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| Central District Pamlico, Craven, Carteret, & Onslow Counties Contact: Suzanne Hill Aug. 31, 2008 For the 2008 fishing year, all owners/operators of vessels recreationally fishing for and/or retaining regulated Atlantic Highly Migratory Species (HMS) (Atlantic tunas, sharks, swordfish and billfish) in the Atlantic Ocean, including the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea, must obtain an Atlantic Highly Migratory Species (HMS) Angling permit. This permit has replaced the Atlantic tunas Angling category permit. In North Carolina, additional HMS harvest reporting requirements are also in place. Please Note: Anglers sometimes confuse small king mackerel with Spanish mackerel. King mackerel and spanish mackerel have different size and catch limits. Make SURE you properly identify the mackerel you are catching. (Tips here) A recreational Recreational Fishing License went into effect Jan. 1, 2007 for all of the state's coastal and ocean waters. |
Ocean: Fishing for Spanish mackerel is wide open. Fish, two pounds or more can be caught off the beaches from Cape Lookout to Bogue Inlet. Swimming with them are bluefish, which are especially thick on the Cape Lookout Shoals. Black sea bass can be found on AR 330 along with good-sized flounder. The Honeyhole contains dolphin. Wahoo can be hooked around AR 300 and kings are around Buoy 14. Inlets/Sounds/Bays: Sheepshead are still here and can be caught along the seawall at the state port, and all the posts and pilings of the bridges in the county. The Turning Basin at the state port has pigfish, sea mullet, lizardfish, flounder and undersized sea bass.Piers/Shore: Good-sized sea mullet and pigfish can be found in the surf. Large bluefish were jumping close to the beaches on Radio Island. Piers had a mixed bag - a little of everything from Spanish in the early mornings to shark, rays pigfish, croakers and spots during the heat of the day. |
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