Will be traveling to Hatteras for a reunioin with my kids in early August, was wondering if there is any surf action for anything that time of year? I know it is all too warm for stripers etc, but blues? Other stuff? Bait? Plugs? Night or day?

Also, Pamlico sound is right behind us, reds?

Thanks.

There was an article in the Surfcasters journal last month or the one before that was all about Hatteras. Maybe Z can turn you on to it.

2 oz. stingsilvers will get you lots of spanish mackeral in the surf. No stripers. Maybe a few red drum...definitely some whiting (southern kingfish). Pamlico sound (try the daysurfer hole just north of Buxton) and you shoudl find quite a few speckled trout but be careful...the season is still closed for now. Lots of good tackle shops for info and the daily fishing report is on the radio. You can also find reports at Red Drum Tackle, Frank and Frans, or any number of tackle shop web sites... they freely publicize fishing info becasue teh netters get everything and you can't access the beach due to the piping plovers...LOL

Need any more info send a pm and I'll be happy to fill you in. Am usually down there lots. September is better for the big drum but you might be suprised...

I visit Hatteras every summer. Certainly no expert but July to September I focus all my fishing on the sound. It is a very under-appreciated resource back there. I fish out of the kayak and will try to cover a lot of water. You can catch a whole mess of stuff in those shallow waters including speckled trout, weakfish, fluke, red drum and bluefish. I even got a 30" cobia on trout gear one year. Beyond that there is a ton of wierd stuff that you are garaunteed to catch wher you will go "what the heck is this thing?". There is always something cool to see in the sound, tons of cool birds, crabs, snakes, otters etc. Most of the sound can be waded for miles without the depth getting beyon 4ft if you don't have access to a kayak. From Rodanthe south just about any dirt trail leading west to the sound will give you an access point. I typically target specks, I will use a cajun thunder popping cork trailed by a gulp shrimp on a 1/4 oz jig head. The specks seam to like areas of sandy bottom mottled with big patches of grass. My best action on trout have been very early or very late in the day. Most of the puppy drum I have caught have been right up against the sod banks. Stop in a Hatteras Jacks at the south end of Rodanthe, awesome shop, great bunch of guys who have always pointed me in the right direction.

Good luck, love that place. Will be there the first week in Sept, can't wait.

Thanks Guys, very specific info. Catching is important, keeping not so much. Will use the resourses. THanks again.