Outer Banks Surf Fishing in October
October surf fishing on the OBX: bull drum, the spot run, false albacore, fall bluefish blitz. The most beginner-friendly catch month of the year.
October surf fishing on the OBX: bull drum, the spot run, false albacore, fall bluefish blitz. The most beginner-friendly catch month of the year.
August surf fishing on the OBX: peak summer water temps, the start of the mullet run, and the first big drum at Cape Point.
September on the OBX: the best month. Bull drum at Cape Point, chopper blues, false albacore, pompano, the works. Why locals don’t take vacation in September.
July on the OBX: peak summer, peak pompano, peak shark fishing. Why locals fish at sunrise and sunset and never at noon.
June on the OBX: water hits 75°, summer fishery kicks in. Pompano, Spanish mackerel, snapper blues, sharks, and the first-light window.
April surf fishing on the OBX: peak puppy drum, the bluefish run, sea trout, and the variety month most locals consider the best of the year.
May surf fishing on the OBX: peak variety. Drum holds, blues thin, Spanish mackerel arrive, pompano show up, cobia from the piers.
March on the Outer Banks: water warms, sea mullet stack up, first puppy drum and tailor blues arrive. The shoulder month worth fishing.
January on the Outer Banks: striped bass, cold water, miles of empty beach. What’s biting, regulations, and how to fish the surf in 50° water.
February surf fishing on the OBX: the slow month. Sea mullet, black drum, leftover stripers, and how to find the few biting windows.