262 MARINE FISHERIES OF NORTH CAROLINA 



FEBRUARY. Present: channel bass (offshore), sea bass, striped bass, blue- 

 fish, croaker, flounder, sea mullet, pigfish, spotted trout. 



Shrimpers and oyster boats are in use; nets and lines are out for channel 

 bass; sink nets for croakers. There is a completely negligible amount of 

 angling and only in the southern part of the State. 



MARCH. Present: channel bass (offshore), sea bass, striped bass, bluefish, 

 croaker, flounder, sea mullet, pigfish, sea trout. 



Shrimpers and oyster boats are in use; pound and gill nets are fishing 

 channel bass, chiefly in the area south of Cape Hatteras; there is line fish- 

 ing for sea bass; pound and sink nets inshore are fishing croaker; flounder 

 spearing is going on. 



The spring angling season often begins in March, with trolling and surf 

 casting, especially in the Roanoke Island section. 



APRIL. Present: channel bass, sea bass, striped bass, bluefish, croaker, 

 flounder, sea mullet, sea trout. 



Shrimpers and oyster boats are in use. Commercially, there is flounder 

 spearing, net and line fishing for channel bass, striped bass, bluefish, 

 croaker, sea mullet and sea trout. 



Anglers are trolling for channel bass off the banks in the north, and there 

 is a little surf casting for this and for sea mullet. Anglers need motor boats 

 for bass and sea trout fishing. 



MAY. Present: amber jack, channel bass, sea bass, striped bass, bluefish, 

 cabio, croaker, dolphin, flounder, Spanish mackerel, common mullet, sea 

 mullet, sheepshead, tarpon, sea trout. 



Shrimpers are in use. Oyster boats are available. Nets and lines are get- 

 ting channel bass, striped bass, croaker, Spanish mackerel, sea mullet, sea 

 trout and sheepshead. Beach seines and runaround gill nets are fishing 

 mullet. 



There is outside angling for amberjack and dolphin off New Hanover 

 County; sea bass off Carteret County, cabio off Brunswick County. Trolling 

 for channel bass and bluefish is going on in all areas, and there is a small 

 amount of surf casting, particularly in the Roanoke Island-Hatteras section. 



JUNE. Present: amberjack, barracuda, channel bass, sea bass, striped 

 bass, bluefish, bonito, cabio, cero, croaker, dolphin, flounder, Spanish 

 mackerel, blue marlin (reported), common mullet, sea mullet, pigfish, sail- 

 fish, tarpon, sea trout, wahoo. 



Most shrimpers are in use; oyster boats are available. Commercial nets 

 and lines are out for channel bass, striped bass, bluefish, croaker, sea mullet, 

 sea trout, Spanish mackerel, flounder and pigfish. Beach seines and run- 

 around nets are catching mullet. 



Anglers can fish outside for amberjack, barracuda (sometimes inshore 

 also), sea bass, bonito, cero, cabio (sometimes coming inshore), dolphin. 



