12-31-2010 Last trip of 2010!!

Couldn't ask for a better day for the last Fishing trip of the year!! Perfect weather great friends and calm Seas.
Headed out of OI around 7:00am 12-31-2010 and headed up to the Duck Research pier for some Striper action. Little did we know that we ran right past the fish off of Kitty Hawk!! Dave gave us a call just after we put lines in to head back south. We picked up lines and made short work of the trip back on slick calm waters.
The crowd had already gathered for the party and wasn't long before we put the first fish on ice. We were headed back to the slip by 12:30 with a limit. Great fishing and all within 3 miles and not far from the inlet!! Everyone on the water played nice as well. Hopefully they will hang around. Here are a few photos.

Great report Mark. I would love to have a go at those big line siders sometime. Can you tell us a bit about the tackle that you were using. I have some jigs that I need to show you.

Backlash wrote:Great report Mark. I would love to have a go at those big line siders sometime. Can you tell us a bit about the tackle that you were using. I have some jigs that I need to show you.

Tom we were using a three way swivel with a 28-48oz mojo on about 3ft of leader and a 6ft trailer off the third leg of the swivel with 2oz buck-tail or swimmshad. Trolling about 3knts max. These fish were on the bottom. The next day the fish were suspended in 30-50 ft so we opted for stretch 30s red and white or the bunker pattern. We were using tld25s and 113h reels....Mark