Hatteras Island Fishing Report

Here is the Frisco Rod and Gun Outer Banks Fishing Report for Hatteras Island.

Today we had another sunny day with one of the warmest days so far..  The winds were from the north-west switching to the south-east at 5-10 mph and the temperatures were in the low 80’s.

The Buxton beaches had some good catches of sea mullet, bluefish a few sheeps head and a pompano were reported. Out at Cape Point a couple of big red drum and plenty of sharks and rays were caught.  The Frisco beaches were producing sea mullet and bluefish.  Down on the Hatteras beach there were sea mullet, flounder, bluefish and croakers caught.

The inshore boats had a few puppy drum and there were a few cobia caught with several spotted.  Get ready for some steady cobia action.  The offshore fleet had some reel good dolphin catches and a few yellowfin tuna.  One white marlin was released from the charter fleet.

The third day of the Hatteras Village Offshore Open had 1 blue marlin, 1 sailfish and 2 white marlin released.

19th Annual Hatteras Village Offshore Open Registration: May 14, 2013   Fishing: May 15 – 18, 2013	First Event in the North Carolina Governor’s Cup
Leaderboard – Friday, May 17th
Level 1:   Billfish Division – $15,850.00 Boat Name Releases Boated Total Points 1st Place  STREAM WEAVER 1 BM, 2 WM 800 2nd Place CAT BABY 1 BM, 1 SF 600 3rd Place SEA TOY 1 BM, 1 SF 600 Level 2:   Additional Billfish Division $ 16,320.00 1st Place STREAM WEAVER 1 BM, 2 WM 800 2nd Place CAT BABY  1 BM, 1 SF 600 3rd Place SEA TOY  1 BM, 1 SF 600 Level 3:  Gamefish Division $9,350.00 Boat Name Weight Tuna 1st Place 2nd Place Dolphin 1st Place  TUNA DUCK 48.7 2nd Place SWORDFISH 48.0 Wahoo 1st Place TUNA DUCK 41.8 2nd Place WHATEVER 17.6 Level 4:  Largest Blue Marlin $20,400.00 Boat Name Angler Weight Level 5:  Daily Meatfish Division $9,350.00 Day Tuna – Dolphin – Wahoo- Wed SWORDFISH TUNA DUCK Thr GOOD TIMES Fri TUNA DUCK Sat   Level 6:  Daily Marlin Release Points  $10,200.00 Day Releases   Points Boat Name- Wed  1 BM, 1 WM 600  STREAM WEAVER Thr Fri 1 BM BIG TAHUNA Sat Bayliss Boatworks 1st Blue Marlin Boat Name Release Time   STREAMWEAVER 9:36   Comments:
Day 1:  22 Boats fished
Day 2:    2 Boats fished
Day 3:   24 Boats fishing
Day 4:

Come by and see us at Frisco Rod and Gun, located at 53610 Hwy 12, across from Billy Mitchell Airstrip and Ramp 49. Open year round, 364 days a year.  Visit us in the store or shop online anytime at friscorodandgun.comOur 2013 Hatteras Island Tide Charts are available in the store.  You can come by and pick one up.   We now have them available online to print with a QR code that links to the current size and bag limits for Hatteras Island.