Crossover Fishing

[Masaccio]

I'm focused on bass fishing because of where I live.  I'm thinking seriously of relocating to the NC coast.  Any cross-over comments or recommendations?  Thanks! 

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47 minutes ago, Masaccio said:

I'm focused on bass fishing because of where I live.  I'm thinking seriously of relocating to the NC coast.  Any cross-over comments or recommendations?  Thanks! 

Everything from redfish and flounder to sharks and tuna. One of my favorite places to fish on the seaboard.

[bigbassin']

Never fished the NC coast so no comments there, but most of what you know from bass fishing will carry over to most types of inshore fishing I’ve done.

 

Looking for cover/structure that holds a good food source is the primary concern no matter what you are fishing for. Rock (or oyster bars if they have them), grass flats, creek channels, dropoffs in a flat, weed edges, lay downs, over hanging trees, etc. all carry over to both styles of fishing.

 

As far as gear, bass rods and tackle will cover all trout/flounder and most redfish situations. MH bait caster with 16 lb mono for artificials and a M/MH spinning rod with 20 lb braid for bait are standard tackle for the salt I’m assuming you already own.

 

Swimbaits, flukes, jerk baits, and top waters all work great coastal fishing. Gulp and bait under a popping cork are the only techniques I fish in the salt that I don’t use for bass.

 

I don’t typically throw worms/jigs but my pb red came off a worm and a lot of guys consider a C-rig ribbon tail a staple for cold water trout.

 

Typical setups for me is a MH bait caster with a paddle tail, MH bait caster with a spook, and either another MH bait caster with a Gulp or a M spinning with a popping cork and live shrimp.

 

 

[AlabamaSpothunter]

I grew up vacationing in the summers at the OXBs, it's just an awesome place in general, and it's certainly a great place to surf fish, inshore fish, and obviously blue water fish, but if you are going to move somewhere specifically to bluewater fish in the US......South FL, or even the panhandle area would be much better.

 

Florida is as good as it gets for a fisherman.     The Keys are simply unbelievable, and you can catch Sailfish within a mile starting in Stuart....going all the way down to Key West.  Then you obviously have pure florida strain Bass practically everywhere, tons of huge and small lakes

 

So it's great area, very fishy, but not among the places I'd move to for fishing specifically 

[Woody B]

I haven't done much saltwater fishing.  I had family in Long Beach NC when I was a kid.  I was down there with my bass tackle one year when the Tarpon were running.   I put a fairly big spoon on my Abu 5500C and cast it as far as I could.  A Tarpon grabbed it, and proceeded to run all the line off my reel.   I didn't even slow it down.   

[N Florida Mike]

My mom’s family are from SE North Carolina. So I spent a lot of time up there in the summers growing up. We mostly did surf and pier fishing for fish we could eat. 

We caught a lot of spots , black drum , whiting , etc. Great fishing for them with dead shrimp and bloodworms. ( spots love bloodworms).

Like someone else said, I’m not sure I’d move there just for the fishing, but it can be good.

For fishing only I’d come to Florida. 
( Heck, everyone else has, always room for one more!)

[Chris at Tech]

Bass rods and lures work well for redfish and trout