Anyone know anything about Salt Water Fly Fishing? My wife is wanting to learn how, and I was thinking about buying her a rod/reel to get her started.

3/4/2008 4:12:48 PM

there are af ew guide services down east that do it, wouldn't be bad to sepnd the money on a 1/2 day trip and get the ropes to see what equipment you need... I don't know shit about fly fishing

3/4/2008 4:17:21 PM

^^I was just at Wal-Mart and they had a complete rig for $80.00, it'd be a good start, but idk if it was a saltwater rig though..

3/4/2008 4:41:48 PM

10 shad yesterday afternoon and 5 this morning. mostly whites, only two hickories. 3 or 4 were over 3 lbs.

3/4/2008 4:42:13 PM

caught two 3-foot long dog sharks monday afternoon

3/4/2008 9:20:18 PM

If I dont get this job Im interviewing for on Thursday, I'll be going to Brevard to do some trout fishing in April!

3/4/2008 9:21:44 PM

Went fishing on Sunday on the Chesapeake. The boat caught and released 4 dinky Stripers and I didn't catch shit.

3/5/2008 11:07:54 PM

3^ I've heard something about rigging up a heavy surf rod with a dead shad/spot/blue/anything and steal leader at night on the surf and shark fishing...anyone ever try that?

Some guys were trying that in EI while me and some friends were walking/drinking on the beach and it seemed interresting...didn't know about any legal issues or anything, but sounds like saltwater catfishing...so I could be down!

3/6/2008 1:45:20 PM

it's legal

3/9/2008 3:24:07 PM

it's legal, catch all the sharks you want and kill them, I hate the fuckers

3/9/2008 3:25:18 PM

sweet...now if I can just get them to allow a small cozy fire on an EI beach I'd be set at night...

3/9/2008 4:20:59 PM

aww killing sharks is lame. Shark fishing is fun though. It's funny to watch people be like "zomg, I was just swimming with those. " Just remember the 54" minimum size and

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"One (1) Atlantic sharpnose (no minimum size) and one bonnethead (no minimum size) per person per trip may be landed in addition to allowable bag limits for other sharks."

[Edited on March 9, 2008 at 4:29 PM. Reason : ]

3/9/2008 4:26:25 PM

^ haha....yeah I remember surfing around the bogue inlet pier all day and later on around 5:00 or so my dad was asking me if I saw anything they pulled up from the pier and I hadn't...they ended up landing 2 ~4-5ft. sharks that day near the end of the pier!! he said he was going to wave me in but I was having too much fun

[Edited on March 9, 2008 at 9:04 PM. Reason : .]

3/9/2008 9:04:13 PM

I get really tired of having them wreck my live bait rigs and waste my time

we did fish a 12' hammerhead up to the boat the other day though, we wanted to see him before we broke him off

3/9/2008 9:06:25 PM

Carolina Princess canceled their 18hr trip for today Spring Break sucked....gonna try to go out sometime during easter weekend....if anyone else wants to come I'll be hitting this thread up when i get a date confirmed...might do the 11hr, might to the 18hr...unsure at the moment

http://www.carolinaprincess.com

3/9/2008 9:08:26 PM

how many people fish the 18 hour trip?

I hate headboats

3/9/2008 9:10:27 PM

ha, we've caught 6ft and bigger down on oak island during the day. 4+ footers is like a daily occurrence down there. All of the tourists looked scared shitless. I'd love to see the one that had the big ass mouth that manhandled my citation sized king a couple years back. They'd definitely have a heart attack if they saw what we've hooked and had break off at night though.

3/9/2008 9:12:41 PM

I've seen barracudas destroy a 25 lb king before

fucking saber tooth sea trout

3/9/2008 9:13:31 PM

yeah, it seems that a lot more barracuda are being caught off the piers in recent years. Hell we even saw one of these fuckers in 04.

3/9/2008 9:16:10 PM

we've seen an ocean sunfish glide under the boat while anchored about 100miles off the coast of north tampa once

the 18hr trips usually get 60-70 guys on it, it's not so bad though since it's mostly veteran head boat fisherman who won't tangle your shit it like all the tourists on the 8-12hr trips do...it's a mad rush to the back of the boat though

3/9/2008 9:20:58 PM

ocean crest or lbp (rip )?

3/9/2008 9:21:37 PM

Ocean Crest. And Yaupon was foreclosed so there's not telling where that's going. Definitely going to be crowded now.

3/9/2008 9:24:06 PM

since I met Anthony Ng, it's hard for me to go head boat fishing

[Edited on March 9, 2008 at 9:25 PM. Reason : other brother lol]

3/9/2008 9:24:25 PM

king fished lbp a lot. fished ocean crest twice and the crowding took all the fun out of it. fished seaview in surf city a few times this past year and it was pretty good. saw a lot of kings landed and my dad got one.

