FRONT PAGE SPORTS OBITUARIES   OPINION                   Onshore Fishing Report by Dr. Bogus   Even with the water temperatures still wallowing in the 50s, the bottom feeders are starting to show up, and it’s about time. There are some sea mullet showing at the piers and the Morehead City Turning Basin . Spots have been reported at Oceanana and Sheraton piers, although these are the skinny spring fish. Bloodworms or Fishbites Bag o’ Worms are your best bets. Fort Macon has also had some decent catches of black drum as well, as a big (by North Carolina standards) 4.5-pound gray trout. Bogue Pier has weighed in some nice sea mullet, but they are still few and far between. I did see some blues being landed from Bogue Pier Monday morning, but they were tiny fish. Speaking of blues, there are blues of the Hatteras size showing around Oceanana Pier and Beaufort Inlet. As is usually the case in the spring, these fish are all head and no body, just long and skinny and hungry. As far as specks, the best bet is still in the New River Creeks, like Southwestern and Northeastern. There are also some still in the Neuse River Creeks and in the Atlantic Beach area just west of the Causeway Bridge, just outside of Peletier and Spooner’s Creek. Water has been dingy from the rain and runoff, so stick with bright, visible baits. The runoff is probably one reason the fish have moved out of the creeks recently too. The southern flounder are also waking up in the creeks and they are not really affected by changes in salinity. The southern flounder prefer brackish water and are often found in brackish to even fresh water. Any of you catch a flounder up in the Roanoke at Weldon? They are there. There are a few being landed on hook and line in the Bogue Sound and Neuse River Creeks and giggers are getting flounder in the creeks too, with one hot spot being Gayle’s Creek along NC 24 in Carteret County. Looking to the south, to see what’s coming north, there have been reports of a few Atlantic bonito out of Wrightsville Beach, but I haven’t actually see any fish. I am the doubting “Bogus,” and sure would like to see some confirmation. On the other hand, the blues are starting to come in and are just off the beach, so it shouldn’t be very long. Looking to the north, the shad are moving back down river after spawning, only to meet up with the stripers working their way up the river. Right now you can find both hicks and stripers up at Weldon, where the water is in the upper 50s. Looking even farther north, According to Alan and Melinda at Tradewinds, puppy drum and a few “scout” big reds in the 40-inch range are showing up at Ocracoke, taken on cut mullet, along with the bluefish up to three pounds. Offshore, forget about it! They’re calling for small craft advisories until Thursday. Just a few degrees and the weather to settle out are all we ask, and the fishing should be just fine. (Richard “Dr. Bogus” Ehrenkaufer of Emerald Isle is on the radio every Monday at 7:30 a.m. on WTKF 107.1 FM and 1240 AM. Call him at (252) 354-4905.     .