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By: donkeychong 9/18/2024	Posted By: donkeychong - (Send PM) Member Since: 4/13/2013 Location: Total Posts: 4 Experience: Date Posted: 9/18/2024 2:56 PM
Heading down Saturday to corolla. How's the fishing been. Just gonna be doing some surf fishing from the beach. Any bait working good this time of year.

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By: Mstaszew 9/19/2024	Posted By: Mstaszew - (Send PM) Member Since: 3/17/2014 Location: Triangle Area, NC Total Posts: 1796 Experience: Date Posted: 9/19/2024 9:47 AM
In Nags Head the surf has been too rough in recent weeks to see if any mullet are moving around. Just before Labor Day there were loads of bait fish... glass minnows, etc. I didn't see any mullet at that time. I've picked up blues from the surf, but haven't hit it really hard. My neighbor has been picking up puppy drum at ramp 4. The drum bite has been on fire from the piers.

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By: Mstaszew 9/19/2024	Posted By: Mstaszew - (Send PM) Member Since: 3/17/2014 Location: Triangle Area, NC Total Posts: 1796 Experience: Date Posted: 9/19/2024 9:37 PM
From the surf this evening at the north end of Pea Island. Caught on a hunk of fresh mullet and a drum rig. Needed a 6oz Sputnik to hold. Also caught a blue and my buds got blues (largest 26”), a small flounder, and a 25” drum. I didn’t have a tape measure handy for mine, but it’s up in the 40s.

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By: Bentmtn 9/20/2024	Posted By: Bentmtn - (Send PM) Member Since: 9/11/2020 Location: SW VA/Frisco Total Posts: 3568 Experience: Date Posted: 9/20/2024 9:44 PM
Mstaszew: I have a question since you are in the know on all things fishing. Can people still catch crabs in cages right now since the water is cooling a bit? We'd like to throw in our crab cage and I have some chicken legs in the freezer to lure them hopefully. I just don't know if it is too late in the season to even try. Thanks for any info!!

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By: Mstaszew 9/21/2024	Posted By: Mstaszew - (Send PM) Member Since: 3/17/2014 Location: Triangle Area, NC Total Posts: 1796 Experience: Date Posted: 9/21/2024 8:21 AM
Mstaszew: I have a question since you are in the know on all things fishing. Can people still catch crabs in cages right now since the water is cooling a bit? We'd like to throw in our crab cage and I have some chicken legs in the freezer to lure them hopefully. I just don't know if it is too late in the season to even try. Thanks for any info!! Bentmtn Can’t help you there, Bent. I don’t go for crabs. I have seen a few in the sound when fishing recently, some keepers for sure. The crabbers still have their traps out behind Lone Cedar as well so I assume they are still getting them.

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By: Bentmtn 9/21/2024	Posted By: Bentmtn - (Send PM) Member Since: 9/11/2020 Location: SW VA/Frisco Total Posts: 3568 Experience: Date Posted: 9/21/2024 8:40 AM
Mstaszew: I have a question since you are in the know on all things fishing. Can people still catch crabs in cages right now since the water is cooling a bit? We'd like to throw in our crab cage and I have some chicken legs in the freezer to lure them hopefully. I just don't know if it is too late in the season to even try. Thanks for any info!! Bentmtn Can’t help you there, Bent. I don’t go for crabs. I have seen a few in the sound when fishing recently, some keepers for sure. The crabbers still have their traps out behind Lone Cedar as well so I assume they are still getting them. Mstaszew Thanks! I wanted to try the cage again this trip. We'll go ahead and throw it in and see what happens. Have a great day!

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By: Bentmtn 9/24/2024	Posted By: Bentmtn - (Send PM) Member Since: 9/11/2020 Location: SW VA/Frisco Total Posts: 3568 Experience: Date Posted: 9/24/2024 8:28 PM
I put the crab cage/pot into the sound and have caught a few little crabs, but they were too small and I shook them out. Put in new bait today and we'll see.

