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Originally Posted by The Iceman 6
Thinking about going to North Carolina end of August. Property is on Whalehead beach. Can anyone tell me what I would expect to catch there surfcasting in late August? Any help appreciated.
Thanks,
Ice
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Lived in NC for 6 years... fishing from shore is NOTHING like NE. During the day you can get, spot, croaker and if lucky whiting (sea mullet). I love whiting, VERY tastey breaded and fried. maybe a stray flounder, bluefish etc. mostly small stuff. Sometimes popano in the surf line, also very good eating. If you can dig up sand fleas that JUST shedded they are the best bait going. All those fish love them. Use a small hook, .5-1 oz egg sinker on a carolina rig. Second choice of bait was shrimp. But it NO WHERE near as good as sand fleas.
When we would go to the shore for a week I would catch enough whiting almost every day for a nice lunch.
At night, some red/black drum if you can find a decent rip or break in a sand bar. Shrimp was usually the bait of choice, or live finger mullet if you could find some back in the tidal creeks. Both rigged carolina style.
I fished south of where you are going to be, or on vacations on the OBX.
Good luck, bring your stuff and ask around. It is one of the last places I would go for a fishing vacation, beautifull though to sit on the beach. I considered ny 6 years in NC, my time in fishing hell. If you didn't have
you were screwed.
There is also alot of pier fishing. If you got nothing else to do, it's fun at night after dinner for a few hours. If fish are in wife/kids/parents whatever can have a blast bailing panfish.