heading to Hatteras tomorrow

[soccplayer07]

Heading to Hatteras tomorrow for my bachelor party (long weekend). Plan on doing a lot of surf fishing and hopefully taking my buddies boat out if the tropical storm holds off. Any tips or suggestions on surf fishing? I've read that spot and flounder are running now. Also heard bottom rigs w/ shrimp are the ticked. Anything else? Any sharks in the surf at night? Thanks guys!

[.dsaavedra.]

i dunno but i'm going to Nag's Head next week. hopefully i can get some fishing in... i know nothing about surf fishing.

[Dan:]

If you guys feel like bass fishing while down there shoot me a PM. I have fished a few ponds along the peninsula that have LMB.

[aarogb]

Man I *** you!!!  I have lived my entire life in NC and I have never fished off Hatteras for bull Reds or Stripers.

I have fished south of it though near the middle core banks, in fact I just got back a few weeks ago and caught some big Reds.

Now on to the advice.  If you are going for the frying pan size fish like spots, mullets and croakers nothing is better for those than a bottom rig with shrimp.  Just make sure your shrimp is fresh though.

For Flounder I would go with mullet minnows on a Carolina rig with a 1 oz. round lead weight and a 3/0 circle hook.  I like to nose hook my minnows but you can tail hook 'em if you want to.  Now for the Redfish use small blue crabs on big circle hook and heavy Carolina rig like 2 to 3 maybe even 4 oz. depending on how bad the seas are.

I hate fishing for sharks so no advice there.

If you can't find mullet minnows or blue crabs you can use cutbait from the spots and mullet you catch should sufice to get you a few good bites.

Now just throw those out there and hold on.  Hope you have fun man!!!!

[aarogb]

Forgot to mention when you are fishing for Flounder they are going to be really shallow, like in the suds where the waves have broken.

[1inStripes]

I think sharks would be a great possibility.  I hope to land some flounder, blues weakfish and whatever else will hit south of Myrtle in 3 weeks.

[soccplayer07]

i wish the bull reds were running. that was some of the best fishing i have ever done!

We'll be happy to catch anything. More about hanging out w/ good people and enjoying my last days as a single man...

[.dsaavedra.]

If you guys feel like bass fishing while down there shoot me a PM. I have fished a few ponds along the peninsula that have LMB.

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