Fishing the Outer Banks

[Tom Lagana]

Hey fellow Snaggedliners!
I am headed down to the OBX to fish for a week. I had planned to do a mothership trip and fish the Gulf Stream but unfortunately the guide had to cancel. Hoping you guys might offer some suggestions on gear to fish the sound as well as right offshore....I am gonna launch right on the beach. Thanks fellas as always!

[jhoss]

See my post from earlier today...includes gear tips as well as what kind of structure to look for.

[sega]

You probably won't get a whole lot out of the sound other than flounder right now. That water is warm.

When you say gear do you mean like rod and reels?


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[Tom Lagana]

No baits and lures


Tom Lagana
www.tomlagana.net

[sega]

Yea check out Jhoss post lol.


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[yakscientist]

I've never fished from my kayak there, but I've been fishing obx (down south by Avon) for many years. It's a pretty fun area, especially if you fish around any of the inlets where the sound meets the ocean. In one day, my brother and I caught 13 species from his small bowrider, including dogfish, skate, flounder, lizardfish, and many more. Croaker, blues, whiting (or kingfish, some people call them sea mullet which is ridiculous and wrong), and small drum should be around. Typically I fish from shore and have 1 rod with a double bottom rig, baited with squid strips and pieces of the fishbites fake bloodworm, and 1 baited with a large chunk of fresh cut mullet on a fishfinder rig. See if you can find small valleys between sand mounds created by the waves and current, they should be easy to spot with the fishfinder. Most fish, and sharks too, will hang out there. There might be some guides too that would go out with you, and some cheap-ish inshore trips that even if they're on a boat, could point out a lot of spots within a couple miles offshore that would be somewhat easily kayak accessible, just make sure to bring a gps or your cellphone even, and mark some points, making sure it's ok with the captain and that he knows it's just for your fishing purposes (recreational).