Hatteras surf fishing during June-early July

[Fish-N-Bud]

Hello, I'm hoping you can help me? I will be in Hatteras during the end of June and early July. What would be the best tackle for surf fishing during that period? What weight lures are best? Thanks in advance.

[PeeWee]

Fresh cut mullet on a fish finder rig is what I use for the bigger fish.. The weight 4oz-10oz according to the current.. Or try gold or silver hopkins, (spoon) cast and retreave for blues..Hope this helps..PEEWEE..

[Steve in Mass]

Late June you are the VERY tail end of cobia season...depends on wind, water temp, and water clarity....other than that, for big fish you are looking at sharks or rays.

Top water in the surf will be small bluefish and Spanish Macs......a sting Silver or other metal retrived quickly will get you those in clear water. And sometimes ribbonfish and/or houndfish run with the Spanish.

The rest is all small bottom fish......croakers, spot, maybe sea mullet, maybe some pompano, an occasion summer flounder. You want light gear, small hooks, and weights of about an ounce, maybe two in rougher surf. And fish right in the trough at the bottom of the berm with worms, sandfleas, squid, or shrimp.

On the back side (sound) you can find speckeld trout, bluefish, flounder, and occasionally a puppy drum. Last year I even managed a striper, which surprised me, as in 20 years of going down there in late June/early July, that was the first time I caught a bass down there.

Again, you are looking at light gear with 3/8 - 1/2 ounce jigheads with curly tail plastics, or small Hopkins or such. Some guys cast net bait fish and use them live for flounder.

Also in the sound on the bottom, you can catch all the tiny pinfish you could ever want on bait, but that gets pretty old pretty fast.

I will be down there (Avon) the last two weeks of June, and if you're real nice to me , maybe we can get together and I'll share a good soundside spot with you.....

[Fish-N-Bud]

Hey Steve:

Well I'm going down on June 28-July 4th. Thanks for all the information. I'm trying to collect all the information that I can as I'm a beginner at surf fishing. I used to live down in Nags Head many years ago but never did any surf fishing. I've heard every bait known to man to use and weights from 3/8oz.-10oz......so I'm getting confused. So I guess I'm going to have a full tackle box for sure. .........thanks again for all the great information.

Originally Posted by Steve in Mass

Late June you are the VERY tail end of cobia season...depends on wind, water temp, and water clarity....other than that, for big fish you are looking at sharks or rays.

Top water in the surf will be small bluefish and Spanish Macs......a sting Silver or other metal retrived quickly will get you those in clear water. And sometimes ribbonfish and/or houndfish run with the Spanish.

The rest is all small bottom fish......croakers, spot, maybe sea mullet, maybe some pompano, an occasion summer flounder. You want light gear, small hooks, and weights of about an ounce, maybe two in rougher surf. And fish right in the trough at the bottom of the berm with worms, sandfleas, squid, or shrimp.

On the back side (sound) you can find speckeld trout, bluefish, flounder, and occasionally a puppy drum. Last year I even managed a striper, which surprised me, as in 20 years of going down there in late June/early July, that was the first time I caught a bass down there.

Again, you are looking at light gear with 3/8 - 1/2 ounce jigheads with curly tail plastics, or small Hopkins or such. Some guys cast net bait fish and use them live for flounder.

Also in the sound on the bottom, you can catch all the tiny pinfish you could ever want on bait, but that gets pretty old pretty fast.

I will be down there (Avon) the last two weeks of June, and if you're real nice to me , maybe we can get together and I'll share a good soundside spot with you.....

[longcaster]

NOW THE Setelment is out fishing on the outer banks below Pea Island is fuXXup there will not be any beach to fish on. The WACKOS took it all away tonight.

STAY HOME waste your money elsewhere.





Hell yes I'm mad, so what

[king_rigr]

Originally Posted by Steve in Mass

Late June you are the VERY tail end of cobia season..

what are you talking about??

[CHUCK BRYAN]

Steve is talking about a type of fish that shows up at the OBX in may june.
Its a gulf stream fish that comes in shore at that time of year.

[king_rigr]

Originally Posted by CHUCK BRYAN

Steve is talking about a type of fish that shows up at the OBX in may june.
Its a gulf stream fish that comes in shore at that time of year.

i know what a cobe is. i was talkin about that they don't move out til like august.

[CHUCK BRYAN]

King I am sorry.
I thought that they were usualy gone by mid June.

[derf]

Originally Posted by CHUCK BRYAN

King I am sorry.
I thought that they were usualy gone by mid June.

well it depends on where you fish ..
the pier or the beach ...

[CHUCK BRYAN]

I did it again!!!!
I don't follow the Planks so I will shut up and go away.

[derf]

Originally Posted by CHUCK BRYAN

I did it again!!!!
I don't follow the Planks so I will shut up and go away.

lolol you aren't goin' anywhere but fishin' chuck
can't help it if all of a sudden we get invaded by a bunch of plankers !!!
2 completely different worlds ...
personally , if i'm not on the sand it ain't fishin' ..

[king_rigr]

Originally Posted by CHUCK BRYAN

King I am sorry.
I thought that they were usualy gone by mid June.

it's alright. i was just making a statement.

Originally Posted by derf

lolol you aren't goin' anywhere but fishin' chuck
can't help it if all of a sudden we get invaded by a bunch of plankers !!!
2 completely different worlds ...
personally , if i'm not on the sand it ain't fishin' ..

well personally to me, fishin is fishin. no matter how you look at it. if you got a rod and bait in the water then why does it matter where you are?.....just sayin

[derf]

well let's see ;
maybe when you are able to own a vehicle and can drive to fish wherever you wish , you might just understand

[king_rigr]

Originally Posted by derf

well let's see ;
maybe when you are able to own a vehicle and can drive to fish wherever you wish , you might just understand

yeah, you may be right. but when i get my car and license, i'll still go to the same place(s) that i go to now.