Fishing report - Dec 10, 2005

Dec 10, 2005 6:30am - 1:30 PM
Tide: NT Inlet Low was at 9:30am
Water Temp: 51 degrees
Air Temp: 29 -54 degrees
Moon: 1st QTR plus 2
Location: South Topsail
Pressure: 30.22s
Wind: 5mph NNE
Sky: Sunny

Was on location (BM2) by 6:40 (30 minutes before sunrise). Caught 5 Specks in 20 minutes starting about 7:10am. All were in the 12-15" range. First two where caught on Jigheads with gulp, last 3 on Tsunami split tails. They took the Tsunami's hard and hooked deeper into their mouth whereas the Jighead/gulp always seem to hook them in the lip (weakest part of their mouth). Will have to try them again and compare results. Fished all over S. Topsail rest of the morning - no hits. Tried "chasing the tide" but today was not a good day for that as after the sun was up fully, no one was getting hits - not even the guys I spoke to using live shrimp.

Made a dash outside for an hour to Smokey's Ledge #1 and Inner Topsail Ledge to try to jig for Greys and Black Sea bass. I marked a few fish on the bottom but had no hits. To be honest it was a half hearted attempt, I wanted to get back inside and try for some more specks on the tide change.