Fishing Report
Friday, July 04, 2008
BLUE MARLIN WHACKING........,
Capt Steven and mate Wade of the Bill Collector caught a pair of 200 and 300 lb Blue Marlin yesterday and pulled off another in excess of 400 lb..,Run Off with Capt Brian at the helm finished out the waterfront fleet with another Blue Marlin catch.....,but the news of the day........,My pal, Capt Curtis Strange with his only crew being his lovely wife Sarah hooked and caught a Blue Marlin with just the two of them on board....,after the fish was hooked up, Sarah went to the bridge to manuvere the boat while Capt Curtis went to the deck, cleared the lines, angled, wired, and released the Blue Marlin......,and Sarah took pictures........,as soon as I have them, I will put them onto the photo page......,the rest of the fleet reported good catches of Mahi....,Sensation is back in her slip and Good Lord Willing, she will be taking me back out to sea tomorrow........,Happy 4th of July to you.
Thursday, July 03, 2008
THE FLEET IS BACK AT SEA.........,
Well the Sensation is getting some much needed maintenance and yours truly had a little much needed maintenance work done to my right knee yesterday and we both are feeling much better.......,and Good Lord Willing will be back on the ocean come Saturday.....,in the meantime the waterfront fleet went to sea yesterday and had some really good fishing.....,Live Wire caught a couple of Sailfish and had a shot at a Blue Marlin......,Run Off also caught a Sailfish and saw several more......,Bill Collector had 7 Wahoo and a nice catch of Amberjack and Dolphin......,Frequent Flyer, Impulse, O Lucky Me, and Bluewater each had good catches of Dolphin and Wahoo....,keep in mind that in August we plan to run some 2 day overnight Swordfishing trips. We would love to have enough of a crowd to get another boat to come along but that is not necessary if we can get enough crew for the Sensation.
Tuesday, July 01, 2008
FOURTH OF JULY..............,
Can you believe that it is already July 1 and Friday will be the 4th.......,time gets away from here way too fast.........,nothing to report since Saturday because the wind has been getting it done......,no boats have ventured offshore but that should change today....,Sensation has to pay the Caterpillar dealer a couple of day visit for some much needed maintenance on the aftercooler and valves..........,but several of the fleet will be fishing today and tomorrow so I'll have a report for you....,I do know that the Bluefish and Spanish Mackeral have been snapping in the inlet and behind Shackleford Banks.........,come Friday you won't be able to drag a line behind the banks..........,might snag a bikini.........,there will be plenty of them out there....,come on down and have a look........,
Sunday, June 29, 2008
SOME OF THE BACON CAME HOME...
The Cape Fear Blue Marlin Tournament ended yesterday with a big finish. Capt Ralph Griffin was in 2nd place until the Peggy caught a Blue Marlin at 11:15 and Capt Porky Herring of the Gypsy Angler caught another Blue at 11:41.......,that took Chainlink to fourth place......,Capt John Huff of the Streamweaver won the tournament with a Blue Marlin release on Friday morning just after Sensation pulled one off......,darn it........,one other realization came to pass yesterday also.....,Sea Striker had a 40+ lb Dolphin and Sensation may have had a contender also......,however the tournament rules require that all fish be brought to the Wrightsville Beach scales by boat for weighing.......,and today with the cost of fuel, it was not practical for either boat to make that journey.........,tournament rules need to be changed to allow fish to be transported to weigh stations by vehicle.....,or open another weigh station in the other ports that we fish out of.....,the fleet had excellent meat fishing yesterday with Run Off, Offshore III, and Bill Collector each having good catches of Dolphin, Wahoo, and White Marlin.
