Evening star., 1941-06-22
North Carolina Shore
Offers Variety 10
Visiting Fishermen
A Memorandum on
Outstanding Places
Along States Coast

Along SIQtS SOuSt
MACS HEAD, June 21-With a
variety of coastal fishing on the
Atlantic Coast, North Carolina offers
the fisherman interesting catches
from blues. mackerel and trout, to
the tropical marlin, dolphin and
arrberjack. A season never closed
(and no license require0 invites
sportsmen to try the salt sounds
and inlets. the surf and the Gulf
Stream, which swings to within IS
to IS miles of the coast.
There is no non-f1shing part of
North Cardinals coast, but these
places Creading from north to south)
are prominent prospects:
Oregon Inlet.
"A fisherman headquarters at
Manteo, Nags Head, Wanchese or
Manns Harbor switches from drum
(ahannel bass surf fishing in the
spring to blues a bit later and to sea
trout in the summer, with striped
bass rock) in the fall. This is the
routine, but drum fishing is never
over on the North Carolina coast,
and inshore in the ocean and in the
sound waters are large-mouth bass,
perch, weakfish, founders, croakerS
and sheepshead. Boats and accom-
modations are available at the
places, as are guides who know these
waters.
Hatteras.
Father south, either basing at the
places above or shifting to Hatteras,
Buxton or another of the Banks
villages, the sportsman may continue
his surf casting from famous Hat
teras Cape's point, but more likely
will take off for deep-sea fishing in
the South. In the Gulf Stream, in
the vicinity of Diamond Lightship,
he is likely to catch amberjack,
bonita, barracuda and, especially,
dolphin, a fish favored by many
sport fishermen. In the inlets and
bays are blues, channel bass, king
fish (cero) and mackerel during
April, May and June.
Ocracoke.
Ocracoke is a distinctive little is
land renowned as a hideaway for
fishermen who seek fish. food and
rest. Drum fishing again is en-
joyed here, both from the surf and
from boats in the sloughs, and deep
sea boats dock in the little lake
which forms the center OF the town.
Fishermen staying at the nearby
mainland towns of Bayview, Swan
quarter, Belhaven, Vandemere or
other Pamlico Sound points go out
for croaker and trout fishing in
spring and summer.
Cape Lookout.
Beaufort and Morehead City are
jumping of places for Cape Look
out, which many sportsmen think
has the greatest concentration OF
cero and Joplin along the coast.
Bluefsh, sheepshead, amberjack. sea
trout, founders and dolphin are the
prizes. The place is active with
sport fishermen on through the fall
months. A fishing pier has been
constructed at Cape Lookout. Beau
fort and Morehead offer good ac-
commodations in boats, guides and
equipment.
Bogue Inlet.
Swansboro. on Bogue Inlet, offers
q variety of fishing especially in
June. Here swarm blues, trout,
mackerel, blackf1sh, founders and
other varieties
New River and Capt Fear Inlets.
In the southern zone of North
Carolina, between Jacksonville and
Southport, there is fishing the year
around for almost every type of
angler. and the best evidence of the
fruitfulness of these waters may be
found in the fact that New Hanover
County Wilmington has the larg-
est fishing club in America. The
season is usually regarded as from
May to November, when inf1shing
yields blues, mackerel, trout, drum
and dolphin, barracuda, and exotic
Gulf fish are caught offshore. Boats
for both sound, inlet and deep-sea
fishing put off from Wrightsville
Beach and Southport, and surf-flsh-
ing is enjoyed at all the numerous
beaches in the region. There are
fishing piers at Wrightsville, Kures,
Fort Fisher and Carolina.
From Southport adventurous an
glers go all the way out along Fry
ing Pan Shoals in search of game
fish and large fleet of sports boats
dock here in the summer.