-----Original Message-----
From: "Cheryl Gilgo" <cheryl.gilgo@...>
Sent: Mon, 04 Jan 2010 11:38:59 Pacific Standard Time
To: <manaraysobx@...>
Subject: News Release: National Saltwater Angler Registry Opens on New Year?s
Day
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<p><font size=3>Contact: Connie Barclay </font></p>
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<p>National Saltwater Angler Registry Opens on New Year?s Day
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<p>New program, part of improved data collection system, to help protect
nation?s ocean resources </p></i></font></font><font size=3>
<p>Saltwater recreational fishermen have long expressed concerns about the data
used to estimate the effects of recreational fishing on ocean resources and the
nation?s economy. The National Saltwater Angler Registry, which launches on
Friday, will help address that concern by providing a comprehensive list of the
nation?s saltwater anglers that will be used to improve surveys of fishermen.
These surveys are used by NOAA scientists to assess the health of fish stocks
and to estimate the economic contributions of anglers. </p>
<p>Many saltwater recreational fishermen will be required to register before
fishing in 2010. The registry is open for registrations starting Friday, January
1. But if you have a state saltwater fishing license, you may already be part of
the registry. </p>
<p>"By registering, recreational anglers will make their catch count," said Jim
Balsiger, acting NOAA assistant administrator for NOAA?s Fisheries Service. "The
National Saltwater Angler Registry is an important tool that will enable us to
better estimate the health of marine fisheries so that we?re able to preserve
the pastime of recreational saltwater fishing for generations to come." </p>
<p>"Recreational fishers need the registry," says Capt. Monty Hawkins, a party
boat operator and recreational fishing advocate based in Ocean City, Md.
"People?s lives depend on the quality of the government?s information. It?s the
basis for management decisions on everything from creel limits to whether to
shut down whole sections of the coast. I?ve been harshly critical of
recreational fishing data in the past, but I welcome the registry as a way to
improve upon the current system." </p>
<p>Gordon Colvin, a biologist with NOAA?s Fisheries Service and interim senior
policy advisor on recreational fishing to Balsiger, who has spearheaded the
registry implementation, said that many anglers will not need to take any action
to register, because their coastal states already have agreements in place with
NOAA to share state saltwater fishing license information. </p></font><b><font
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<p>Who Needs to Register: </p></b></font></font><font size=3>
<p>Recreational saltwater fishermen will need to register if they: </p>
<p>? Hold a license from one of 10 coastal states or territories which do not
currently have comprehensive saltwater angler license or registration
requirements?Hawaii, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New Hampshire,
Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, Virginia, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. </p>
<p>? Fish for or are likely to catch anadromous species in tidal and salt
waters; these are fish like river herring, shad, smelt and striped bass that
live in the oceans but spawn in fresh water, OR </p>
<p>? Fish in the federal waters more than three miles from the ocean shore or
from the mouths of rivers or bays </p></font><b><font face=Arial,Arial
size=3><font face=Arial,Arial size=3>
<p>Who Doesn?t Need to Register </p></b></font></font><font size=3>
<p>Some anglers don?t have to register if they: </p>
<p>? Hold a license from one of 15 coastal states with comprehensive licensing
or registration ? Alabama, Alaska, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida,
Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, South
Carolina, Texas, Washington; </p>
<p>? Are not required under state law in one of these 15 states to hold a
fishing license as is sometimes the case with seniors or active-duty military;
</p>
<p>? Are under age 16; </p>
<p>? Pay to fish on licensed charter, party or guide boats; </p>
<p>? Hold a Highly Migratory Species Angling permit or subsistence fishing
permit; </p>
<p>? Fish commercially under a valid license. </p>
<p>National Saltwater Angler registration is free in 2010. To register beginning
Friday, anglers can visit http://www.countmyfish.noaa.gov and click on the
Angler Registry link, or call the toll-free registration line at 1-888-MRIP411
(1-888-674-7411) from 4:00 am to 12 midnight EST daily. </p>
