New to site, love visiting NC and fishing. Looking for best time to visit for surf fishing.
Best time to fish is any time you can!!
Gee, if you're planning a trip all the way from Wisconsin, just for surf fishing, I'd almost be tempted to suggest that you watch the Fishin'Militia website for when the drum run actually hits, and then take a plane to Billy Mitchell field as fast as you can.
If you don't have a single-engine plane, or if you otherwise can't react that quickly, we'd have to go on historical trends... I think end of summer -- Sept, Oct or thereabouts -- is the time that usually happens...