OBX Oregon Inlet

[Magothyman]

I spent last week (Oct 22 thru Oct 29) in Avon, NC. Took two kayaks —one SINK and my Hobie Outback—to fish from. Unfortunately, the wind gusted all day , every day, except Wednesday. I put in at Oregon Inlet on Wednesday morning to virtually flat water (very unusual there). Due to shallow water, I used the SINK because the fins on the Hobie would have been useless in most areas. In 3 hours I hit a Trifecta—2 flounder, three speck trout, and two redfish. The biggest redfish was 24” and gave quite a fight. It literally towed my yak around in circles for five minutes before giving up! I caught it in 2 feet of water while casting a 3” yellow paddle tail. That day made towing the yaks down there worth the effort. I’m headed down to Beaufort, SC, next month to fish for reds again.
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[dsaavedra]

Nice fish! I took my kayak down to OBX several years ago and fished hard for 3 days straight, mostly around the east side of Roanoake Island. I caught no fish at all until the end of the third trip, I think I put two tiny rat reds in the boat. I was happy to have finally caught something. Now that I have a lot more kayak fishing experience under my belt I'd like to try it again

[Shoobs]

Beautiful looking reds! Congrats on the trifecta - that wind can be a real bear, glad you got a window and made the most out of it.

[DanMarino]

Magothyman Cool trip report. I need to catch some flounder some day. I'm headed down this coming weekend. Not sure if I'll get out in the kayak, but we will see what the weather brings.

[Big Mike]

I tried fishing Oregon Inlet in my Pro Angler several years ago. Unless you stayed in the boat channel with 50’ offshore boats racing by it was useless. That area brings a whole new definition to shallow. Well done on the reds.