<p>Anglers will need to provide their name, date of birth, address and telephone
number, and will receive a registration number that will allow them to begin
fishing immediately. They will receive a registration card in the mail in about
30 days. </p>
<p>Steve Medeiros, executive director of the Rhode Island Saltwater Anglers
Association and a leading advocate for a saltwater fishing license in his state,
said the registry is an important step. "While it?s true that some fishermen
don?t like the idea of having to register to participate in a sport they?ve
taken for granted their whole lives, anyone fishing today knows that increasing
pressures on the ocean are having a real effect," he said. "If we?re going to
pass the sport down to our children and grandchildren, we?re going to need sound
management based on good data." </p>
<p>The registry will be used as the basis for conducting surveys of saltwater
recreational fishermen to find out how often they fish. It will eventually
replace the use of random-digit dialing to coastal households, a system NOAA has
had in place since the 1970s. The goal is to improve survey efficiency and
reduce bias by making calls only to homes where people fish, and reaching
saltwater anglers who live outside coastal counties. </p>
<p>While the registry is among the most visible aspects of NOAA?s Marine
Recreational Information Program, it is only one component of this rigorous
multi-year, multi-phased overhaul of the system NOAA uses to collect and report
recreational fishing data. Each piece of its design and implementation has been
guided by close working relationships among NOAA personnel, fisheries managers,
state partners, independent scientists and the recreational fishing community.
</p>
<p>Recreational fishermen should also remember that regardless of whether an
individual is registered with NOAA, they must obey all state regulations and
licensing requirements where they are fishing. </p>
<p>NOAA understands and predicts changes in the Earth's environment, from the
depths of the ocean to the surface of the sun, and conserves and manages our
coastal and marine resources. Visit us at http://www.noaa.gov and on Facebook at
http://www.facebook.com/noaa.lubchenco. </p>
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Thanks Dale for the report.
--- In NorthCarolinaPierFishing@yahoogroups.com, "dale" <rckfsh@...> wrote:
>
> Just got back from Hatteras... got there Wednesday, fished that night,
Thursday at the point and south beach... Friday fished Ocracoke, Friday night
again on south beach... heard of a couple 3 pups on south beach, but we couldn't
find them... doggies and skates was all we seen... cold and wind moved in over
night Friday successfully running my candy@$$ off the beach... left Buxton this
morning, 28° and wind NNW at 35mph... glad to be back in Sneads Ferry...
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Al Baird
> To: NorthCarolinaPierFishing@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Friday, January 01, 2010 11:17 PM
> Subject: RE: [NorthCarolinaPierFishing] Happy New Year Forecast
>
>
>
>
> You know they just keep breaking my heart. Rodriguez players are all
gone Stewat can't recurit, Holiday went to that Division 2 school Marshall...
then I think WVU Basketball and they lose to Purdue. We got rain and I went to
the pierhouse and everyone was like cheer up it is going to pass and I was "my
disposition has nothing to do with the weater"
>
> One dogfish caught by me and I saw few others toward the end. Water
Temp 52.9 degrees
>
>
> --- On Thu, 12/31/09, Roy Pod <rpodd@...> wrote:
>
>
> From: Roy Pod <rpodd@...>
> Subject: RE: [NorthCarolinaPierFishing] Happy New Year Forecast
> To: NorthCarolinaPierFishing@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Thursday, December 31, 2009, 9:53 AM
>
>
>
> Al
>
> The Gator Bowl….Very Good . ..But
>
> #6 WVU vs #4 Perdue in West Lafayette ….watch as history is
made. You are seeing the Emergence of a power in our B-ball program as opposed
to the slow demise of two programs at the Gator Bowl. A double on the rocks, a
boiler maker and an Iron City Sandwich for Huggs..”Hic,Hic”
>
>
Roy in DE
>
>
WVU Rules
>
>
>
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> From: NorthCarolinaPierFi shing@yahoogroup s.com [mailto:
NorthCarolinaPierFi shing@yahoogroup s.com ] On Behalf Of roadkillal1959
> Sent: Thursday, December 31, 2009 8:41 AM
> To: NorthCarolinaPierFi shing@yahoogroup s.com
> Subject: [NorthCarolinaPierF ishing] Happy New Year Forecast
>
>
>
>
>
> This is the last report for the decade. I am heading down to
Wrightsville Beach for the 1st and 2nd going to fish Mercers and the jetties at
Masonboro inlet for as long as I can stand it.
