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May 20, 2015

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

Today was mostly sunny. We had north-east winds 10-15 mph and the temperatures were in the mid 70’s.

Up on the Avon beaches bluefish, sea mullet and a 43 in cobia were caught. The Buxton beaches had bluefish, spanish mackerel and pompano. Over on the Frisco beach bluefish, pompano, sheeps head, a few flounder and sea mullet were reported. On the beaches in Hatteras and near Hatteras Inlet nice pompano, bluefish, sea mullet, flounder and a 47 in cobia were caught.

The inshore boats had a decent day catching puppy drum in the Pamlico Sound and good cobia fishing just off the beaches.

The offshore boats had good gaffer dolphin and wahoo fishing. The blue marlin bite is still pretty good with multiples released today. A few nice grouperare being caught too.

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Momoi X-hard Leader Material

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Sperry sale shoes are now 50% off. We have new styles in for Spring too! New Hatley and Woolrich in for Spring. New t-shirt designs in also, kids and adults.

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.com.
Hatteras Island Fishing Reports

May 19, 2015

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

Today was sunny and warm early with steady rain late in the day. We had south-west winds 10-15 mph and the temperatures were in the mid 70’s.

Up on the Avon beaches bluefish, sea mullet, croakers and some puppy drum were caught. The Buxton beaches had bluefish, sea mullet, black drum and puppy drum. Out at Cape Point some big red drum were caught along with spanish mackerel and bluefish and big sharks too. Over on the Frisco beach bluefish and sea mullet were reported. On the beaches in Hatteras and near Hatteras Inlet nice pompano, bluefish, sea mullet and black drum were caught.

The inshore boats had a decent day catching gray trout and bluefish. Some spanish mackerel were caught just outside Hatteras Inlet.

The offshore boats had good gaffer dolphin fishing and some white and blue marlin released.

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Carolina Gentleman Grander

The Carolina Gentleman Grander lure is one hot lure. Designed with a flat head and a offset hole to give the lure more action while trolling for billfish.

Sperry sale shoes are now 50% off. We have new styles in for Spring too! New Hatley and Woolrich in for Spring. New t-shirt designs in also, kids and adults.

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.com.
Hatteras Island Fishing Reports

May 18, 2015

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

Today we reached a high of 78F. The winds were out of the west all morning, 5-10 mph till noon time. Winds switched to the south-west at noon and stayed a steady 10 mph the rest of the day.

Avon had croakers, sea mullet and bluefish today. Buxton reports bluefish, sea mullet and pompano. Frisco reports sea mullet and bluefish. Hatteras reports pompano, sea mullet and bluefish.

The inshore boats had good red drum keepers and releases, along with some cobia today. The offshore boats had good dolphin, a few wahoo and a few blackfin tuna. A nice 45lb grouper was caught also.

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We have raffle tickets here at the shop, all the proceeds from the sales go to the Foundation. Stop by the store any buy a ticket or two and support a good cause!

HICF Raffling Custom Fishing Rod

May 10, 2015 – The Hatteras Island Cancer Foundation is raffling off a custom Seeker 30 Class Stand Up White Marlin/Sailfish Rod! The custom built rod was donated by The Roost Bait and Tackle at Teach’s Lair Marina in Hatteras. The rod has a custom diamond wrap accented in pink with Fuji guides and a Fuji reel seat and retails for $350.00.

Raffle tickets are $5. The winning ticket will be drawn on Saturday, September 19, 2015 at the Day at the Docks HICF Chowder Cook-off. You do not need to be present to win.

Proceeds from this raffle will help Hatteras Island cancer patients pay for medical bills and prescriptions that are not covered by insurance and for travel expenses to and from treatment.

Sperry sale shoes are now 50% off. We have new styles in for Spring too! New Hatley and Woolrich in for Spring. New t-shirt designs in also, kids and adults.

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.com.
Hatteras Island Fishing Report

May 17, 2015

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

Today was another nice day on Hatteras Island. We had a temperature of 75F, with warm south-west winds from 5-14 mph today.

