Heading to coast...fishing reports?

[g5jamz]

Going to do a little maintenance on relative's place. I can prepare for any sort of fishing that doesn't require a boat (kayak yes). Anyone know what's best in the Crystal Coast area?

1) Pier a Bogue Inlet Pier - whatever bites...Gotcha plugs,Mirro Lures, bottom rigs

2) Surf fish and maybe use kayak some for just at the sandbar line - blues, maybe some drifting for flounder

3) Put kayak in at new boat ramp at Emerald Isle and work the grass with topwater looking for reds

3) Put in kayak at Hammock beach and fish grass behind Bear Island with topwater looking for reds

Anyone hearing anything?

[Woodcookedbbq]

A good saltwater fishing forum for the NC coast is www.ncwaterman.com

There's a fishing report forum on there, however you have to register to see the posts. But they have good info on there.

You might be able to catch some sea mullet or grey trout off the piers this time of year. There's currently a moratorium on speckled trout until June in coastal waters due to the extreme cold that killed a lot of them this past winter. I don't think this affects grey trout though. There should be more info on the DMF website.

[Razzy]

I live near the coast in San Diego and surf fish a lot. Right now it's halibut season in my area. I haven't nabbed any yet, but one of my coworkers already landed 2 good size adults and 1 illegal juvy. We just had a grunion run, where you could literally just go down to the water during the evening and catch them with your hands. Decent sized rays, leopards, shovelnoses/guitars are pretty common around here too and always fun to catch. My fishing spots are just north of a large marine sanctuary, so a bit of everything comes up from time to time. A lot of it is very illegal to keep, but I always release anyways unless it's a tasty fish. A lot of croakers I catch don't make it back.

I've been passing the time nabbing mostly surf perch myself, just screwing around and getting to know my local coastlines with some light rig and minimal gear. Just grubbing with a carolina rig, using mostly artificial GULP! bait sandworms/fleas since it's super cheap.

The same coworker who caught the halibut also bought a kayak recently. I've been thinking of getting one from CL, it would be nice to be able to get out there and have privacy. Good luck!

[Hairless Cat]

the ocean called.

theyre all out of shrimp

[g5jamz]

Surf sucked today. One dude caught a huge blue. No good bait at store (mullet). Used shrimp and got nuttin.

Will try the redfish tomorrow after another good day of warmup.