>
> I will be easy to spot on Mercer's I will have my WVU stuff on and
have the game on my portable TV that Santa brought me.
>
> Here is what is going on brought to you by the Chalotte Observer:
>
> Outer Banks: Oregon Inlet: Limits of good-sized yellowfin tuna
offshore when sea conditions are favorable; Hatteras Island: Whiting in the surf
near Avon . Puppy drum and a few flounder in the surf at Ramps 43 and 44;
Ocracoke Island : Good numbers of puppy drum in the surf; Morehead City area:
Speckled trout well back in the creeks on grubs and live shrimp (which are
difficult to find). Bluefin tuna offshore when sea conditions are favorable.
>
> Southeastern N.C. Coast : Excellent catches of black sea bass in
water 80 feet deep. Speckled trout to almost 7 pounds at the Little River
jetties. Bluefin tuna off Southport and Ocean Isle when sea conditions are
favorable.
>
Just got back from Hatteras... got there Wednesday, fished that night, Thursday at the point and south beach... Friday fished Ocracoke, Friday night again on south beach... heard of a couple 3 pups on south beach, but we couldn't find them... doggies and skates was all we seen... cold and wind moved in over night Friday successfully running my candy@$$ off the beach... left Buxton this morning, 28° and wind NNW at 35mph... glad to be back in Sneads Ferry...
Subject: RE: [NorthCarolinaPierFishing] Happy New Year Forecast
You know they just keep breaking my heart. Rodriguez players are all gone Stewat can't recurit, Holiday went to that Division 2 school Marshall... then I think WVU Basketball and they lose to Purdue. We got rain and I went to the pierhouse and everyone was like cheer up it is going to pass and I was "my disposition has nothing to do with the weater"
One dogfish caught by me and I saw few others toward the end. Water Temp 52.9 degrees
--- On Thu, 12/31/09, Roy Pod <rpodd@...> wrote:
From: Roy Pod <rpodd@...> Subject: RE: [NorthCarolinaPierFishing] Happy New Year Forecast To: NorthCarolinaPierFishing@yahoogroups.com Date: Thursday, December 31, 2009, 9:53 AM
Al
The Gator Bowl….Very Good . ..But
#6 WVU vs #4 Perdue in West Lafayette ….watch as history is made. You are seeing the Emergence of a power in our B-ball program as opposed to the slow demise of two programs at the Gator Bowl. A double on the rocks, a boiler maker and an Iron City Sandwich for Huggs..”Hic,Hic”
Roy in DE
WVU Rules
From: NorthCarolinaPierFi shing@yahoogroup s.com [mailto: NorthCarolinaPierFi shing@yahoogroup s.com ] On Behalf Of roadkillal1959 Sent: Thursday, December 31, 2009 8:41 AM To: NorthCarolinaPierFi shing@yahoogroup s.com Subject: [NorthCarolinaPierF ishing] Happy New Year Forecast
This is the last report for the decade. I am heading down to Wrightsville Beach for the 1st and 2nd going to fish Mercers and the jetties at Masonboro inlet for as long as I can stand it.
I will be easy to spot on Mercer's I will have my WVU stuff on and have the game on my portable TV that Santa brought me.
Here is what is going on brought to you by the Chalotte Observer:
Outer Banks: Oregon Inlet: Limits of good-sized yellowfin tuna offshore when sea conditions are favorable; Hatteras Island: Whiting in the surf near Avon . Puppy drum and a few flounder in the surf at Ramps 43 and 44; Ocracoke Island : Good numbers of puppy drum in the surf; Morehead City area: Speckled trout well back in the creeks on grubs and live shrimp (which are difficult to find). Bluefin tuna offshore when sea conditions are favorable.
