Surf City Ocean Pier - 2014 Opening Day

Surf City Ocean Pier

Michael Bryant with the first mullet of the season and the winner of the season pass .Congrats to Michael.

Topsail Beach Fishing Reports Video

Topsail Beach Fishing Reports   by    Chris Medlin of East Coast Sports

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Till next time....
Tight lines!
Johnny

Topsail March 27, 2014 | Fishermans Post

Topsail March 27, 2014 | Fishermans Post







Richard Walton with a 25″ red drum he hooked on a piece of shrimp pinned to a jighead while fishing a Sneads Ferry creek.



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Topsail March 27, 2014 | Fishermans Post

Topsail March 27, 2014 | Fishermans Post







Benny Trujillo, of Houston, TX, and Rey Cirino, of Ft. Bragg, NC, with a pair of red drum they hooked in some shallow water off the New River while fishing with Capt. Allen Jernigan of Breadman Ventures. The reds fell for TTF Killer Falts Minnow soft plastics scented with Pro-Cure.



Till next time....

Tight lines!

Johnny

Gator Speckled Trout!

Fishin' Topsail



WOW!  Monster speck!





Till next time....

Tight lines!

Johnny

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Surf City Ocean Pier Opening Today

Surf City Fishing Pier Opening Today

Today was the 2014 opening day at Surf City Fishing Pier. The gates opened at 6am. Unfortunately, I didn't arrive until after 8am.  But the first sea mullet had not been caught. I was there in search of the season bottom fishing pass sea mullet. There were a few skates, rays, and several puffers pulled over the rail. But as I left the pier at about noon, the elusive sea mullet was still in the water. I will be back in the morning trying again. The weather was beautiful and warm, perfect day for fishing. There were many anglers chasing the prize. All were having a great time, even with fishing not as good as I had hoped. The water is still in the mid 50's so needs to warm up a bit to pull the fish in. The Surf City Pier Grill (click here for menu) hasn't opened, so that tasty "pier hot dog" will have to wait. (PS best hot dogs ever!)

All in all, it was a great day on the pier. If you can make it to the coast, see you there! The free 2014 season fishing pass may still be available.

Till next time....
Tight lines!
Johnny
aka "FishinTopsail"
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2014 NORTH CAROLINA RECREATIONAL COASTAL WATERS GUIDE FOR SPORTS FISHERMEN — March Version

2014 NORTH CAROLINA RECREATIONAL COASTAL WATERS GUIDE FOR SPORTS FISHERMEN — March Version

State Coastal Waters  (Internal and 0-3 Miles)		Exclusive Economic Zone EEZ (3-200 miles)
Finfish Species (note symbols, pg.2)	Minimum Length	Bag Limits(Per Person)	Minimum Length	Bag Limits(Per Person)
Alewife and blueback herring	None	UNLAWFUL TO POSSESS	None	UNLAWFUL TO POSSESS
Amberjack, greater	28" FL	1/Day	28" FL	1/Day
Bass, striped See striped bass details	(A)	(A)	UNLAWFUL TO POSSESS
Bluefish	None	15/Day Only 5 greater than 24" TL	None	15/Day
Cobia	33" FL	2/Day	33" FL	2/Day
Dolphin (B)	None	10/Day	None	10/Day
Drum, black	14"-25" TL (C)	10/Day	14"-25" TL (C)	10/Day
Drum, red  (Channel Bass, Puppy Drum)	18-27" TL (C)	1/Day	UNLAWFUL TO POSSESS
Eel, American (Q)	9" TL	25/Day	9" TL	25/Day
Flounder  Gulf, Southern, Summer	15" TL	6/Day	15" TL	6/Day
Grouper (H, I, J, K)	UNLAWFUL TO POSSESS SHALLOW WATER GROUPER  JAN. 1 THROUGH APRIL 30		UNLAWFUL TO POSSESS SHALLOW WATER GROUPER  JAN. 1 THROUGH APRIL 30
Grouper; Red, scamp, yellowfin, yellowmouth and tilefish (no size limit on tilefish)	20" TL	3/Day (all grouper combined; includes tilefish and no more than 1 black or gag grouper, individual or combined) (J) & (K)	20" TL	3/Day (all grouper combined; includes,  tilefish and no more than 1 black or gag grouper, individual or combined) (J) & (K)
Grouperblack and gag	24" TL	1/Day (See above)	24" TL	1/Day (See above)
Grouper, snowy	None	1/Vessel/Day	None	1/Vessel/Day
Hogfish(Hog snapper)	12" FL	5/Day	12" FL
Mackerel, king (I) Species Identification	24" FL	3/Day	24" FL	3/Day
Mackerel, Spanish (I) Species Identification	12" FL	15/Day	12" FL	15/Day
Marlin, blue (G)	99" LJFL	1/vessel/trip either Blue or White Marlin	99" LJFL	State rules apply when landing
Marlin, white (G)	66" LJFL	1/vessel/trip either Blue or White Marlin	66" LJFL
Mullet (Striped and White)	None	200/Day (species combined)	None
Porgy, red (Silver snapper, pinky)	14" TL	3/Day	14" TL	3/Day
Reef Complex SpeciesIncludes  spadefish,gray triggerfish, white grunt, knobbed porgy and more (see notes Hand I)		20/Day		20/Day
Sailfish (G)	63" LJFL	1/Day	63" LJFL
Scup(North of Cape Hatteras) (D)	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Seatrout, spotted (speckled)	UNLAWFUL TO POSSESS
Sea bass, black (North of Cape Hatteras) (D)	12 1/2" TL and 20/day		12 1/2" TL and 20/day
Sea bass, black (South of Cape Hatteras)	13" TL	5/Day	13" TL	5/Day
Shad, American (O)	None	(O)	UNLAWFUL TO POSSESS
Shad, hickory (O)	None	10/Day	None	10/Day
Sharks (E, I, L) (excluding spiny dogfish)	(E, I, L)	1/Vessel/Day	(E, L)	1/Vessel/Day
Sharks, Atlantic sharpnose, smooth dogfish and bonnethead (E)	None	(E)	None	(E)
Snappers;Dog, gray, cubera, mahogany, queen, yellowtail, silk and blackfin	12" TL	10/Day (Species combined)	12" TL	10/Day (Species combined)
Snappers, mutton	16" TL	See Above	16" TL	See Above
Snappers; Lane	8" TL	See Above	8" TL	See Above
Snapper, red	UNLAWFUL TO POSSESS		UNLAWFUL TO POSSESS
Snapper, vermilion (J)	12" TL	5/Day	12" TL	5/Day
Tarpon	None	1/Day	None	1/Day
Tuna (I); bluefin (G),yellowfin and bigeye	Yellowfin 27" CFL Bigeye 27" CFL	Bigeye and Yellowfin 3 per day	Bigeye and Yellowfin tuna 27" CFL	Yellowfin Tuna 3 per day
Wahoo	None	2/Day	None	2/Day
Weakfish (gray trout)	12" TL	1/Day see FF-54-2010	12" TL	State rules apply when landing
Wreckfish (P)	None	1/vessel/day	None	1/vessel/day

N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries • 3441 Arendell Street • Morehead City, NC 28557 • 252-726-7021 or 800-682-2632