Over the years, I’ve wanted to do the same thing. The airport at Ocracoke is on the beach and you can easily walk out on to it. But I’m not a surf fisherman so I don’t know if there is good fishing there, but people do seem to fish there.
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With that said, I use my plane to fly and fish all the time. Like any flying mission, the last mile(s) is the challenge.
I used to fly to the NC mountains to fish and play. Asheville was fine for the play part but when fishing, 3NR3 turned out to be the best destination. It required an Enterprise car to make it all work, and that in itself required some work, but the private airport had fuel and location in the heart of NC trout land.
As I started to chase saltwater fly fishing, KSSI turned out to be good place for Redfish. It required a guide but took a buddy down there to chase them a couple of times.
Florida is a favorite destination for family and friends but there’s lots of fishing as well. Never managed to get Key West fishing to work due to weather; fortunately there’s so much else to do there. But Marathon is in the middle of triple digit Tarpon land along with right sized Tarpon, Bones and Permit. Miami’s Biscayne Bay is full of big ‘ol Tarpon as well, especially at night when the tide is just right.
My favorite is the Bonefishing in the Bahamas. Non-flying mortals generally fly to Nassau then can catch a flight to the out islands. Private pilots can fly direct to a dozen or more well maintained airports on any of the out islands. The fishing is great and the scenery even better. I would submit that there is no better place in the world to island hop anywhere in a personal light plane. I’m returning next week to take a trout fishing friend out for for their first Bone. Should be fun.
Montauk is a great place to fly into as well, especially off party season when the Albie’s, Stripers, and Blues are running. But it requires a friend or spending money on a boat and a guide for best results.
Closer to home, the key is to find a friend with a place on one of our great regional lakes. Lake Norman has 2 residential airparks with water access. Kerr has one or two airports adjacent to the lake. Smith Mountain Lake has has an Airpark on the lake with a fly in bed and breakfast. I live on Falls of the Neuse Lake where I don’t have direct lake access but have a launch ramp nearby which I fished from today (but was skunked).
Here’s a Falls Lake Fatty for example:
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