Nice bass Appraiser. My in-laws used to live on the sound side of Edenton Harbor and we fished Pembroke Creek a good bit. Lots of bass tournaments down there. Plenty of fishing opportunities. Good luck and keep sending reports

Just got home from Cape Lookout and we had a great time. Got there at high tide Monday and went south below the lighthouse, reading the beach as we traveled to the point and around toward the jetty. High water prevented us from getting to the jetty. As we backtracked, we decided to stop at a couple of promising sloughs but not much was happening. After 2 puffers and a keeper black drum, we moved back further north to the weather station where a great trough was showing. After 20 minutes of inactivity, all of a sudden 1 of the 9 surf rods we had out took a sharp nose dive and didn’t rebound. Five minutes later, a beautiful slot red drum was in the cooler. Then another rod tip began that intermittent twitch that excites a surf fisherman. John dashed to check it and confirmed a fish had taken a bottom rigged shrimp. Just as he got that out of his mouth, another violent strike left no doubt that we had found a hot hole. With our red drum limit on ice and darkness falling fast, we headed for the cabin.

Day two we woke to a NW wind howling down the beach. As we began our only full day of fishing we went north a couple of miles before we found a spot we thought held potential. We set out 3 rods to test the waters and soon all 3 yielded mullet on 2 drop bottom rigs with #1 or 2/0 circle hooks baited with shrimp or squid. Over the next hour we caught a total of 9 mullet but had gone to 6 ounce pyramid weights because of the rough surf and they were not holding very well.

So we headed south to try around the point below the lighthouse to get out of that steady 18 mph north wind. There were several others that had the same idea but the surf was too still and nothing was biting. We did observe a couple of sharks feeding 10-15 yards from the water’s edge but they weren’t what we were after so we moved back up to the weather station where we had caught fish the day before.

We were able to hold a line in the trough created by a sand bar. The wind was roaring at better than 20 mph but we were determined to try it out. And am I glad we did. The incoming tide provided enough churn in the surf to bring us three good runs of fish in a 4 hour stretch that yielded 3 more slot red drum and 7 keeper black drum, along with a 34 inch red and a puppy drum that were returned to the sea. We used squid, shrimp and cut bait either on high/low bottom rigs or on Carolina rigs baited with mullet heads. Darkness slowly descended on us and we decided to call it a day.

Great fishing trip and time spent with good company.

I’ve had good luck wading there behind the Bodie Island lighthouse. I’ve caught reds and trout north of the boat dock on the creek there and it’s pretty easy wading. In Duck check with the guys at Bob’s Tackle Shop

Oops Wrong thread. Should be on OBX

When you get there check with the guys at Bob’s Tackle Shop (easy to find cause there’s only 1 street and there’s a pink fiberglass pig out front). If you do go down to the Bodie Island lighthouse, wade to the north when you get to the creek. I’ve had good luck with reds and trout.

Great stories fellas. Living off the land is really satisfying and takes us back to our roots

I live five minutes from Falls but only fish from the shore. The lake has lots of structure. Jerry @ Outhouse is a great source of information and he will give you the straight scoop.

I’ve caught a lot of fish off the old bridge pier at Oregon Inlet. Sheepsheads are good eating.

Much of the beach line from Nags Head to Corolla has been renourished over the past few years doing away with many of the “holes” that make for good fishing but some can still be found. I have found lifeguards are often a good source of information as they travel up and down the beach.

Thanks for replying guys. This same group (4 of us) went last year and had a great time. Caught a lot of reds, the biggest was 34, a few black drum and a bunch of mullet. We’re making an annual thing of it.

Sea puppy does sound like a crazy dude. I don’t doubt the wading/shark incident. I saw the same kind of thing happening one time but luckily both of my feet were on dry sand.

I’m new to this forum but certainly not new to fishing. Surf fishing is my primary interest, though I’ve been offshore 10 times and do a good bit of freshwater as well. Some buddies and I are headed out to Cape Lookout for a few days at the end of March. Has anyone been out there lately? How’s the bite been?