Help navigating OI ?

[capehaze]

Hello All,

Weather permitting, plan to fish out of OI on Oct 18 & 19. Outbound will be near low tide, and from another thread it looks like the buoys may not be accurate and the bars have moved. I draw about 3 feet (Albemarle 24) and have not been through OI for 2 years. Trying to decide if I can do it and the best route.

Checked OREGON INLET (http://www.saw.usace.army.mil/nav/OREGON.htm) for the latest soundings. They did it on Sep 29... They also proposed a route / set of waypoints. Their route passes through a 4 foot deep area. It looks like it is much deeper to run to the south end of the bridge, then out. True???
Can you get under the bridge there (Albe 24)?

The other posts mentioned "the crack". Is this it, or is the crack something else?

Hopefully I have attached ( or Uploaded) a chunk of the USCAE data: OIbridgeEast.jpg
If that dos not work try here: http://www.albe24.com/misc/oi_east.jpg

Any comments and suggestions?

Thanks much,
Woody

[Fishboy OV8]

read the report from the Tuna Fever


Fishing Reports AKA Why you should call in sick and book a trip - Tuna Fever - Oregon Inlet, North Carolina (http://www.tunafever.com/reports.aspx?year=2008&month=9)

[surfperch1]

Capehaze I have trips on the 17th & 18th out of OI. Give me a call on Friday night and I will let you know what I find out.

I will be making some calls myself prior to heading out, but hope they it fixed by that time.

[Woody Fish]

Follow a Commercial or Charter Fisherman and mark it on your GPS as the sand bars shift this time of year. I've hit bottom in the "middle of the channel" before and those guys know where to slowdown...