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Fishing Report: Spanish are starting to show, Flounders are being caught,
Trout on Live Shrimp and GotCha Plugs, Whiting, blues, Pompano and Black Drum are
biting,
Kings and Cobia are here ........
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Not the record, but the same guy, same Pier, different year
Walter Maxwell with his left handed 16/0 and
his Yaupon pier Tiger shark
Walter Maxwell was a
land-based shark fisherman ahead of his times, He applied
himself to his sport like few do and he excelled because of
it. He still holds the world record Tiger shark of 1780 lbs
caught on Cherry Grove pier (South Carolina) in 1964.In this
picture taken one week before he broke his world record he
caught this Tiger shark on Yaupon pier (North Carolina)in
June 1964.Walter Maxwell still holds the North Carolina
state record Tiger shark (1150 pounds) which was caught in
1966 at the Yaupon pier on Oak Island NC.
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| Oak Island ( Yaupon ) Family Fishing Pier is located on the
barrier Island of Oak Island in Southeast North Carolina. The Pier
is noted for it's excellent saltwater fishing. In the year 2007 over
250 King Mackerel were landed, it's also an excellent Trout and
Flounder Pier. Fishing starts around the first of April with large
Bluefish followed by Whiting, Spanish, Trout and Flounder. King
Mackerel start to show up when the the water gets to 64 degrees.
Other species caught are Cobia, Whiting (Virginia Mullet), Pompano,
Spots, Sharks, Tarpon, Amberjack, Jack Crevalle, Sheepshead, Black
Drum, Red Drum, Croaker, Grey Trout, Ladyfish, Spadefish, and
Pinfish. The North Carolina State Record for Tiger Shark came off
this Pier in 1966 by Walter Maxwell, it weighed 1150 lbs |
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Pier History
Yaupon Pier was built in1955,rebuilt in 1972 and again in 1992.
At 27 feet above sea level, the Yaupon Pier
is the tallest in North Carolina.
Top fish are 50lb King in 2002, 47lb African Pompano. 83lb
Tarpon, 37lb Jack Crevalle, 16lb Sheepshead and a State Record
1,150lb Tiger Shark caught in 1966 by Walter Maxwell
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Matt with our Pier Mascot "Henry"
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