Hatteras Help?

[Blue_Runner]

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!