Southeastern N.C. Coast : Excellent catches of black sea bass in water 80 feet deep. Speckled trout to almost 7 pounds at the Little River jetties. Bluefin tuna off Southport and Ocean Isle when sea conditions are favorable.
You know they just keep breaking my heart. Rodriguez players are all gone Stewat can't recurit, Holiday went to that Division 2 school Marshall... then I think WVU Basketball and they lose to Purdue. We got rain and I went to the pierhouse and everyone was like cheer up it is going to pass and I was "my disposition has nothing to do with the weater"
One dogfish caught by me and I saw few others toward the end. Water Temp 52.9 degrees
--- On Thu, 12/31/09, Roy Pod <rpodd@...> wrote:
From: Roy Pod <rpodd@...> Subject: RE: [NorthCarolinaPierFishing] Happy New Year Forecast To: NorthCarolinaPierFishing@yahoogroups.com Date: Thursday, December 31, 2009, 9:53 AM
Al
The Gator Bowl….Very Good . ..But
#6 WVU vs #4 Perdue in West Lafayette ….watch as history is made. You are seeing the Emergence of a power in our B-ball program as opposed to the slow demise of two programs at the Gator Bowl. A double on the rocks, a boiler maker and an Iron City Sandwich for Huggs..”Hic,Hic”
Roy in DE
WVU Rules
From: NorthCarolinaPierFi shing@yahoogroup s.com [mailto: NorthCarolinaPierFi shing@yahoogroup s.com ] On Behalf Of roadkillal1959 Sent: Thursday, December 31, 2009 8:41 AM To: NorthCarolinaPierFi shing@yahoogroup s.com Subject: [NorthCarolinaPierF ishing] Happy New Year Forecast
This is the last report for the decade. I am heading down to Wrightsville Beach for the 1st and 2nd going to fish Mercers and the jetties at Masonboro inlet for as long as I can stand it.
I will be easy to spot on Mercer's I will have my WVU stuff on and have the game on my portable TV that Santa brought me.
Here is what is going on brought to you by the Chalotte Observer:
Outer Banks: Oregon Inlet: Limits of good-sized yellowfin tuna offshore when sea conditions are favorable; Hatteras Island: Whiting in the surf near Avon . Puppy drum and a few flounder in the surf at Ramps 43 and 44; Ocracoke Island : Good numbers of puppy drum in the surf; Morehead City area: Speckled trout well back in the creeks on grubs and live shrimp (which are difficult to find). Bluefin tuna offshore when sea conditions are favorable.
Southeastern N.C. Coast : Excellent catches
of black sea bass in water 80 feet deep. Speckled trout to almost 7 pounds at the Little River jetties. Bluefin tuna off Southport and Ocean Isle when sea conditions are favorable.
#6 WVU vs
#4 Perdue in West Lafayette….watch
as history is made. You are seeing the Emergence of a power in our B-ball program
as opposed to the slow demise of two programs at the Gator Bowl. A double on
the rocks, a boiler maker and an Iron City Sandwich for Huggs..”Hic,Hic”
Roy in DE
WVU Rules
From:NorthCarolinaPierFishing@yahoogroups.com [mailto:NorthCarolinaPierFishing@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of roadkillal1959 Sent: Thursday, December 31, 2009
8:41 AM To:NorthCarolinaPierFishing@yahoogroups.com Subject:
[NorthCarolinaPierFishing] Happy New Year Forecast
This is the last report for the decade. I am heading
down to WrightsvilleBeach for the 1st and 2nd
going to fish Mercers and the jetties at Masonboro inlet for as long as I can
stand it.
I will be easy to spot on Mercer's I will have my WVU stuff on and have the
game on my portable TV that Santa brought me.
