Oregon Inlet Tuna

[woodchicken]

I have seen lots of tuna being caught out of Oregon Inlet in the last few weeks and was considering making the trip in the near future. Due to my lack of fishing experience in this area I was wondering if there was any information that you guys would be willing to share about where the tuna are being caught. All information will be greatly appreciated!!

[welder]

Wood hang in there , the Tuna guys will be along soon.

Were you looking at Buddy boating out , taking some one or Sharing a ride ?

[woodchicken]

I was planning to take my 23 Parker. I usually fish out of Ocracoke or Morehead.

[Golden Dog]

Best bet if you're not familiar with the area and are unsure of your SST interpretation is to get up early, get through the inlet safely, and pick a group of charters to follow out to the grounds. Due E or ESE 30 miles out of the inlet is often a good place to start this time of year. The charters will lead you to the fish if they've been biting consistently, then you need to move off of their spot and fish some nearby water of your own. They'll be happier and you'll have a better chance of hooking up.

There are a number of TBR members fishing out of OI this week, I'm sure they'll be posting up today and tomorrow. A PM might be a good way to get some specific info, however, it changes so fast the approach above may still be the best.

Good luck.

[vettnman]

Wood, Golden dog gave you some excellent advice. There are 2 fleets that fish out of OI. Pirates Cove, and Oregon Inlet fishing center, which is right there at the OI bridge. The fleet leaves anywhere between 515 and 530, so you have to be up early. Don't get in their way as they won't have a lot of patience for a private boat at that time of the day. But, if you get started late, there are a couple of prominent points out in the ocean. One is called The Point, which in june is a hot spot for tuna, another is the tuna hole which is slightly north of the Point. Most everyone uses Loran points of refence up there. In other words, they'll be on the 670 line in 400 feet and so on. Down south where you fish out of, we always used GPS coord. to talk to each other. At this time of the year, the tuna will be anywhere from due east out of the inlet to more of a ese which will take you more towards the tuna hole. I would suggest watching the Carolina section on here as usually, if there is a weather window to head out, someone on here is usually planning a trip and will be glad to buddy boat with you and help you out later in the day in regards to where the fish are. . Hope this helps.

[blueh20pc]

As far as baits, you need about 6, and two spreader bars with chase baits.

You need 4 blue/white islanders with ballyhoo, and 2 pink/white islanders with ballyhoo. Get the big ones, the 9 inchers would be perfect.

Spreader bars you should run some 36 or 48" bars in blue/white or green for your flats and position the rigger lines in a pattern behind the boat.

Chase baits on the riggers should be some 9" moldcraft chuggers, no meat, in you guessed it, blue white or pink white.

This would be an awesome spread to pull behind the boat.

[Blue Magic]

Originally Posted by blueh20pc

As far as baits, you need about 6, and two spreader bars with chase baits.

You need 4 blue/white islanders with ballyhoo, and 2 pink/white islanders with ballyhoo. Get the big ones, the 9 inchers would be perfect.

Spreader bars you should run some 36 or 48" bars in blue/white or green for your flats and position the rigger lines in a pattern behind the boat.

Chase baits on the riggers should be some 9" moldcraft chuggers, no meat, in you guessed it, blue white or pink white.

This would be an awesome spread to pull behind the boat.

Yeh !!! What Chris said, Holy s%it he's starting to think like me. Big baits =====Big Eye

[jaybyrd83ecu]

Almost perfect spread. You left off a bird in front of a nice green machine rigged short way back on the shotgun.

[woodchicken]

Thanks for the info guys, hopefully I'll get down that way next weekend.

[Undaunted]

personally, I have seen cedar plugs catch their fair share of yellowfin. It is a fast cheap bait to get in the water as you are getting your spread out.