The Hatteras Inlet ferry coming into the northern most tip of Ocracoke Island. Some ten miles of sand flats and dunes separate the ferry landing from the village of Ocracoke which is clustered around Silver Lake, an inlet from Pamlico Sound.
Cass Williams, one of the oldest inhabitants of Ocracoke and a fisherman for 57 years, writes a letter to his son with the help of his young great granddaughter.
Poggie Boats. This fleet of boats fishes Pamlico Sound and the surrounding Atlantic waters for menhaden during December, January, February, making there base at Ocracoke.