Here is what is going on brought to you by the Chalotte Observer:
Outer Banks: Oregon Inlet: Limits of good-sized yellowfin tuna offshore when
sea conditions are favorable; Hatteras Island: Whiting in the surf near Avon. Puppy drum and a few flounder in the surf at Ramps
43 and 44; OcracokeIsland: Good numbers of puppy drum in the surf; MoreheadCity area: Speckled trout well back in
the creeks on grubs and live shrimp (which are difficult to find). Bluefin tuna
offshore when sea conditions are favorable.
SoutheasternN.C.Coast:
Excellent catches of black sea bass in water 80 feet deep. Speckled trout to
almost 7 pounds at the Little River jetties. Bluefin tuna off Southport
and Ocean Isle when sea conditions are favorable.
Now thats a cool idea!
Dave K
-----Original Message-----
Date: Thursday, December 31, 2009 8:34:07 am
To: NorthCarolinaPierFishing@yahoogroups.com
From: "roadkillal1959" <roadkillal1959@...>
Subject: [NorthCarolinaPierFishing] Re: The Third Aquarium Pier
I wonder if they will let you troll from it?
--- In NorthCarolinaPierFishing@yahoogroups.com, "Brian Cain" <blcain@...>
wrote:
>
> Doesn't that (Skyliner) get in the way of casting?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: NorthCarolinaPierFishing@yahoogroups.com
> [mailto:NorthCarolinaPierFishing@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
> roadkillal1959
> Sent: Tuesday, December 29, 2009 6:44 PM
> To: NorthCarolinaPierFishing@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [NorthCarolinaPierFishing] The Third Aquarium Pier
>
>
>
> Was originally planned for Fort Fisher but now the Aquarium has partnered
> with Carolina Beach and Carolina Beach has purchased land near the old
> Fisherman's Steel pier for the new pier. I emailed back and forth today with
> a rep from the Aquarium and when I jokingly said I guess having a ride like
> the Skyliner is out of the question. She very seriouly said "not really it
> is being discussed". How cool would that be.
>
> For those of you that do not know the Skyliner really was
This is the last report for the decade. I am heading down to Wrightsville Beach
for the 1st and 2nd going to fish Mercers and the jetties at Masonboro inlet for
as long as I can stand it.
I will be easy to spot on Mercer's I will have my WVU stuff on and have the game
on my portable TV that Santa brought me.
Here is what is going on brought to you by the Chalotte Observer:
Outer Banks: Oregon Inlet: Limits of good-sized yellowfin tuna offshore when sea
conditions are favorable; Hatteras Island: Whiting in the surf near Avon. Puppy
drum and a few flounder in the surf at Ramps 43 and 44; Ocracoke Island: Good
numbers of puppy drum in the surf; Morehead City area: Speckled trout well back
in the creeks on grubs and live shrimp (which are difficult to find). Bluefin
tuna offshore when sea conditions are favorable.
Southeastern N.C. Coast: Excellent catches of black sea bass in water 80 feet
deep. Speckled trout to almost 7 pounds at the Little River jetties. Bluefin
tuna off Southport and Ocean Isle when sea conditions are favorable.
I wonder if they will let you troll from it?
--- In NorthCarolinaPierFishing@yahoogroups.com, "Brian Cain" <blcain@...>
wrote:
>
> Doesn't that (Skyliner) get in the way of casting?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: NorthCarolinaPierFishing@yahoogroups.com
> [mailto:NorthCarolinaPierFishing@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
> roadkillal1959
> Sent: Tuesday, December 29, 2009 6:44 PM
> To: NorthCarolinaPierFishing@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [NorthCarolinaPierFishing] The Third Aquarium Pier
>
>
>
> Was originally planned for Fort Fisher but now the Aquarium has partnered
> with Carolina Beach and Carolina Beach has purchased land near the old
> Fisherman's Steel pier for the new pier. I emailed back and forth today with
> a rep from the Aquarium and when I jokingly said I guess having a ride like
> the Skyliner is out of the question. She very seriouly said "not really it
> is being discussed". How cool would that be.
