Area fishing report
Saltwater
Oregon Inlet
No boats have gone out in a week. No report available. Contact: Oregon Inlet Fishing Center 252-441-6301, www.oregon-inlet.com.
Buxton/Hatteras
Bluefish can be found on the south point. Off the ramps, bluefish, sea mullet and smll trout can be found. Water temperatures are still higher than normal. Contact: Red Drum Tackle 252-995-5414, www.hatteras-island.com; offshore news, Oden’s Dock 252-986-2555, www.odensdock.com; or www.hatterasharbor.com.
Ocracoke/Portsmouth
No report available. Contact: Tradewinds Bait & Tackle 252-928-5491, www.fishtradewinds.com; Morris Marina 252-225-4261, www.portsmouthislandfishing.com.
Cape Lookout/Bogue Inlet
Inshore, trout can be caught. Off the piers and on the beach, bluefish, puffers, sea mullet and red drum can be caught. Near shore, flounder and sea bass can be caught. Offshore, flounder, sea bass, amberjack, wahoo and blackfin tuna can be caught. Contact: EJW Outdoors 252-247-4725; Portside Marina 252-726-7678; www.ncoif.com.
Topsail Island
Bluefin tuna is being caught. In the surf and off the piers, black drum is being caught. In the sound and the surf, speckled trout is being caught. Contact: East Coast Discount Tackle 910-328-1887, www.eastcoastsports.com.
Wilmington/ Wrightsville Beach
No report available. Contact: Tex’s Tackle 910-791-1763, www.texstackle.com.
Southport/Sunset Beach
Offshore, king mackeral, black drum and black sea bass can be caught. Inshore, whiting and blues can be caught. Contact: Dutchman Creek Bait & Tackle 910-457-1221; www.yeahrightcharters.com; or www.oifishingcenter.com.
Freshwater
Falls Lake
Bass and crappie are scattered. Some bass is in the shallower part, but most are deep. Crappie can be caught at around 15 feet. Slow moving bait preferred. Water level: normal 251.5, Wednesday 259, full pool 264.8. Contact Outhouse Tackle Company 919-847-1222.; www.outhousetackle.com.
Jordan Lake
No report available. Water level: normal 216, Wednesday N/A, full pool 240. Contact: Wilsonville General Store 919-362-7101; Crosswinds Marina 919-387-7011.
Kerr Lake
Cold weather has caused fishing to slow. Water level: normal 300, Wednesday 306.5, full pool 320. Contact: Bobcat’s Bait & Tackle 434-374-8381; www.kerrlake.com.
Lake Wheeler
No report available. Contact: Wilsonville General Store 919-362-7101.
Shearon Harris Lake
No report available. Contact: The Tackle Box 919-557-8255; www.wmi.org.
(For water levels go to http://epec.saw.usace.army.mil/)
This story was originally published January 6, 2016 at 4:55 PM with the headline "Area fishing report."