For the fishing enthusiast, one will be hard pressed to find a more relaxing locale than the Currituck Outer Banks to partake in your favorite activity. Pleasant, year-round weather, spacious beaches, and excellent locales up the coast allow for excellent fishing on charters, area piers, and even the shore. Grab your tackle box and your best spinning rods and spend the day in Currituck. Whether you take home just one drum or an entire cooler full of spot, a day of fishing in the Outer Banks beat a day at work.
Where to Fish in the Outer Banks
The northern coast of the Outer Banks and Knotts Island offer many places for serene, comfortable fishing. Residents and visitors alike often congregate at the Coinjock Marina, where one can fish off the pier or charter a boat trip for some deep sea action. The Midway Marina & Motel, on the Intracoastal Waterway, offers a number of amenities for traveling fishermen, including Internet access and clean, comfortable rooms for extended stay. On Knotts Island, there Pearl's Bay Villa Marina & Resturant across the Currituck Sound from Carova Beach. There the fish are plentiful and the views especially breathtaking.
Types of Fish in the Outer Banks
Many associate the Chesapeake Bay area with crabbing, and indeed you may find a number of commercial trawlers on the sea when you head out to fish. Truth is, though, there are a variety of fish to be had in the Currituck Outer Banks. On a good day, one can catch bluefish, speckled trout, spot and puppy drum, as well as some croaker, black drum, flounder, and even small sharks. When the tides are right, pier fishermen may be able to catch some red drum, while striped bass is reported found near Oregon Inlet.
Weather Conditions for the Outer Banks
The best thing about fishing in the Outer Banks is that it need not be limited to the warmer months. Truth be told, the warmth in this region stretches further through the year than in most areas, and during the off-season the beaches are not crowded. Fishermen can take advantage of the time before Spring Break for uninterrupted fishing.
From March through November you may see lows in the 60s in the colder months, and highs into the 80s-90s at the peak of summer. Consequently, water temperature also varies, in the 50s during colder month, warming in the summer and staying relatively warm (as high as 70 degrees) as late as October.
Whether you want to fish early in the year or in the heat of summer, the Outer Banks should be a must visit for all fishing enthusiasts.
Part of the fun of the getting Outer Banks vacation rentals is the fact that it's relatively close to mainland civilization, but you still feel disconnected enough to where you can relax and enjoy being away from the grind of every day life. People tell me that they attribute this to several factors, the first being the unique construction requirements on the islands that give it an 'other wordly' feel.
If you've never been there, the houses are all up on foundation of huge 6x6 posts to keep them out of the water during storm surges and flooding. Being at sea level has it's advantages (namely that you're right on the ocean), but it has it's disadvantages as well, and that can be seen in the Outer Banks by the extraordinary measures the must take to keep their beach houses dry. Driving around, you're in the midst of massive houses that rise fifty or sixty feet in the air, some with lattice around the bottom to make for a more private area or conceal storage buildings. If you get a chance to watch a construction crew while you're out there, grab a cold beverage and enjoy the show.
The other feature of the Outer Banks that makes it feel different is the common differences that you see. For example, it's very popular to carry fishing poles and fishing gear in a rack on the front of your truck. You'll commonly see vehicles with a rack that has a series of vertical tubes sticking up, with fishing poles set in them and a rack for a cooler in between. It makes for a uniform 'strangeness' that adds to the feeling that you're not just down the road from the office or your house.
Next, the fact that you can drive right up on the beach is just fantastic. Trucks, SUVs, and Jeeps, some with their fishing racks in place, drive up and down the beach which can be accessed via designated passages through the dunes. It's not a steady flow of traffic since the areas are so sparsely populated, but it is a common practice. Again, being able to drive right up to the water with your 4x4 vehicle gives the place a somewhat exotic or tropical feel. Like everything is just a little more laid back, and everyone wants to have a good time. And it's not just the fisherman either. Families pack up all their beach paraphernalia in their SUVs and drive on out to a nice, secluded spot where they can stake their claim to a little piece of Outer Banks heaven right on the water.
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