Avon beaches had reports of spot, sea mullet, croaker, blow toads and bluefish. Buxton reports bluefish, pompano, sea mullet and puppy drum. Frisco beach reports sea mullet, pompano and blow toads. One pompano weighed in at 2lb 2oz and a sea mullet was 1 lb 10oz. Hatteras reports pompano, bluefish and small flounder.

The inshore boats had nice catches of spanish mackerel and bluefish and some cobia. The offshore boats had good catches of blackfin tuna, excellent catches of dolphin and some yellowfin tuna. The boats that bottomfished caught some grouper, amberjack and false albacore.

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Penn PRECISION REEL GREASE

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Sperry sale shoes are now 50% off. We have new styles in for Spring too! New Hatley and Woolrich in for Spring. New t-shirt designs in also, kids and adults.

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.com.

Hatteras Island Fishing Report

May 16, 2015

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

Today we had sunny skies and calm winds. The temperature was in the low 70’s and winds were South-West 5-10 mph.

Beach fishing today was pretty good. In Avon there was sea-mullet, bluefish, trout, croaker, and spot. From The Buxton beach bluefish, pompano, sea-mullet, and some sharks. Here in Frisco there was flounder, pompano, bluefish, and sea-mullet. In Hatteras there was bluefish, sea-mullet,and drum caught.

Inshore fishing today was great! There was a lot of cobia and big drum caught today. the bluefish and spanish were biting today also.

Lewis Boyd from Kitty Hawk brought us this huge 78 pound cobia he caught today.

Offshore today the dolphin fishing was excellent and a few blackfin Tuna were caught.

Dana Waterfield fished offshore today and caught this nice 22 pound dolphin today.

It was an eventful last day of the 21 st Hatteras Village Offshore Open. All 28 boats fished today. There was 5 Blue Marlin boated, 6 Blue Marlin released, and 4 White Marlin. Fishing days are May 13-16th.

Hammer Time took the 1st place prize with a 645 pound blue marlin.

21st Annual Hatteras Village Offshore Open
Registration: May 12, 2015 Fishing: May 13 – 16, 2015

First Event in the North Carolina Governor’s Cup

Leaderboard 2015

Level 1: Billfish Division

Boat Name

Releases

Boated

Total Points

1st Place

CAT BABY

3 BM, 1WM

1400

2nd Place

COVERAGE

2 BM, 1 WM

530.5

1330.5

3rd Place

HAMMERTIME

645.5

1291

Level 2: Additional Billfish Division

1st Place

CAT BABY

3 BM, 1WM

1400

2nd Place

COVERAGE

2 BM, 1WM

1330.5

3rd Place

HAMMERTIME

645.5

1291

Level 3: Gamefish Division

	Boat Name	Weight
Tuna
1st Place	TUNA DUCK	36.8
2nd Place
Dolphin
1st Place	RELEASE	52.2
2nd Place	COVERAGE	32.5
Wahoo
1st Place
2nd Place

Level 4: Largest Blue Marlin

Boat Name

Angler

Weight

HAMMERTIME

TYLER WILSON

645.5

Level 5: Daily Meatfish Division

Day	Tuna –	Dolphin –	Wahoo-
Wed		ENDORFIN – 28.1
Thr	TUNA DUCK – 36.8	COVERAGE – 32.5
Fri		RELEASE – 52.2
Sat		QUALIFIER – 23.0

Level 6: Daily Billfish Release Points

Day	Releases	Points	Boat Name-
Wed
Thr	1 BM, 1WM	600	SEA TOY
Fri	2 BM	800	CAT BABY
Sat	2 BM	800	PIRACY

21st Annual Release 1st Blue Marlin
Boat Name	Release Time
SEA TOY	HOOKED 11:38

Comments:

Day 1: 7 Boats Fished

Day 2: 21 Boats Fished

Day 3: 28 Boats Fished

Day 4: 28 Boats Fished; SIX BLUE MARLINS WEIGHED!!!

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Sperry sale shoes are now 50% off. We have new styles in for Spring too! New Hatley and Woolrich in for Spring. New t-shirt designs in also, kids and adults.

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.com.