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A week in the Outer Banks


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Posted 18 June 2013 - 03:44 PM

My family and I spent the week of June 8th in Duck, North Carolina, in a house on the ocean. Since the trip wasn't collecting oriented, all of the species were caught right from the surf behind our rental house. Most of the species were collected with hook and line, but some were collected with a dipnet, allowing the waves to wash small fish into the net. during the week we were able to catch over 20 species of fish from the beach, 15 by hook and line, and the others by dip net (except atlantic croaker, which I caught by both methods). A few of the smaller species are photographed badly because I didn't have a photo tank, and some I am unsure of the identification. Any help would be appreciated. This could take a while because I have many pictures. I will do a post for each species.

Atlantic Croaker: This is a 3 inch one of many that I netted, but I caught larger ones on hook and line.

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Posted 18 June 2013 - 03:47 PM

Southern Kingfish: Caught about 50 kingfish total between the 2 species (called sea mullet in NC)

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Posted 18 June 2013 - 03:49 PM

Gulf Kingfish: Seemed to be slightly less common than the southern. Sorry for the sandy picture, that is a big problem on the beach

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Posted 18 June 2013 - 03:51 PM

Spot: These were only present when the croakers werent.

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Posted 18 June 2013 - 03:53 PM

Red Drum: Fish of this size are usually called puppy drum.

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Posted 18 June 2013 - 03:55 PM

Speckled Trout: Also called spotted seatrout, they are much more common in the sound than the surf this time of year.

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Posted 18 June 2013 - 03:57 PM

Silver Perch: Also, called sand perch, we caught them from the surf and from piers.
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Posted 18 June 2013 - 06:48 PM

I stayed right there last summer, and there was a good sized fw pond a block away from our house. I didn't sample while there, but I did take a daily walk around the pond. Several of the properties along the edge had full grass lawns, and the water level was up high enough that some grass was partially submerged. As I approached those areas, the water would start to almost boil with activity. It was huge groups of Gambusia living in the "swamp forest"! Then there were the huge Red Belly Turtles that would beg food at one spot along the shore. Sadly I'm not getting back down this year, but we'll see about next!

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Posted 18 June 2013 - 07:23 PM

Ive seen some of those fw ponds, I bet they have some cool fish. Heres some more fish...


Pigfish: Usually caught from piers, but this one came from the surf.

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Posted 18 June 2013 - 07:26 PM

Pinfish: Also not a common surf catch, but abundant around piers and structure.

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Posted 18 June 2013 - 07:32 PM

Summer Flounder? Not sure on this, it could also be a southern flounder.

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Posted 18 June 2013 - 07:34 PM

Spotted Hake: I had never heard of this fish until I saw it and researched it

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Posted 18 June 2013 - 07:36 PM

Northern Puffer: It inflated after it came out of the water, but I didn't get a picture of it

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Posted 18 June 2013 - 07:38 PM

Striped Burrfish: The picture was taken at night so it didn't turn out that well

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Posted 18 June 2013 - 07:39 PM

Smooth Dogfish: I assume that it is a smooth dogfish because of the tail shape

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Posted 18 June 2013 - 07:41 PM

Clearnose Skate: These were overly abundant, and they became a nuisance because they take forever to reel in.

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Posted 18 June 2013 - 07:44 PM

So those were all of the hook and line species, now for the tiny fish. I will need some help on the ids here

Juvenile mullet: I know this is some kind of juvenile mullet species.

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Posted 18 June 2013 - 07:45 PM

Northern Pipefish? Im not sure if these are 2 different species or not

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Posted 18 June 2013 - 07:55 PM

For a trip that wasn't collection oriented, you sure racked up a nice fish tally. I especially like the pipefish and hake. Thanks for posting!
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Posted 18 June 2013 - 08:00 PM

Juvenile fish.... I have no idea, it could be anything

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