Sharky’s Bait-Tackle-Charters Fishing Report

Beach driving on the north beach not in danger

Chris at Sharky's — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 17:30:05 +0000

I have had several phone calls in regards to the closing of the beaches around Oregon Inlet and Hatteras. This dose not pertain to the beaches north of Corolla. You will still be able to drive your ORV on these beaches no matter what the ruling is on April 4th.Good luck to the folks down on Hatteras with your battle for your beaches. It will be a sad day for all if they get closed down. Let us know what we can do to help.

Chris at Sharky’s

Report for 3/21/08

Chris at Sharky's — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 17:27:36 +0000

We had three boats go out on 1/2 day trips this morning, Sea Robin, Fine Line, and Hot Pursuit. They are all reporting lots and lots of dogsharks, and a few sea bass. We also have two trips going out this afternoon looking for some big bluefish.

Surf fishing has been slow this morning with just a few crokers taken. The water temperature at the Duck Pier is 50.0, there is a low tide at 2:13pm, and a high tide at 8:22pm.

Good Luck,

Chris at Sharky’s

Lots of sharks

Chris at Sharky's — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 13:55:50 +0000

We ran a 1/2 day afternoon trip on the Sea Robin yesterday with Francis Collinson and his crowd. No blues, no bass, but there were lots and lots of dogsharks, better than 50 at the last count. Dogsharks are not a very prized game fish, but they are a lot of fun on light tackle when there is nothing else happening.

Surf fishing was slow yesterday in Duck. I was a prety day for fishing, but I did not get any good reports.

30mph winds will keep our boats to the dock today, and possibly tomorrow. Our whole fleet is booked Friday afternoon but we do have some openings in the morning, so if you want to go fishing on Friday you may want to book now before it is too late.

There is a high tide at 6:43am and a low tide at 1:00pm. The water temperature at the Duck Pier is 50.4.

Good Luck,

Chris at Sharky’s
Sharky’s Bait, Tackle & Charters
(252)255-BAIT(2248)

Back to work

Chris at Sharky's — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 13:32:22 +0000

Happy St. Patrick’s Day. Well it sure has been a long winter but it is time to go back to work for all of us hear at Sharkys. I’ve been up hear at the store for about a week now getting things ready for the season putting up new stock, folding all the new tee shirts, and removing 4 1/2 months of dust on everything.

As far as the fishing right now I would call it a mixed bag. Surf fisherman are catching dog sharks, skates, croaker, puppy drum, and a scattered big bluefish. We ran a 1/2 day charter on friday with Wendel and Karen Lewis from Kentucky, and caught 12 big bluefish and all the dogsharks they could handle. Boats running offshore have been catching both bluefin and yellowfin tunas. The water temperature at the Duck Pier is 50.2. There is a low tide at 11:25am and a high tide at 5:24 pm.

Good Luck,

Chris at Sharkys
Sharky’s Bait, Tackle & Charters
(252)255-BAIT(2248)

1/2 DAY TRIP ON THE SEA HAG = LIMIT OF KINGS

Chris at Sharky's — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 15:03:50 +0000

Surf fishing in duck really turned on over the past two days. Black drum, puppy drum, bluefish, sea mullet, and trout have all made a great showing. Jay Bender reported catching 18 speckled trout last night behind the Hampton Inn, and catching 25 behind Sharky’s this morning. The Sea Hag with Captain Frank McCargo fished a half day trip this morning and caught a limit of nice sized king mackerel, a nice jack, and a black tip shark. Frank was fishing at the AR145. The Miss JD with Captain Clay Hauser fished at the Wright Memorial Bridge and caught a limit of stripers and some keeper flounder. The water temperature at the Duck Pier is 69.4. There is a high tide at 1:48pm.

