Weekly report – May 29, 2010
Memorial day water temps are indeed inching up to summer mode, upper 60s north to upper 70s south. Windy week at the beach with low pressure offshore mid-week for a few days made for lots of current and relatively slow surf fishing, but better results from the piers.
There have been some good reports of tailor-sized and an increasing number of big blues, along with some nice-sized black drum and puppy drum, and nice sea mullet along all the beaches. A few Spanish at Ramp 55 in Hatteras and off the piers when the wind has been down. Hearing of a few more larger trout in the sounds lately, but most people still seem to think that the winter kill was worse than first believed, especially mid-coast, in the Carteret County area. Not a while lot being reported behind Hatteras Island as yet. One surf cobia was reported caught from Ocracoke and the boaters continue to see good numbers of fish, although they were more picky over the past week.
The forecast for the upcoming week is good with typical summer SW winds, mostly in the light-to-moderate range. Should be a good week for fishing from both surf and pier.
