Outer Banks surf fishing report Thanksgiving week

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Outer Banks surf fishing report Thanksgiving week

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Went up to Hatteras Island in North Carolina for Thanksgiving week to do some surf fishing. The trip was extremely relaxing, but the fishing could've been a little better. Caught a variety of bluefish, flounder, sea mullet (whiting), and tons of annoying dog sharks (they are like the nurse sharks of the north, except they only get to about 3 feet and don't fight at all.) Its great to be able to drive on the beach up there, and I was struck by the fact there was absolutely no garbage on the beach...quite the change from South Florida!

Sunrise over the Atlantic
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The camp
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Free ferry
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Wild ponies, the legend is they came from shipwrecked boats in the 1600s. Now the National Park Service takes care of them in large pens.
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Small flounder
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Sea mullet...a monster!
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A typical surf rig for red drum, striped bass, etc. A sinker slide on your mainline with 6-8 oz pyramid or frog tongue weight, bead, swivel, 100 lb leader, 4/0-6/0 hook with a nice fresh chunk of menhaden or mullet.
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I will never complain again about our piers looking like they are going to fall apart.
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The Cape Hatteras light house
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Our rental house...gotta love the off season, $400 for a week!
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Great report and pictures.
Dreaming the dream that one day I can be as good as some of the boatless pros and catch some 12 inch mangrove snapper.

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Cool report. Is that pier actually open for fishing? I can see daylight between some of the support post :shock:
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WhoDey wrote:Cool report. Is that pier actually open for fishing? I can see daylight between some of the support post :shock:
Yep, it's open, if you look closely you can see people out near the end. You can feel that pier shake when your on it from the waves.
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Looks like you had some fun despite the slow fishing :toast:
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Thats Avon pier. Rodanthe has been closed for a while now, a hurricane wiped it out and it hasn't been rebuilt.
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Haha, I bet. I grew up down there as well, but we usually surf fished as opposed to pier fishing. I have some pictures I should scan some time, me at the age of 5 or so next to a bluefish that was as tall as I was. Thanksgiving Day about 12 years ago we ran into a blitz on the beach, big chopper 15-20 lb blues and 20-30 lb stripers chasing menhaden and speckled trout onto the sand. You would cast a hopkins spoon and if you ripped it fast, hooked up to a blue, let it sink and hooked up with a striper, every cast. We caught fish until our arms were too sore to catch any more, and then walked up the beach and collected our limit of 15-20" trout that were chased up the beach. Great memories.
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