Good Luck,

Chris at Sharky’s
www.sharkyscharters.com
(252)255-BAIT(2248)

Big Turn Around

Chris at Sharky's — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 16:00:42 +0000

Early reports this morning are of a fair number of puppy drum, trout, and black drum in the surf all being caught on cut mullet. It looks like fall may have finally gotten here. The water temperature is finally falling, and the air temperature was a down right cold 50 degrees this morning. 50 is down right cold when you are used to 80 for three weeks straight. We did have two boats fish at Manns Harbor yesterday. The total for both boats put together was 0 stripers and 1 bluefish. We are going to try it offshore tomorrow, maybe just maybe the tunas will show up. We are absolutely keeping our fingers crossed. The water temperature at the Duck Pier is 66.4. There is a high tide at 11:46am.
Good Luck,
Chris at Sharky’s
www.sharkyscharters.com
(252)255-BAIT(2248)

Sharky’s Fishing Report for 10/29/07

Chris at Sharky's — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 14:33:05 +0000

No fishing today do to the wind. It looks like we may have a window of hope on Wednesday, but then back to the wind. This is not necessarily a bad thing, we needed a front to blow through to get things going again. It just didn’t feel right catching pompano at the end of October. The water temp at the Duck Pier is 67.8, and the air temp is 56.7. There is a high tide at 10:50am. Below I have attached the coastal forecast for this week.

Good Luck,

Chris at Sharky’s
www.sharkyscharters.com
(252)255-BAIT(2248)

COASTAL WATERS FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
250 AM EDT MON OCT 29 2007
FROM S OF CURRITUCK BEACH LIGHT TO N OF SURF CITY NC OUT 20 NM…
INCLUDING THE ALBEMARLE AND PAMLICO SOUNDS AND THE MONITOR NATIONAL
MARINE SANCTUARY
AMZ150-292100-
/O.CON.KMHX.SC.Y.0079.000000T0000Z-071030T2200Z/
S OF CURRITUCK BEACH LIGHT TO OREGON INLET NC OUT 20 NM-
250 AM EDT MON OCT 29 2007

SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY
AFTERNOON

TODAY
N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT…BECOMING NE 15 TO 20 KT LATE. SEAS
6 TO 8 FT DOMINANT PERIOD 7 SECONDS.

TONIGHT
N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT DOMINANT PERIOD
8 SECONDS.

TUE
NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.

TUE NIGHT
E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT.

WED
SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT.

WED NIGHT
SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.

THU
NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT…INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO
7 FT.

FRI
NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT.

A Slow Down

Chris at Sharky's — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 18:57:00 +0000

Well, fishing took a turn for the worse yesterday. Surf fishing was downright slow through out the day, but I did catch 2 red drum last night, inshore boats scraped out a few bluefish, and I didn’t have any boats go offshore, so no report there. The water temp at the Duck Pier is 70.1. There is a high tide at 7:29am and 7:55pm. Stop by the store and check out our fall clearance sale. All Honey Hole trout grubs are half price, Diawa D-Shock combos for $19.99, 15% off all Okuma combos, and all Demo Rods are on sale. Below is a picture of all the trout I caught this morning.

Good Luck,

Chris at Sharky’s
www.sharkyscharters.com
(252)255-BAIT(2248)

10/23/07 FISHING REPORT

Chris at Sharky's — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 18:51:17 +0000

Surf fishing continues to be fair with bluefish, puppy drum, trout, flounder, and an occasional big red drum all being caught on fresh mullet. There are also still some bottom duellers still around. Bait up with bloodworms and you should produce some nice sea mullet and spot. Inshore charters have been very good lately. I fished around the inlet Saturday and had a limit of nice 2-3 pound blues within an hour. We then pushed off the beach a couple miles and caught all the albacore you wanted. Our intermediate trips have had awesome king mackerel fishing catching limits inside the 102 degree tower. The tuna made a little better showing yesterday. We managed to catch 6, but we had to work very hard at it. We need some cold weather or the tunas and stripers may never show up.

Good Luck,

Chris at Sharky’s
www.sharkyscharters.com
(252)255-BAIT(2248)