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Porktown
I love the point area of EI. One of my favorite places.
We fished down at Fort Macon one morning and that place looked very sharky but we were casting lead for spanish. The point looks like it would be great but access seems to be an issue? I found one small public lots a few blocks from the point and one access walkway to the point. It looks like quite the trek to carry all of the gear. Is there a different way to access it?
It is just that one lot about a mile trek... Our first year going to EI, we stayed about 200 yards south of the pier. Parked at that lot and made the hike. It was horrible, I had a pretty bad case of heat exhaustion from it. The next time, I looked for a place near the point. Ended up being a 5 minute walk from our place. The fishing for spanish and blues was just as good from the beach directly in front of the house. I only made the walk to the inlet a few times since they were just fine biting without it... The next time we did the same thing, different place though. Fishing was a little bit harder right in front, but I was prepared. I took my bike and looked like Pee Wee Herman with a back rack, milk crate, rod holders, etc. I biked to the point gate and bike rack there. Still a bit of a trek from there, especially with cast net, bucket and other gear. Definitely want to get that morning dump out before venturing, not that I know the pain of rushing back from experience multiple times... Did okay on the backside and inlet, but stupid flounder rules had me throw back a doormat and a few other keepers. Only one spanish that whole trip too, which made some excellent ceviche. One of the only areas down there that you can do surf fishing, inlet fishing and sound fishing all within walking distance. The back side access in EI is extremely limited.
Not sure how the shark fishing would be there, assume pretty good. I don't mess around with them. During low tide, there is a huge sand bar at the inlet point that extends out 100 yards. I am sure this changes every storm though. But last two times down, this created a huge "swimming pool" just to the north of the inlet. It is only waste deep for most of it, usually crystal clear, almost Florida Gulf like conditions when things are calm down there. Great place for little kids during the day or float around on a tube, etc. Not the best for fishing in that stretch during low tide though. During high tide or high enough on incoming or outgoing, the spanish and blues will trap baitfish up to those sand bars and have blitzes. I tended to see the best action with spanish/blues early morning/late evening if there was an outgoing tide. Pretty sure this was sucking the glass minnows out of the inlet into that section. When it is too low and sand bar is above the water, the inlet was productive or can fish the end of the sand bar way out there. Walking out on that sandbar at dusk or dawn was a bit sketchy though, especially if incoming tide.