Fishing report for this weekend and the Core Banks.

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In order to get your OUPV license, you need to have 360 days on the water operating a vessel. You can document the days you have spent by completing the Small Vessel Sea Service Form. The charter boat captains license (six pack), properly known as Operator of Uninspected Passenger Vessels (OUPV), allows you to operate an uninspected passenger vesse...

On Saturday, we left Portside Marina out of Morehead City and followed a military ship headed to Haiti on our way to fish Cape Lookout on the Core Banks. It was a clear day with a high of about 60 degrees and the water temperature was 47 degrees. Winds were out of the Northeast at 6 - 8 mile per hour. A beautiful winter day for fishing!

On Friday night, we fished Artificial Reef #315 off the coast of Atlantic beach from about 9 PM till Midnight. It was a clear and windless night with the ocean as calm as any lake I have seen. It looked like a sheet of glass. The water temperature was 42 degrees with about the same for the air temperature. We used 24 inch leaders with 2 ounce weigh...

A United States Coast Guard Charter Boat Captain's Credential refers to the lowest levels of deck officer qualifications on a Merchant Mariners Credential which is a combination of the the former Merchant Marine Officers license and Merchant Mariners Document in a small book that looks similar to a passport and is issued by United States Coast Guar...

On the Outer Banks, as many as 5,000 residents of Hatteras Island were stranded when 800 feet of road along NN HWY 12 at Mirlo Beach was destroyed in the Nor’easter Ida this past weekend. Officials began transporting emergency vehicles and evacuating motorists via ferry Saturday. My son and I travel to Hatteras Inlet frequently for the excellent su...

It was mostly sunny with a high of 74 degrees. The water temperature on the ocean side was at 75 degrees. The water temperature on the sound side was 73 degrees. SW winds blowing for more than 12 hours the day before shifted to NW winds at 8 - 10 mph by Sunday morning. High tide was at 8:09 PM at Hatteras Inlet, not sure about Ocracoke. We arrived...

I am headed to Hatteras in a few hours and plan on getting there well before the high tide at 8:09 AM for Hatteras Inlet. Night beach driving has not been permitted since May and now requires a permit until November 15th. You can download the permit, print it, sign it, and stick it in your dash/windshield.

My son and I went fishing at Hatteras Inlet yesterday. It was a beautiful day with a high of about 78 and plenty of sun and a half moon the night before. SSW Winds at 4 – 5 mph. Water temperature on ocean side was about 77 degrees and 75 degrees on the sound side. A perfect day for fishing...