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By: Bentmtn 9/27/2024	Posted By: Bentmtn - (Send PM) Member Since: 9/11/2020 Location: SW VA/Frisco Total Posts: 3568 Experience: Date Posted: 9/27/2024 5:48 PM
I have one monster blue crab in my crab pot and threw out a tiny this morning. I fed this one with more chicken today hoping he'll be happy and I can lure in some more! This is fun to do! He is way over the five inch rule from point to point.

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By: Bentmtn 9/27/2024	Posted By: Bentmtn - (Send PM) Member Since: 9/11/2020 Location: SW VA/Frisco Total Posts: 3568 Experience: Date Posted: 9/27/2024 6:35 PM
The last time we did a crab feast was in 1984 before kids and four couples in Kitty Hawk. Had two coolers full from Colington Harbor. Good times!

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By: Mstaszew 9/28/2024	Posted By: Mstaszew - (Send PM) Member Since: 3/17/2014 Location: Triangle Area, NC Total Posts: 1796 Experience: Date Posted: 9/28/2024 7:51 AM
The last time we did a crab feast was in 1984 before kids and four couples in Kitty Hawk. Had two coolers full from Colington Harbor. Good times! Bentmtn My mom and I were just talking last night about crabbing from the bridge going to Colington back in the day. It sure was fun. I don’t know how many we actually caught, but it seems like a million. We cooked them once on the beach at ramp 4. I enjoy the memories, but have no desire to pick crabs anymore. Fishing is more my speed these days and the path from catching to eating is much smoother.

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By: Greg MD 9/28/2024	Posted By: Greg MD - (Send PM) Member Since: 3/10/2014 Location: Swamp Total Posts: 4004 Experience: Date Posted: 9/28/2024 8:48 AM
Nice crab, Bent. We love them too and we're planning on picking some tomorrow with my son. I can't think of anything better to do on a Sunday afternoon. I hope you get a bunch more. Try some crushed clams for bait.

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By: Bentmtn 9/28/2024	Posted By: Bentmtn - (Send PM) Member Since: 9/11/2020 Location: SW VA/Frisco Total Posts: 3568 Experience: Date Posted: 9/28/2024 5:04 PM
This morning, that same crab with the barnacles on his back was the only one in my crab pot. I let him go...kinda felt sorry for him. Just need more of them to take the time to actually make something out of it. I'll try it again in a couple of days.

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By: Greg MD 10/1/2024	Posted By: Greg MD - (Send PM) Member Since: 3/10/2014 Location: Swamp Total Posts: 4004 Experience: Date Posted: 10/1/2024 8:06 PM
Did you try again? And try some crushed clams for bait. I making 5 gallons of crab stock tonight from the crabs we had on Sunday.

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By: Bentmtn 10/1/2024	Posted By: Bentmtn - (Send PM) Member Since: 9/11/2020 Location: SW VA/Frisco Total Posts: 3568 Experience: Date Posted: 10/1/2024 9:01 PM
Did you try again? And try some crushed clams for bait. I making 5 gallons of crab stock tonight from the crabs we had on Sunday. Greg MD Wow! That looks delicious! No, I didn't try again. The water on the sound is so grassy and high, I just didn't think the conditions were right! You always make the best food!!!!

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By: Greg MD 10/1/2024	Posted By: Greg MD - (Send PM) Member Since: 3/10/2014 Location: Swamp Total Posts: 4004 Experience: Date Posted: 10/1/2024 10:19 PM
Did you try again? And try some crushed clams for bait. I making 5 gallons of crab stock tonight from the crabs we had on Sunday. Greg MD Wow! That looks delicious! No, I didn't try again. The water on the sound is so grassy and high, I just didn't think the conditions were right! You always make the best food!!!! Bentmtn Oh, ok. Grass will make your crab pots a big mess. And crab stock - you can't buy crab stock anywhere, so I have to make it.

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