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| Central District Pamlico, Craven, Carteret, & Onslow Counties Contact: Suzanne Hill May 11, 2008 For the 2008 fishing year, all owners/operators of vessels recreationally fishing for and/or retaining regulated Atlantic Highly Migratory Species (HMS) (Atlantic tunas, sharks, swordfish and billfish) in the Atlantic Ocean, including the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea, must obtain an Atlantic Highly Migratory Species (HMS) Angling permit. This permit has replaced the Atlantic tunas Angling category permit. In North Carolina, additional HMS harvest reporting requirements are also in place. Please Note: Anglers sometimes confuse small king mackerel with Spanish mackerel. King mackerel and spanish mackerel have different size and catch limits. Make SURE you properly identify the mackerel you are catching. (Tips here) A recreational Recreational Fishing License went into effect Jan. 1, 2007 for all of the state's coastal and ocean waters. |
Ocean: Headboats continue to have great catches of snapper, grouper, sea bass, grunts and banded rudderfish. Charterboats are bringing in wahoo, dolphin, and blackfin tuna. There are plenty of king mackerel and dolphin around Big 10-Little10, the 240 rock and the area west of the Big Rock. The water temperature yesterday was around 72 and there was not much grass. Inlets/Sounds/Bays: Sea mullet are inside the Cape Lookout Hook and there are a few in both the Beaufort and Bogue Inlets. The redfish are also down around Swansboro especially near the mouth of Browns Inlet, near the Coast Guard Station and the waterways.Piers/Shore: Bluefish remain the catch of the week. Hatteras Blues are still around and can be hooked from the piers and in the surf at Fort Macon. Smaller blues are caught in the Inlets, the Turning Basin and the Newport River and Bogue Sound. Saturday anglers were out in force from Emerald Isle to the Fort Macon beaches hoping for fish - as one angler said “any kind of fish.” There were released flounder, bluefish and sea mullet recorded. |
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