>
> For those of you that do not know the Skyliner really was the featured
> attraction at Fisherman's Steel Pier. It traveled 30 feet or so above the
> pier and you would get on it at the ramp of the pier and ride it out and
> back.
>
Doesn't that (Skyliner) get in the way of casting?
-----Original Message-----
From: NorthCarolinaPierFishing@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:NorthCarolinaPierFishing@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
roadkillal1959
Sent: Tuesday, December 29, 2009 6:44 PM
To: NorthCarolinaPierFishing@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [NorthCarolinaPierFishing] The Third Aquarium Pier
Was originally planned for Fort Fisher but now the Aquarium has partnered
with Carolina Beach and Carolina Beach has purchased land near the old
Fisherman's Steel pier for the new pier. I emailed back and forth today with
a rep from the Aquarium and when I jokingly said I guess having a ride like
the Skyliner is out of the question. She very seriouly said "not really it
is being discussed". How cool would that be.
For those of you that do not know the Skyliner really was the featured
attraction at Fisherman's Steel Pier. It traveled 30 feet or so above the
pier and you would get on it at the ramp of the pier and ride it out and
back.
Was originally planned for Fort Fisher but now the Aquarium has partnered with
Carolina Beach and Carolina Beach has purchased land near the old Fisherman's
Steel pier for the new pier. I emailed back and forth today with a rep from the
Aquarium and when I jokingly said I guess having a ride like the Skyliner is out
of the question. She very seriouly said "not really it is being discussed". How
cool would that be.
For those of you that do not know the Skyliner really was the featured
attraction at Fisherman's Steel Pier. It traveled 30 feet or so above the pier
and you would get on it at the ramp of the pier and ride it out and back.
--- On Mon, 12/28/09, roadkillal1959 <roadkillal1959@...> wrote:
From: roadkillal1959 <roadkillal1959@...> Subject: [NorthCarolinaPierFishing] Re: IMAGES from JENNETTE'S PIER To: NorthCarolinaPierFishing@yahoogroups.com Date: Monday, December 28, 2009, 8:40 AM
No it is not working either you need to do the old fashion method of cuting and pasting it in your address bar.
--- On Thu, 12/24/09, Brian Cain <blcain@...> wrote:
From: Brian Cain <blcain@...> Subject: Re: [NorthCarolinaPierFishing] Merry Christmas -and here is your fishing forecast To: NorthCarolinaPierFishing@yahoogroups.com Date: Thursday, December 24, 2009, 1:23 PM
Hi Al,
Many thanks for the whole year of forecasts and for your best wishes. Good luck with the lures. (I've got my new fly rod and reel wrapped for tomorrow :-) .)
I wish you and all NCFPS members and their families a very Merry Christmas and a fishful New Year, *Brian #148 * roadkillal1959 wrote:
> > > I hope everyone is having a great Christmas and I hope Santa brings > you everything you want. I hope he fills my stocking with red and > white gotcha plugs and an 808 mirrolure TT please. > > Here is the forecast from the Charlotte Observer: > > Outer Banks: Nags Head area: Little activity; Oregon Inlet area: > Limits of yellowfin tuna offshore when sea conditions are favorable; > Hatteras Island: Limits of big blackfin tuna off Hatteras Village. > Sharks, some very large, at Cape Point near Buxton. Scattered puppy > drum
in the surf; Ocracoke Island: Puppy drum in the surf; Morehead > City area: Bluefin tuna just offshore at areas known as Big 10 and > Little 10, the 1700 Rock and Northwest Places. > > Southeastern N.C. Coast: Bluefin tuna are starting to show off > Southport and Ocean Isle. > > __
Hi Al,
Many thanks for the whole year of forecasts and for your best wishes.
Good luck with the lures. (I've got my new fly rod and reel wrapped for
tomorrow :-) .)
