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07-12-2004, 01:03 PM
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Humble Head Tyrant
Join Date: Dec 1999
Location: Shark River Hills, NJ
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Don't you guys get some good shots of Cobia and other cool things from the sand down there about now? Or is that already a memory?
Cobia from the sand sounds like a real wrasslin' match  TimS
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07-12-2004, 01:39 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Foxborough, Ma
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Tim.....cobia is all but done on Hatteras Island.....target times are early May thru mid to possibly late June.........there may still be some around here and there, but for the most part, you're a month or so late.......
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07-12-2004, 02:02 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: The Sunshine State....Left Coast
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I was down there last week.....and the fishing is poor at best. Some small bluefish....very small flounder.....spot in the backwaters.
The charters were coming in after a full day with some pretty weak catches as well. Most were lucky to have caught a couple yellow fin in the 40-50 lb range.....I saw a couple cobia....small brown shark....lots of little and I mean little dolphin...and some various other small stuff. But the people chartering the boats seemed happy enough and I guess that's what counts.
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07-12-2004, 02:41 PM
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Elite Member
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Cary, NC
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Cobia are generally a May/June thing.
In July and August the really Big Game fishing in inshore North Carolina is either 1) big biter Sharks from the beach or piers, 2) in the Pamlico Sound, Pamlico River, and Neuse River...Tarpoon 75-200 lbs (boat fishing), 3) and finally in Aug and Sept, in the Pamlico Sound, Big Red Drum 30-70 lbs (boat fishing).
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07-13-2004, 01:35 PM
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Humble Head Tyrant
Join Date: Dec 1999
Location: Shark River Hills, NJ
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Gotcha, thanks
 Big biter sharks, huh? From the beach...right? Near where everyone is swimming?  Yikes.TimS
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08-06-2004, 12:20 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Ocean City, MD, USA
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Don't believe all those negative fishing reports....
Went out on an inshore charter on 7/26/04... saw 3 cobia, hooked 2, my son landed 1....  I had the first one on and lost it....  We got into a school of red drum 25 - 40 lbers.. talk about fun....  Between me and my 3 sons we caught 18 reds in about an hour and a half. You CAN still catch fish in the middle of the summer! |
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08-06-2004, 05:07 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Warrenton, VA
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Nice fish, what boat did you go out on and out of which marina.
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08-06-2004, 05:30 PM
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Elite Member
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Richmond Va.
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POACHER oregon inlet
Capt. Devin Cage website on pictures
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08-09-2004, 09:50 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Warrenton, VA
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Thanks for the info.
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08-15-2004, 03:07 AM
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Member
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Lynchbur Va
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Tim... Big sharks in the surf that you cant put the breaks on, 200lb. about all ya can land on 20lb. test.
Vasurfisher.. twas a pleasure talkin to ya this spring on the point.. (FHB) |
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08-24-2004, 11:15 AM
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New Member
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Mechanicsville, VA
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About ten years ago I took the 30 minute fly around the island with Buruss Flying Center out of Frisco. It was a little bitty plane and our pilot was a very nice young man. As you probably know, you can see big fish from the air and we saw schools of dolphin. The pilot mentioned that he had seen 10 foot sharks in the surf while swimmers were swimming out past them. Kinda freaked me out. I think it was in Sept 2001 a couple was attacked by a shark just north of Avon and the man was killed and the woman suffered bites but lived. I don't swim down there too much anymore. I hope I'm not out of line with this info. But ofcourse shark attacks are extremely rare and you are in more danger driving to the beach on the highway than getting eaten by a shark.
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and bost fish dont count lol.
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