3/9/2008 9:26:08 PM

yeah, now everybody and their brother fishes there. I've probably fished Ocean Crest since '01 and the first couple years, there were maybe 10 people out there at the most. New owners took over and it got out that it's one of the best kingfishing spots on the east cost and all hell has broken loose since.

3/9/2008 9:30:06 PM

anything beats the yankees, tourists, and only 12 ft of water i used to put up with at bogue inlet pier. probably gonna say the fuck with pier fishing this year and just chase puppy drum in the shallows

3/9/2008 9:32:35 PM

BIP is good for making out late at night, thats about it

3/9/2008 9:33:07 PM

caught about 50 hickories today at weldon, not too crowded. single dart or pink an white grub right hand side goin down. They are in there thick

3/9/2008 10:26:27 PM

Whats a hickory? (sorry, I'm a fishing n00b)

When are the rockfish gonna get to Weldon?

3/9/2008 10:46:37 PM

caught about 25 shad in goldsboro over break and only 2 were hicks. big hard-fighting white shad are a blast.

went trout fishing thurs. and only caught one about 16 inches. weather had them all screwed up i think.

[Edited on March 9, 2008 at 10:47 PM. Reason : ^hickory shad. google them]

3/9/2008 10:47:21 PM

ohhh, a shad.
Thanks.

BTW, any of you fish the Tar?
I've heard you can catch a few rockfish but I've never talked to anyone who actually does it. everyone around here goes to the roanoke.

3/9/2008 10:49:56 PM

i fish the pamlico river (same river as the tar), but only between little washington and pamlico sound. mainly just trout and puppy drum. catch some rock around belhaven (pungo river, tributary of the pamlico) occasionally.

3/9/2008 10:54:15 PM

Now that I can wear both shoes, I would really like to go Tuna fishing.

3/13/2008 12:54:14 PM

me too

3/13/2008 1:58:01 PM

where are the good spots to fish around charlotte?

3/13/2008 2:00:15 PM

there's no ocean near there

3/13/2008 2:00:36 PM

no shit

3/13/2008 2:05:03 PM

lake norman

3/13/2008 2:06:27 PM

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"BTW, any of you fish the Tar?"

Not in a long time. I've heard that when the shad are running you can catch a lot up around Battle Park.

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"i fish the pamlico river (same river as the tar), but only between little washington and pamlico sound. mainly just trout and puppy drum. catch some rock around belhaven (pungo river, tributary of the pamlico) occasionally."

I was up there a few weeks ago in Durham's Creek which opens into the Pamlico right across from Bath. Nice area.

3/13/2008 2:43:09 PM

^fished blount's this past thurs. and only caught one speck

3/13/2008 10:14:14 PM

looks like I'll fish sunday-monday, should have the boat in and if the weather cooperates maybe I'll bring back some good bottom fish or some tuna

3/13/2008 10:16:55 PM

a lot of grouper being reported on ncwaterman

http://www.ncwaterman.com/ for those who don't already read that board

3/13/2008 10:19:03 PM

haha, I think Mr. Ng will be around

we've got a few of his electrics, maybe he'll ride out with us and show us the deal

3/13/2008 10:20:10 PM

how the hell do you pronounce "Ng"?

3/13/2008 10:21:30 PM

haha I was always wondering that, I used to read all these articles about him, then when I met him it was kinda like, "ing"

3/13/2008 10:22:18 PM

So is anyone fishing tomorrow? Is anything biting up at Weldon or anywhere around here for that matter? I might try to grab some friends and head up there if anything is biting this time of year.

Y'all know that massive house right by the river across from the soccer fields in Weldon? The top story of that house had this huge room, maybe it was originally a ballroom back in the 1700's or whatever. Anyway, back in the day I met some folks who knew the kid whose parents owned that house and we skateboarded up there a couple of times. There were some rails and ramps up in the third story. It was pretty tight and his parents were cool to let us hang out there.

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"^fished blount's this past thurs. and only caught one speck"

Never been to Blount's, but I'm trying to hit up more Eastern NC spots now that I have access to a 15' Carolina Skiff. I'll check it out sometime.

[Edited on March 14, 2008 at 8:47 PM. Reason : l]

3/14/2008 8:45:09 PM

shad are being caught pretty steady in the roanoke (at least up to weldon, probably farther), tar (greenville and farther), neuse (caught a lot around goldsboro, heard of a couple all the way in raleigh already), and the cape fear (not sure how far up they've made it).

3/14/2008 11:22:47 PM

Quinn and I are going out on the 11hr trip Sat 3/22 on the http://www.carolinaprincess.com

3/19/2008 4:33:46 PM

good luck and tight lines to ya


gonna do some yellowfinning here soon

3/19/2008 4:34:48 PM

i need a fish/depth finder

anyone got one CHEAP for sale?

3/19/2008 4:35:46 PM