closest albacoe blitz to annapolis MD?

[dirtyjake237]

I used to live in NC and we had an amazing run of false albacore in NOV and again in FEB just off the beach at cape lookout. I have been thinking about taking my yak down for a weekend but I wonder if there is someplace closer to MD. does anyone know the closest place to MD I can hook fat alberts from a yak? and to make it even more difficult I only use a fly rod, any suggestions?

[EMSer]

I would love to know the answer to that myself. I caught my first Allbie last summer in NY and have been fantasizing about another one ever since!

[Slobber Bob]

I'd say NC or NJ are your closest bets. You don't hear or see many being caught or reported off the DE or MD beaches with any kind of consistency.

[Romo]

There's been a decent to good bite in northern NJ and some parts of the LI sound the past couple years but its very hit or miss and a very short window. Cape Cod has a good bite almost every year but that's a hike from MD. If you need people for a NC albie road trip count me in!

[dirtyjake237]

Bob thanks for saving me the time scouting OC and Romo for the NJ & LI sound information. So I guess I won't be finding the alberts moving past on the annual migration or at least in the numbers I'm thinking of. I can see the interest in a road trip if required and I fished the area in NC for about 10 years mostly off shore fly fishing and sport fishing.

I can say that in November at Harkers island and the surrounding beaches there is more fish than water, alberts busting top water every day. Literally one of the top 5 places to fly fish on the east coast in salt water. I'll recheck some of my old fishing logs and make a few calls to some locals to nail down if the spring blitz is on and when. I usually did this on my 21 foot cc but I know of Fort Macon, Beaufort inlet and the Harkers Island ferry all as possibilities. Let me see what I can come up with for logistics since this would be about an 8 hour road trip.