FISHING REPORT on
Nice Kings Being Caught Offshore B|
BY RITTKR
Fishcnncn had a lot of success off
the South Brunswick Islands last
week catching good-sized king
mackerel as well as Spanish macker
el. dolphin, tuna and barracuda.
"It's been good on days when it
wasn't loo choppy," said John
Sheffield of Sheffield's store at
Ocean Isle Beach. Lots of people
have been fishing for king mackerel.
Reporting nice catches last week
were Bill Starnes Jr. of Lumberton
with a 39,-pound king, Walter
Munroe of Whitcvillc with a 34K
poundcr and Gary Hooks of Tabor
City with a 33M-pounder.
Shawn Foutch of Raleigh landed
a 24-pound barracuda and Daniel
Crews of Mt. Airy pulled in a 69
inch sailfish, according to Sheffield.
"Thai's pretty good fishing," he
said Monday. "A lot of people ar>.
using artificial bait and doing pretly
good wiili it."
Sheffield said inside fishing has
been somewhat slow, which is typi
cal during the summer. Anglers have
been catching spots and pompano.
Roy Hcwclt of Shallotic gigged a
flounder last week that weighed 9/
pounds.
Tripp's Fishing Center
"Right now it's fair inside and
good outside," said Joyce Land of
Tripp's Fishing Center at Shallotte
Point.
Fishcnncn caught large flounder,
large snots and spottailed drum last
week in the Shallotte River and
Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway.
Offshore catches have included
king and Spanish mackerel, yellow
fin tuna, barracuda, dolphin, large
grouper and black bass.
Land said cooler weather is need
ed for fishing to improve inshore.
"We need to get this hot weather off
of us. Fish hunt for cooler water like
we hunt for air conditioning."
Pier Fishing
Pier fishing hasn't been as good
the last two weeks as it was in early
July, but anglers can't really com
plain. Any pier fishing this time of
n
year is a bonus.
Fishing was prclty decent last
week at Sunset Beach Pier. Manager
Ed Kaylcr reported catches of spots,
flounder, Spanish mackerel, trout,
whiung ami pompano. One king
mackerel was landed.
"They're still catching some
fish," Kaylcr said Monday morning.
"Not exactly buckctfuls of spots, but
they're still in."
Gil Bass of Holdcn Beach Fishing
Pier said anglers caught mostly
spots, flounder, trout and pompano.
"We still had a little activity this
week," Bass said. "The pompano
have picked up. In the morning
they're still catching the trout pretty
good."
At Ocean Isle Beach Pier. Curtis
Williamson said the fishing wasn't
as good last week as it was the pre
vious week.
"It's kind of slow, but they're
catching some," Williamson said.
"Maybe the problem is the water's
too hot." The ocean water tempera
ture has been in the mid-80s lately.
This Week's
Tide Table
JULY
HIGH I.OW
Day Date A.M. P.M. A.M. P.M.
Thursday 29 5:08 5:57 11:19
Friday 30 6:09 6:52 12:0912:13
Saturday 31 7:02 7:40 1:02 1:05
AUGUST
Sunday 1 7:52 8:25 1:48 1:53
Moodav 2 8:37 9:06 2:30 2:35
Tiiesdav 3 9:18 9:44 3:11 3:16
Wednesday 4 9:56 10:20 3:48 3:57
ADJUSTMENTS
SHALLOTTE INLET? add 17 min.
high tide, add 32 min. low tide.
LOCKWOOD FOLLY? subtract 22
min. high ride, subtract 8 min. low tide.
BALD HEAD ISLAND? subtract 10
min. high tide, subtract 7 min. low ride.
SOUTH PORT ? add 7 min. high tide,
add 15 min. low tide.
LITTLE RIVER? subtract 11 min.
high tide, add 18 min. low tide.
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