Quote Originally Posted by tangled View Post
is there any where around there to catch them inshore ? it would have to be a very calm day for me to get out in the big water with my 18 ' skiff
Tangled, I fish out of a 17ft skiff/bayboat. your boat is plenty good to make it out. There are plenty of areas in the River that consistently have big fish, however it is only a 2 hour bite with the tide change and it shuts down. I will say that the river at times gets NASTY! worse then the ocean.

The beauty of Oak island is that it is a South facing beach. this time of the year, the wind blows from the N NE or NW. with that, it keeps the beach flat to where a 12ft john boat (no exaggeration) can make it out 3-4 miles as long as it stays below 15mph

there are a few ways of fishing for them. If you are sincerely interested in going out there, shoot me a pm and ill give you additional info to include a few spots and maybe even a GPS # or 2