Labor Day has come and gone and the official 2015 tourist season has come to an end on the Outer Banks, even though, according to the calendar, we still have a few weeks of summer left. The road traffic during the week is already much lighter. Schools are back in session, and the weekends are […]
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Outer Banks Angling: Fishing is solid as summer winds down
August 21, 2015 | Fishing | By: Rob Alderman
Summer continues to race by with the end of August already approaching and children preparing for yet another school year. The forecast of late has hopefully been a prelude of weather to come. Mother Nature threw us several very nice days, with much welcomed cool temps and low humidity. It’s been common to hear people […]
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Outer Banks Angling: It’s about that time
July 31, 2015 | Fishing | By: Rob Alderman
July has come and gone, and with August in its beginning stages, I am sure a lot of folks are getting ready for white marlin season. Generally, mid-August through mid-September marks phenomenal white marlin fishing on the Outer Banks. It’s not uncommon for boats to catch one or two dozen in an outing, and this […]
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Outer Banks Angling: Fun Time
July 15, 2015 | Fishing | By: Rob Alderman
It is amazing just how fast time flies, and that it’s already the middle of July. Seems like you just blink, and the summer is gone. But we’re not quite there yet. The weather has remained balmy, to say the least, and we have seen a fair amount of rain and thunderstorms as of late. […]
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Outer Banks Angling: The weather’s hot, and the fish are biting
June 30, 2015 | Fishing | By: Rob Alderman
June has come to an end, and it went by so fast. The big Fourth of July weekend approaches, and the summer weather is in full swing. It has been hot and humid as of late, and most days have called for a chance of rain, although we have gotten only a few random storms. […]
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Outer Banks Angling: It’s blazing
June 19, 2015 | Fishing | By: Rob Alderman
After a harsh winter and a great spring, the temps have gone full-on summer. Recently, the area has been seeing some mid-July weather with record-high temperatures and heat indexes reaching well over a 100 degrees. But, that’s okay. The water temperatures have been phenomenal from one end of the Banks to the other. At times, […]
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Outer Banks Angling: It has begun
May 29, 2015 | Fishing | By: Rob Alderman
Memorial Day has come and gone, and judging by the traffic all along the Outer Banks, I’d like to think it was a successful weekend for locals. The weather was drop dead gorgeous. It was mildly cool at times, but the sun was out with hardly a cloud in the sky. While the true boom […]
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Outer Banks Angling: Summer is almost here
May 20, 2015 | Fishing | By: Rob Alderman
A few coastal storms have disrupted the nice weather the past few weeks, but the storms were short-lived and the weather rapidly returned to the perfect spring that is just one step away from summer. And the fishing has been great overall. Arguably one of the most sought-after inshore fish, cobia have made a nice […]
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Outer Banks Angling: It’s getting hot out there
April 30, 2015 | Fishing | By: Rob Alderman
The spring has been good to anglers thus far this year. Overall, the weather has been nice and the fishing has been good. Pier fishing seems to have been real good recently. Anglers on both Rodanthe and Avon piers have seen their fair share of sea mullet and blow toads, along with some good runs […]
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Outer Banks Angling: Typical March
March 26, 2015 | Fishing | By: Rob Alderman
The weather has proven to be very much as we expect March to be – all over the place. Scattered semi-warm days followed by much cooler days, a day or so of southerly winds, followed by days of northerly wind. Yep. It’s March. Or even better — it’s spring on the Outer Banks. While the […]
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