I wish you and all NCFPS members and their families a very Merry
Christmas and a fishful New Year,
*Brian
#148
*
roadkillal1959 wrote:
>
>
> I hope everyone is having a great Christmas and I hope Santa brings
> you everything you want. I hope he fills my stocking with red and
> white gotcha plugs and an 808 mirrolure TT please.
>
> Here is the forecast from the Charlotte Observer:
>
> Outer Banks: Nags Head area: Little activity; Oregon Inlet area:
> Limits of yellowfin tuna offshore when sea conditions are favorable;
> Hatteras Island: Limits of big blackfin tuna off Hatteras Village.
> Sharks, some very large, at Cape Point near Buxton. Scattered puppy
> drum in the surf; Ocracoke Island: Puppy drum in the surf; Morehead
> City area: Bluefin tuna just offshore at areas known as Big 10 and
> Little 10, the 1700 Rock and Northwest Places.
>
> Southeastern N.C. Coast: Bluefin tuna are starting to show off
> Southport and Ocean Isle.
>
> __
I hope everyone is having a great Christmas and I hope Santa brings you
everything you want. I hope he fills my stocking with red and white gotcha plugs
and an 808 mirrolure TT please.
Here is the forecast from the Charlotte Observer:
Outer Banks: Nags Head area: Little activity; Oregon Inlet area: Limits of
yellowfin tuna offshore when sea conditions are favorable; Hatteras Island:
Limits of big blackfin tuna off Hatteras Village. Sharks, some very large, at
Cape Point near Buxton. Scattered puppy drum in the surf; Ocracoke Island: Puppy
drum in the surf; Morehead City area: Bluefin tuna just offshore at areas known
as Big 10 and Little 10, the 1700 Rock and Northwest Places.
Southeastern N.C. Coast: Bluefin tuna are starting to show off Southport and
Ocean Isle.
smart move... I was gonna go up to York for Christmas this year but have a cold, and not traveling like that... wouldn't go anyways with this snow... told the crew if it don't settle and clear up I'll see ya in April...
Subject: [NorthCarolinaPierFishing] Re: New Pics from Jennettes
Wow, we were suppose to go to Pittsburgh this weekend, we had tickets to the Steeler Game we got 50 miles north of Charlotte and turned around. We saw about 25 cars in the ditch and a few that were overturned and we had not even got to the bad part yet.
--- In NorthCarolinaPierFishing@yahoogroups.com, Jack Wood <doi1224@...> wrote: > > Western NC > > --- On Mon, 12/21/09, roadkillal1959 <roadkillal1959@...> wrote: > > From: roadkillal1959 <roadkillal1959@...> > Subject: [NorthCarolinaPierFishing] New Pics from Jennettes > To: NorthCarolinaPierFishing@yahoogroups.com > Date: Monday, December 21, 2009, 5:43 PM > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Uploaded 3 that were sent to my today. >
Dare county to brand local seafood
Outer Bank tourists fill their grocery carts with seafood and order fish at
local restaurants. Outer Banks fishermen catch tons of fish in the nearby ocean
and sounds. Often, one has little to do with the other.
To help bridge that gap, Dare County is preparing to launch a branding program,
"Outer Banks Catch," to promote locally caught seafood and inform consumers
about what kinds of fresh fish are available when.
"This is really going to help the fishermen educate the general public, which is
ultimately going to help the commercial fisherman," said Jamie Reibel, a member
of the county's working watermen committee. "It's worthy."
Mike Johnson, a county commissioner, said that the vast majority of seafood
eaten nationally, including in the Outer Banks, is caught overseas.
"Even our kids don't understand how much imported seafood we eat in Dare
County," he said.
Vacationers may be as likely to order lobster caught off Maine as they are
flounder caught off Hatteras, he said, and unless they know better, they may end
up eating shrimp from Vietnam rather than shrimp that was just unloaded in
Wanchese.
"I'm not saying people are ignorant," Johnson said. "They just assume it's
local."
As chairman of the working watermen committee, Johnson helped orchestrate the
formation of the Outer Banks Catch program, which held its first executive
committee meeting last week. It is modeled on similar programs in Carteret and
Brunswick counties, he said, and would include catch from Hyde, Tyrrell and
Currituck counties.
