Tradewinds Fishing Report Archives

Most locals will be fishing when the tides are right. They pick the good places and times for you. These experienced fishermen can't hide being there and bent rods tell the rest. Always keep a watchful eye out as to what's happening around you. Here's some of the better fishing spots:  

Once you come over the airport ramp, off to your right and within the first mile, you will find a lot of good deep sloughs with good cuts through the outer bar. Any of these are worth investigating, but don't stay long if you're not catching anything. Remember, that somewhere they are always biting. About midway between the airport ramp and the Southpoint Road ramp, there are a series of scalloped areas along the beach, which offer good fishing. Again, the fish may or may not be in those areas, so don't set up and fish too long, when you're not getting bites. Keep moving til you locate the schools. South of Southpoint Road are 3 or 4 elongated sloughs that offer superb fishing. These will fill up first, by the locals. If you don't spot too many fishing these, then keep going because the action may be at the "false point" or shoals at the south end. You will notice the beach take an abrupt swing to the left and then sharply turn back off to the right, then continue in a large arc for quite some distance. The first couple turns of the beach mark the "point" area of Ocracoke, and the shoals at low tide clearly mark the spot. Used to be some buoys washed up there that marked the spot but they have since been removed. Also the false point, is quite a bit of distance away from the nearest dune line, which ends where the south end flattens out. This shoal area is probably the best fishing spot on the south end and produces well at dawn, dusk, and at night. Further around towards the sound side, you should look for a narrowing of the beach slough, which marks the closest proximity to the inlet channel. Nothing remarkable about the spot, except you will notice some channel buoys fairly close to the beach. This is where casting for spanish and bluefish is most productive. There's also some good flounder fishing here, but you have to walk for them. You know....walk your baits with the flowing tide.

Be sure to check with Alan and Melinda Sutton of Tradewinds Bait and Tackle Shop for the latest in fishing information. The fine staff of Tradewinds will be happy to help you. Ask Hoagie or Tom where the most fish have been caught lately and they can direct you. Tom Atherton is also a good one to ask for trout information. He's the Hopkins lure specialist on the island.