Historically, Ocracoke, North Carolina, is best known for being the home of the infamous pirate Blackbeard. Ocracoke is part of North Carolina's Outer Banks. This means that Ocracoke is located on an island, poised between the Atlantic Ocean and Pamlico Sound. The city of Ocracoke is nestled by a harbor known as Silver Lake. With so much ready access to the water, it is no wonder that Ocracoke fishing is noteworthy.
The most popular Ocracoke fishing happens off the coast in the waters of the Atlantic. Ocracoke is positioned ideally for the Gulf Stream. The Gulf Stream is a warm current that moves along the coast. Many fish are drawn to the Gulf Stream. In Ocracoke, Gulf Stream fishing can be especially bountiful. You have the chance to reel in some impressive Billfish. This includes Blue Marlin and White Marlin. You could even catch Sailfish, Mahi-mahi and Wahoo. The NC state record Wahoo was caught off Ocracoke and weighed 150 pounds. During the winter, these waters are also inhabited by species like Bluefin Tuna and King Mackerel.
The Gulf Stream is definitely popular for Ocracoke fishing, but it is not the only option. The waters near Ocracoke offer bottom fishing. You can find many popular fishing spots with local reefs and shipwrecks along the continental shelf. If you feel like trying bottom fishing, Ocracoke might yield Amberjack, Gray Triggerfish and Black Sea Bass. Other common catches include Gag, Red, and Snowy Grouper and many different species of Snapper.
Some people like to fish closer to shore. When choosing surf fishing in Ocracoke, you can enjoy the flourishing populations of Flounder, Red Drum, Speckled Trout and Bluefish. The fishing in the area is so good that many record-breaking fish have been caught in these waters. Another 2 NC state records for King Mackerel weighing 82 pounds and a Spanish Mackerel weighing 13 pounds were caught in Ocracoke waters, proving this is one of the best places to fish on the east coast.
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The Rock Pile 3/20/2011 12:48:05 AM - The Rock Pile, is probably the most famous fishing spot off Hatteras and South of The Point. A ridge of rocky structure in 180 feet of water that runs from the Southwest to
Pamlico Point Light 6/2/2016 3:07:17 PM - The Pamlico Point Shoal Lighthouse was screwpile light station that was built on Gull Shoal near Pamlico Point in November of 1891 by the United States Coast Guard. The light
Triple Zeros South 7/1/2016 9:23:39 PM - 000 South holds lots of Gray Triggerfish and Beeliners. Also good trolling for Wahoo and Mahi.
AR-230 2/24/2016 2:13:26 PM - The fall and winter months will produce King Mackerel, Sailfish, and Bluefin Tuna. On bottom lots of Black Seabass, Gray Triggerfish, Gag Grouper, and Red Snapper.
MR. J.C. REEF AR-230 5/8/2011 12:26:28 AM - MR. J.C. REEF (AR-230) is 3.5 nm from the Hatteras Inlet sea buoy. 105' tug MR. J.C. sunk 15-Sep-87 35° 06.121' / 075° 42.951' 130’ yard f
EMPIRE GEM 4/17/2012 10:31:17 AM - Attributes RECRD 634 VESSLTERMS EMPIRE GEM FEATURE_TYPE Not Charted LATDEC 35.030456 LONDEC -75.475978 GP_QUALITY Low DEPTH 0 SOUNDING_TYPE YEARSUNK HISTORY HISTORYNM DATED 8/
OCRACOKE ROCK PILE 3/20/2011 12:35:51 AM - Depth 180' N 34 51.250 W 75 31.500 34.854260003194213 -75.524989999830723
Captain Earls Hump 2/27/2017 4:46:16 PM - Captain Earls Hump
Captain Earls Spot #2 2/27/2017 4:48:25 PM - A small drop off right on the 3 mile line.
The Doubles North 5/14/2017 6:30:43 PM - Grouper in the summer, King Mackerel in the fall, BSB in the spring.
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There is a 27.41% catch rate for Mahi-mahi, based on 8035 Mahi-mahi counted.
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There is a 12.29% catch rate for Flounder, based on 3604 Flounder counted.
There is a 6.01% catch rate for Pollock, based on 1762 Pollock counted.
There is a 5.89% catch rate for Atlantic Croaker, based on 1728 Atlantic Croaker counted.
There is a 4.59% catch rate for Pinfish, based on 1345 Pinfish counted.
There is a 4.33% catch rate for Spanish Mackerel, based on 1270 Spanish Mackerel counted.
There is a 3.83% catch rate for Florida Pompano, based on 1122 Florida Pompano counted.
There is a 3.21% catch rate for Bluefish, based on 941 Bluefish counted.
There is a 2.8% catch rate for Wahoo, based on 822 Wahoo counted.
There is a 2.8% catch rate for Scup, based on 821 Scup counted.
*** PLEASE NOTE *** Please check local, state/province, and federal laws before fishing for any species found on this site. All data is based on historical data found for this area, and in some cases as far back as the year 1600.
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Hatteras Island Fishing Report 9/24/2022 8:42:25 PM - Today’s high was 72 low was 61. Winds have been light all day and switching directions. Currently it’s 66 feels like 63 with WSW winds around 5mph. Tomorrow’s winds are going
Wahoos and Blackfins 9/22/2022 9:17:54 AM - Great day Father and Sons day on board the bite me. Good fishing too mess of wahoos including a citation 44 pounder. Blackfin tunas including a 23 pound citation. Thanks fella
Hatteras Island Fishing Report 9/21/2022 8:14:21 PM - Today’s high was 84 low was 72. Winds have been light to gentle. Currently it’s 73 feels like 75 with E winds around 6mph. Tomorrow’s high is predicted to be 85 while winds a
Hatteras Island Fishing Report 9/20/2022 10:54:52 PM - Today’s high was 86 with a real feel of 92. Low was 70. Winds have been light which made for a stifling day. Currently it’s 73 feels like 80 with ENE winds around 3mph. Tomor
Wahoo and dolphin 9/20/2022 6:00:18 PM - Friends from Delaware on board today. We caught a couple of wahoos out of several bites sometimes that is how wahoo fishing goes but we batted way less than.500 Caught a few d
Fall coming in full swing 9/20/2022 5:15:33 AM - Lately our fishing has been really good with trout blues and drum of all sizes. Thankful for this pretty weather awesome fishing and good crowds. Give me a call to... The pos
Hatteras Island Fishing Report 9/18/2022 10:02:01 PM - Today’s high was 84. Winds have been light to gentle. Currently it’s 74 feels like 78 with ENE winds around 5mph. Tomorrow’s winds look similar to today but temps look to be
Tuna Wahoo and a dolphin 9/18/2022 11:04:05 AM - The Gregory clan on board today from Virginia. I little prettier weather today. We caught a wahoo on the high speed missed a couple of bites caught a second wahoo one out of t
Hatteras Island Fishing Report 9/17/2022 9:10:17 PM - Today was beautiful with a high of 81 gentle NE/NNE winds and Day at the Docks going on! Hatteras was busy with all the activities going on and it sounded like it turned out
9/16/22 9/16/2022 10:16:31 PM - We’re still catching Blues slot and big Drum at the Hatteras Inlet. The Spanish Mackerel are back again now that the water has cleared up. The post 9/16/22 appeared first on
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