In 2008, commercial watermen landed 22.7 million pounds of seafood in Dare
County, valued at more than $23 million, according to the state Division of
Marine Fisheries. Considering that landings that year statewide were 71 million
pounds with a value of about $87 million, Dare's catch is extraordinary.
But much of the fish caught off its shores is shipped to New York and other
ports, although the percentage is not known.
Part of the goal of the branding program is to create more demand locally for
the catch, before it is shipped off. In the process, it is hoped that consumers
will gain appreciation for the value of fresh catch and the watermen's role in
putting it on the table, said Sharon Peele Kennedy, a Buxton resident and
chairwoman of the Outer Banks Catch executive committee.
There are several Hatteras Island restaurateurs who regularly go to the docks to
get fresh-caught fish for their customers, Kennedy said.
"Yes, it's economical to get imported fish, but that's not what people come here
for," she said. "They know we're famous for our shrimp, our clams, our blue
crabs, our oysters. They're aware of our flounder, especially."
The hope is that once people understand that there are seasons for fish - just
as there are for produce - they won't ask for oysters in the summertime, or
soft-shell crab in the winter.
The program would use a logo - the preliminary design is a yellowfin tuna - to
identify local catch. Restaurants that participate would agree to serve at least
one fresh-caught fish at any given time throughout the year. Supermarkets will
also be encouraged to stock local seasonal catch.
The committee expects to be ready to present the branding campaign to the
community by April, Kennedy said.
Once people experience the difference between a fish just off a boat in Wanchese
and an imported fish with mysterious origins served at a chain restaurant,
Johnson said, the demand will naturally grow.
"There is a huge difference from the stuff that comes frozen off the truck and
our fresh local-caught seafood," he said. "There's no comparison on the taste."
Catherine Kozak, (252) 441-1711, cate.kozak@...
Wow, we were suppose to go to Pittsburgh this weekend, we had tickets to the
Steeler Game we got 50 miles north of Charlotte and turned around. We saw about
25 cars in the ditch and a few that were overturned and we had not even got to
the bad part yet.
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Cost: 5.00 per rod for the tournament. (Normal per rod pier ticket must be purchased separately $8.00.)
Prizes: Cash Prizes for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd places.
Door Prizes to be raffled at end of tournament. (Must Be Present To Win)
All fish entered must be weighed and released alive to be considered for prizes. Fishing starts at 2 PM but you can show up and start fishing any time after. All fish entered must be weigh by 8:00 PM.Only fish caught on Johnnie Mercer's Pier are eligible.
Pretty good report for this time of year.
Outer Banks-Nags Head area: Puppy drum in surf at Coquina. Oregon Inlet: Limits
of yellowfin tuna offshore, along with some wahoo. Striped bass around the Manns
Harboro, Manteo and Oregon Inlet bridges. Hatteras Island: Flounder, puppy drum
in surf at Cape Point near Buxton and at Ramp 43. Good catches of blackfin tuna
along with a few king mackerel off Hatteras Village.
Ocracoke Island: Black drum, puppy drum in surf. Morehead City: Bluefin from
Beaufort Inlet sea buoy to Northwest Places and at Big 10/Little 10, the Knuckle
and Shad Boat buoys. Gray trout, whiting along beach, at Beaufort Inlet and Dead
Tree Hole. Reds, speckled trout in backwaters.
Southeastern N.C. Coast-Bluefin to an estimated 600 pounds starting to show off
Southport, Ocean Isle. Puppy drum, speckled trout in backwater marshes.
S.C. Coast-Little River area: Red drum at jetties on cut bait. Spots in marshes.
Trout in Intracoastal Waterway. Grand Strand: Spottails (also known as reds and
puppy drum) along creek edges and oyster rakes on live shrimp, mud minnows.
Black drum at the Murrells Inlet jetties on live and cut shrimp. Whiting in surf
and at piers.