Saturday, June 28, 2008
CHOPPY, CHOPPY, CHOPPY........,
It was extra choppy for the first day of the Cape Fear Blue Marlin Tournament yesterday and the bite wasn't the best either........,Capt Ralph Griffin of the Chainlink scored with three Sailfish releases and otherwise locally, Capt Daryl Brower of the Fishing Partner released a White Marlin, and Capt Tommy Herring of the Pig Rig released a Sailfish.......,Capt Mike Guthrie of the Peggy caught one of those almost extinct Yellowfin Tuna that took a boat ride to Wrightsville Beach..........,Sensation had a crack at first place early in the tournament with a Blue Marlin.......,however after the fish ate the teaser, the short rigger, and the bridge pole without getting hooked up, it was all over.........,the charter fleet was sparse yesterday with only a couple of boats out........,Bill Collector saw several bill fish and she and Bluewater scrapped out a meatfish catch...........,
Friday, June 27, 2008
MARLINS ARE BACK.............,
Frequent Flyer, Live Wire, Bill Collector, and yours truly, Sensation all caught Marlins yesterday.........,with three White Marlin and one Sailfish.....,there were several more seen by this small fleet but not hooked.....,Capt Junior Johnson said that a Blue Marlin did everything but eat the stern out of the Live Wire but they couldn't get her hooked up.........,Cape Fear Blue Marlin Tournament begins today in forecasted heavy, heavy winds and seas...,gonna be a tough day on the ocean......,but if we catch a big Blue Marlin, I am sure that the seas will calm right down........,the meatfishing was also good yesterday with each boat having a nice catch of Dolphin, Wahoo, Amberjack, Mackeral, and Bonito...........,
Thursday, June 26, 2008
MARLINS ARE TAKING A BREAK.......,
Seems that the Blue Marlin bite has cooled considerably since last week. Maybe they are just waiting for the Cape Fear Blue Marlin Tournament, which is scheduled this weekend.......,I am fishing Tim Grein and crew for the tournament out of Morehead City.....,sure am glad we can fish out of here and not have to run all the way to Wrightsville Beach.....,it is a hike to the blue water out of that port........,fishing yesterday was scrappy with each boat ending up with a decent catch at the end of the day.....,Frequent Flyer, Bill Collector, Sensation, Dancin Outlaw, Energizer all had good catches with Frequent Flyer adding a Sailfish to the mix......,Sensation missed a Sailfish early in the day...........,maybe today.........,
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
THREE BOATS IN THE OCEAN........,
Yesterday brought home the reality of just how bad the economy is......,on a June day when most of the charter boat fleet should have been fishing, only two boats left the Morehead City waterfront and one boat left the beach from their fleet......,the Bill Collector, Sensation, and Diamond Girl were the only trolling boats in the ocean to my knowledge.....,the only other boat out there was Capt Bobby Freeman of the Sunrise.....,some of the head boats were inshore with Take A Kid Fishing, which was yesterday and another huge success........,fishing offshore yesterday was consistent with lots of Mahi, Amberjack, Blackfin Tuna, and Wahoo bites.........,Bill Collector had a couple of Sailfish to finish off her catch........,get your friends together and come charter a boat and go fishing......,the fish are here and the fleet would love to take you out there....,
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
DODGING STORMS.............,
The great North Atlantic was full of rainstorms and thunder squalls yesterday and Bill Collector, Frequent Flyer and Sensation spent most of the day dodging the storms........,which of course took us out of position to really fish.......,Frequent Flyer had the best of luck.....,landing in a couple of good spots with Wahoo, Barracuda, Mahi, Albacore, and other types of gamefish. Bill Collector and Sensation scrapped out small catches of Mahi and Wahoo. But today is a new day and hopefully we will be able to fish where ever we want..........,I'll keep you posted in the evening.........,Cape Fear Blue Marlin tournament is this weekend and my friend Tim Grein, Rodney Hensley and crew will be heading down to catch the big ones..........,
Monday, June 23, 2008
BACK FROM HATTERAS..........,
My friend Joe Hodge from Raleigh fished with the Sensation at the Hatteras Marlin Club Tournament and caught the winning Wahoo for the week...,that was the highlight of the week except for pulling off a Blue Marlin on Wednesday with Capt Brick Brown in the chair.......,our friend Capt Walt Spruill caught three Blue Marlin and two White Marlin to steam into second place....,with the Sizzler winning the tournament.....,at home the fishing has been good with plenty of Dolphin, Marlin and some giant Amberjack......,saw some lunkers yesterday......,today will be my first day back to work so I'll give you a heads up as to what is going on after today.........,
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