April 2008 Meeting

Our monthly meeting was held on April 15th at Bass Pro Shops in Concord NC. We had a great turnout with a total of 28 people present.

Capt. Joe Shute of Altlantic Beach spoke to the club about inshore fishing with great informaton on various methods of targeting Cobia & Red Drum.

Cobia Fishing

Catch them either sight fishing or soaking bait on the bottom.
With average size fish around 40 lbs. you need equipment to handle large fish.
Joe usually fishes 3 baits fished about 40-50 feet apart, and fishes with the reel in freespool with the clicker on.
He advocates letting the fish run before coming tight and setting the hook.

Joe likes to cast a hoagie or slug-go type bait when fishing over artificial reefs and has caught a variety of species casting these lures.
He likes fishing the shipping channel as well as the traditional spots behind shackleford banks, with an emphasis on fishing the deepest holes
in an area. Baits should be checked every 5 to 10 minutes! If you're not losing bait, you're in the wrong place.

Turtles and Big rays are often accompanied by Cobia - always check them out.

Big Drum fishing

Prime time is Middle of August thru Sept. Fish are found on structure in the Pamlico sound, typically near drop offs.
The rougher it is, the better the bite. Joe uses the owen lupton rig for drum and generally fishes 6 rods at a time with
whole pogeys hooked through the bottom lip.
Fish average 25-50 lbs. He chums continously with cut up pogeys.

Small Drum Fishing

Small drum will hit a variety of baits including spinner baits, spoons, plastics and cut bait. They are available year round and can
be caught under a popping float with shrimp imitations about 18 down. These baits are fished around oyster points on a high falling tide.
A white gulp shrimp under a popping float, fished slow is the ticket. Always cast upcurrent and let the bait come back to the boat.
Small swim baits with scent inbedded are also great producers. Use a slow steady retrieve to just keep it off the bottom.

Business

Tickets for next months meeting featuring George Poveromo were put on sale to the membership. Members who were not present at
meeting can reserve tickets by emailing or calling Jeff.

Our next meeting is May 20th at 7:00pm and will feature George Poveromo as the guest speaker. Click HERE for more details.