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Spring Fishing Ocracoke
What To Expect Fishing Ocracoke in March
As the water warms and fish make their way back toward the beach from the warmer ocean waters, surf fishing starts to heat up the action. On calm clear water days surf casters may be fishing lures for puppy drum. Gold Hopkins and STTR series Mirrolures are great baits for these early season puppy drum, and they can often be effective before these first cool water fish are actively feeding on bait.
Once the water warms enough for bait fishing, usually high 50’s or low 60’s, puppy drum rigs and drum rigs become popular choices, such as the Tradewinds puppy drum rig, Joe Moore drum rig, and Sporto rig. When the wind breezes up strong from the SW, warm water may bring in the citation sized red drum. Surf conditions often require 6 ounces or more of weight to fish in these currents, which requires a strong 11 or 12 foot surf rod rated to 8oz or more. Choosing an appropriate heavy “drum” rod
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Tradewinds Tackle Shop
We are a retail tackle and bait shop on Ocracoke Island that specializes in all surf, inshore, and offshore fishing needs as well as beach goods and clothing. You can find over 100 different models of rods and reels from
Ocracoke Weather & Tides
Ocracoke Weather What should you pack to wear this week? How does the weather look this week for fishing? Click here on the link to a weather station on Ocracoke Island that lets you know what is happening here real
Frequently Asked Questions
These are some of our most frequent questions regarding our products we sell in the shop, fishing on Ocracoke, rules and regulations while fishing on the island, fees, permits, access and other miscellaneous questions. If you need additional information, please
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Seeing a lot of skinny spawned out blues. Those fish need a meal!
Hey, Robbie Sofaly. Going to be a great week!!!!!
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