Red Drum Tackle shop fishing report, Buxton 12-20
Cold winds kept the fishermen in the hook nowadays. Reviews of dog sharks and skates had been the major report. Trout fishing was also primarily down in the hook region. No reports on if any trout have been caught. Yesterday down at the inlet, 1 man was cranking in a dog shark of about three ft in when a larger shark bit the doggie in 50 percent. So maybe the massive sharks are displaying up for these who like catching them.
Monday fishing report by Dan
The weather conditions is acquiring much better and warmer which will help the fishermen to be capable to fish. There was some sea mullet getting caught in the hook previous night time and a number of trout also being documented. Just heard of a feasible fifty seven inch striper getting caught up at Oregon Inlet, so probably the bite is finding started out… Nicely grumpy contact from up north on best of a mountain. He is in training for his massive race with Mikey afterwards this week. I hope he can make it down the slope, previous 12 months Grumpy crashed and burned before he received to his head start placement. Maybe Mikey will permit Grumpy race down the kiddie slope…..
Have a Merry Christmas
Dan
Tuesday’s Report
Right now turned out to be just beautiful!!!! There is a few people fishing, but I have not noticed a peep from them. I’ll probally hear in the early morning how they did these days.
Tomorrow should be just like these days. I would feel there’d be some sea mullet close to, specks, a flounder or two, heck possibly even a pet drum. Anyways, go fishing and appreciate the beautiful weather conditions and if you catch fish, effectively that’s a Reward!!!
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Oregon Inlet Fishing center report 12-20
by Affie
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An inshore charter out this morning had a excellent catch. Introduced in a 51 inch fifty pound striper as properly as an additional a single. Good signal for the starting of striper season. This is just a of style of the stripers which really should be pushing down from north of us. Just hope we keep on to have cooler temperatures for this to occur.
twelve-19-11
by Korin
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Our offshore fleet documented in early with a few of boundaries of yellowfin tuna and a handful of blackfin tuna.
twelve-twenty-11
by Korin
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The moment once again we had yellowfin and blackfin tuna! A restrict of yellowfin was documented.
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Ocean Isle Fishing Center report 12-20
Wade and Burt joined me for a 50 percent day of fishing this early morning. We started off looking for a couple of trout and identified a few keepers. As the tide continued to rise we eased back again into the grass hunting for the reds. We noticed a few, but the wind was generating it hard. I drilled a great one particular…but the action was sluggish, so we headed to a secondary location. The tide was not quite proper for the reds just however, so we headed for a trout hole. The trout ended up still there…we landed ten to fifteen trout, but only picked up a single far more keeper. We switched to our redfish outfits with heavier line to sneak again up on the reds. With a number of solid we had a ambigu hook up! Wade made speedy work of a good 24" red, simply because he switched to the right outfit. Unfortunely, Burt acquired a small baffled and picked up an additional trout outfit with only 6# examination line on it. No problem! Burt did an amazing occupation angling a 25" brute of a redfish to the boat on just 6 pound examination line. It takes a small luck and a lot of skill to pull this off. Who understands, Burt is a pastor and I’ll bet he had a minor far more than luck on his aspect. We made one more sneak into the area and Wade drilled another great red that was released to fight an additional day. An additional fantastic day on the h2o, with great firm. Many thanks men for fishing with us! See ya on the water!
– Capt. Jacob Frick
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"… And Now, The Relaxation of the Story" | OIFC World Cat / Carolina Cat | twelve/20/eleven
Nicely….. after a couple of hours of sitting on strong floor and examining the fishing excursion, I am all set to talk. Right here is the one particular point you can get away for certain, the middle of the ocean is no spot to be in the center of the evening in fifteen-20 knot winds. It is just not enjoyable. And of study course, that is where we were. Here is how it all went down.
