clean surf all day tomorrow if the wind forecast holds up.

Fishing is still going off. It’s been over 2 weeks, and the rock fish (aka stripers, striped bass) are still on the OBX in full force. Got a report of a charter boat out of Oregon Inlet over the weekend that caught 100+ 15-30 pound stripers, and caught the boat’s limit by 8 AM on Saturday! The Outer Banks hasn’t seen fishing like this in quite a few years.

Great time for an OBX getaway!

Enjoy.

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 Fishing Report – 3.12.10

Posted on March 12, 2010

Spring is in the air, and the fish are biting on the Outer Banks.

Boats out of Oregon Inlet continue to pull big numbers of Bluefin tuna and striped bass.
- There are reports of one party out of Oregon Inlet on Monday catching and releasing approximately 125 stripers in the 25-pound range.
- Catch reports from boaters fishing the warm water of the Gulf Stream off the OBX are showing bluefin averaging between 150 and 175 pounds, with fish up to 225 pounds reported by the Oregon Inlet Fishing Center.
- Boats offshore raked in up to 12 bluefins (keeping the limit of one per boat), with the average size scaling about 160 pounds.
Waters off Hatteras are seeing quite a few bluefin with charters reporting some great catches.
Puppy drum in the Ocracoke Island surf on lures.