Hatteras Help?

Airslot · #1 08-04-2009, 11:35 AM

Alright guys. I'm headed to hatteras for a week starting 8/22. We have a canal side place, and we'll be keeping the boat in the water. I figure that we might get two good days in for offshore out of the week, and a few sound trips. Never fished there, and assume I know nothing about fishing there. I've got the offshore gear covered, but not spots. Have no idea what to use in the sound, or where to use it.

How bout a little help?

Blue_Runner · #2 08-04-2009, 02:29 PM

What we normally do is just drift finger mullet or mud minnows on a carolina rig with just enough weight to hit bottom. The better success we've had was with the same setup but slow trolling with the big motor either around sandbars or in the inlet with perhaps a little more weight to maintain bottom on the troll. A lot of people use flounder belly for bait and it works really well down there. I think you can even buy it in some of the bait shops. Some friends of mine freeze the dolphin bellies to use as strip baits instead of flounder belly.

As for offshore it all depends of course and I have only fished offshore there in the spring but there is a place called the rock pile about 20 miles out where its normally pretty good. From what I've heard the YFT are up around "the point" mixed in with the whales and that is going to be around 40 miles one way (out of my range). I've heard of YFT as close as 10 miles though and certainly wahoo should be well within your range. Be sure to drag some purple/black up top or down low!! I'm thinking of painting up a special stretch 30 w/ purple/black and wire leader for the hoos.

Good luck and have fun!

Blue_Runner · #3 08-05-2009, 09:43 PM

Slot - check out the 2 videos I just posted in the fishing section. One is from last year's hatteras trip. One day we could not get out so we caught flounder in the sound around one of the islands behind the inlet. Nothing big at all but we had 4 or 5 keepers. We caught some good dolphin the 2 days we got out though. And lost 2 really nice ones

Airslot · #4 08-06-2009, 06:43 AM

Thanks Blue.

Blue_Runner · #5 08-25-2009, 12:03 PM

Well, Airslot should be wetting a line about now after Bill got out of the way. Looking at the reports it seems the boats are back to fishing and the sailfish bite is outstanding right now.

Hopefully Slot will bring home da meat! Rootin for ya buddy!

Blue_Runner · #6 08-27-2009, 09:09 AM

Come on...fire up the laptap Slot....the suspense is KILLIN me!