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[Blue_Runner]

Thanks guys ;D 8)

[garagenc]

hey guys I know ya'll talked abt this in july but I grew up and still live 35 minutes from the outer banks (obx). I've fished here for 50 years and EVERY winter I hit it for stripers. I have a 91 V-20. I'm in for a meet and fish. Let me know, doesn't one of the posters also live close?

Send me reply and maybe you and I can hook up and fish.

Lee 252-336-2588

[willy]

Yea did ya'll figure a date yet for a shindig, I'm a itchin. :)

[reelapeelin]

Hey BR...you still plannin' on this??...I'm still on...should we be makin' any plans yet?...it'll be here soon...or should we wait til we can get a long-range forecast?...

[Airslot]

I can not do four or five days >:(, however, I can and will trailer down to fish for a day or two :). Just gotta get lucky on a weather window.

Airslot

[TheTinMan]

Nice catch BR!


Fish is ok too ;)

Man, check out the water!

I can't commit now but I'd like to hitch a ride with Willy if someone's got room on their boat. I KNOW I'll be jonesin for some Linesiders's this winter:)

[pikfish]

If you need another testimony I can give one; the winter stripper fishing is great out of Oregon Inlet! Once the schools of strippers are found, which is normally not far from the mouth of the inlet the action is great. The charter boats run ½ day stripper charters that target the stripper schools and almost always max out the 2 fish per fisherman per day allowance. We have always thrown back 6 or 8 each per fisherman, most fish are in the 34”-42” range. The down side is the sea conditions in the inlet area! The days I have been there the 5’-6’chop in the bottleneck area of the inlet would be unsafe in a V-20. I have always been on a 52’ boat and it was still often quite rough. If the winds were light it could be fine in a smaller boat (less than 30’) but I would keep a careful eye on the weather before a long trip. jm-.02c

[macojoe]

Who has room for a 330 pounder?? ::)

[Blue_Runner]

The rental season isn't exaclty "boomin" in Nags Head during the winter season, therefore you can wait till just a couple days before to book a room.

This Comfort Inn is only about 5 miles or less from the boat ramp:

http://www.outer-banks.com/comfortinnsouth/

Its where my wife and I stayed once last year. Normally when I go, I'll probably have like 8 - 10 other guys with me and we'll have 3 or 4 boats between us so we rent a house.

Right now we're thinkin about trying to squeeze in a trip before the holidays - say around mid December. Then after new years around 1st or 2nd week of January....then again about a month later in February. We normally like to take off work on Thursday and Friday so we'll leave on Wed. evening and be able to fish Thurs. Friday and Sat. weather permitting.

Yes the inlet can be rough, but I've never been on a trip where I couldn't at least get out there1 or 2 outta 3 days. A V20 will eat up those puny lil 5 or 6 footers ;D

[Blue_Runner]

I would definitely love to do a meet and greet/striper tourney :D

I do think its going to be hard to plan though.. Might be best to plan on coming on short notice if you can.

What I can do is let you guys know when my clan gets their dates nailed down, then if you guys want to meet up with us down there and hit the water together each morning, that would be fun! We'd have a big squadron of V's!

If anybody needs to research rental properties or places to stay, directions, anything like that I will help out as much as I can. Its about a 5 1/2 hour drive for me.


P.S. The town right outside of Oregon Inlet is called Nag's Head and got the name from the old days. Land pirates used Horses with lanterns tied to their necks and walked them up and down the beach at night. Merchant skippers in the off-shore waters would mistakenly think the lights were of other ships closer to shore. They would then change course and run aground, with the pirates pillaging their cargoes.