We loaded up and left the OIFC at 9:30am on Monday (Brant, Barrett, Steele). We ran 70 miles to a heat water eddy just north of the Steeples. The radio discuss was of very hot action as many boats were all all set functioning the region. The seas have been near calm, but a 10kt SW wind had started to blow. We set out and right away missed a bite. We continued on and the lengthy rigger went down, Steele did battle. At boatside it was a tuna, but seemed awful large to be a Blackfin. The gaff was sent and the heavens opened up and lower and behold a Yellowfin Tuna was boated- sure, Yellowfin Tuna- examine the pic below- NOT a Blackfin. We trolled on and caught a Wahoo and a few Blackfin and missed a couple very good bites. All the even though the SW wind was creeeping up to 15kts with a gentle 3 foot chop. Everybody headed home except us. We appeared at eachother and the determination was built to go ahead. We picked up lines at 4:30pm and ran twenty miles offshore to 1200 feet. We fairly much just set up in the blind, no particular area. We set out a unfold of four lines ranging from 300-a hundred feet deep rigged with Squid and Boston Mackerel. At 6:forty five the two hundred foot depth bait was taken and the rod bent more than. Barrett went to function, but there was not significantly fish there. Nonetheless, in the darkness, the glow from our green Hydro Glo exposed a Swordfish- small, approximately 30-forty pounds, but a Swordfish and the night time was younger. We have been pumped for a night time of red very hot fishing. It was not to be. As the night time wore on, the wind regular enhanced to 20 knots, seas a choppy 3-4 ft. It was not horrible rough, but in the pitch black darness, it is really unpleasant. Steele (aka "Cookie") fired up the Coleman grill and cooked us Ribeye steaks for supper, that was nice. Afterwards we ended up in and out of rest. At 2am the 300 foot depth rod bent above and Barrett was again on the rod. He fought the fish for a couple of minutes ahead of the hook pulled. Barrett said he felt like the fish was about to make a run, but its dimension was underterminable. At four:thirty, we had been all rather a lot asleep when the Tiagra 30W set at 100 ft started cigarette smoking off line. Steele grabbed the rod and there was undoubtedly a thing considerable on the conclude. Steele struggled for about a minute, shedding line the whole time prior to once more the hook pulled. We were making use of about 12-15 kilos of drag, but certainly we have a thing to understand about keeping them on the hook. Anyways, daybreak lastly arrived at 6am and we began packing up. The wind was even now a constant twenty knots and it was crappy. We ran back towards the Steeples and set out Wahoo lines. The latest was strong into the wind and trolling was miserable. We missed a single Wahoo and caught a couple of False Albacore prior to our fun meter was eventually pegged out- it was time to arrive residence!
There have been a lot of lessons learned through the journey. And indeed, it was an adventure, irregardless of how productive. We just take our encounters and mold them so that following time we can go back and do greater. Not a lot of fantastic issues are accomplished with no some sacrifice. We did sacrifice ourselves very last night, but now I’m far more established than ever- I will be again!
Oh indeed, there have been a number of Bluefin Tuna landed off Morehead the very last two days. There are a ton of jumbo Pogys on the Frying Pan Shoal and the conditions search appropriate. Stay tuned as we hope to hear of fish in our region quite shortly.
– Capt. Brant McMullan
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"Team OIFC swordfish report" | OIFC World Cat / Carolina Cat | twelve/20/11
Just acquired a gargaled satalite tele report from Team OIFC Brant/Barrett/Steele from their overnight journey to gulf stream of wahoo, yellowfin tuna, and SWORDFISH! Standby for far more info.
– Rube McMullan
"More Wahoo" | Get Active | 12/twenty/eleven
Trask Cunningham sent these photos of a wahoo that was caught although fishing with Kevin Sneed. They also caught blackfin tuna. There is no require to state what skirt they ended up making use of since a photograph claims a one,000 phrases.
– Capt. Rickey Beck
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"Billy Berg’s a hundred.four lb Wahoo" | OIFC Planet Cat / Carolina Cat | 12/twenty/11
Billy Berg and dad, Expenses liked a gorgeous day listening to good new music and experiencing the father-son partnership fishing aboard their "Fin Addict IV". The morning started with catching a blackfin on a black and purple skirted ballyhoo east of the Blackjack.
About twelve:thirty pm they hooked up with THE wahoo in 350 ft of water on a surface bait with a blue and white Islander. The hoo tipped the at the Myrtle Seaside Yacht Club on their licensed scales at a whopping a hundred.4 lbs.
Congratulations and thanks for sharing your report!
– Capt. Rickey Beck
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"Sight Fishing!" | Get Active | 12/19/eleven
I was invited to go to the gulf stream, but had obligations that held me close to home these days. I couldn’t stand it anymore and had to get on the h2o for a handful of hours. Tide was approaching substantial, so we slipped into the grass marsh behind Sunset hunting to push a handful of reds. Indeed, we pushed several faculties in all dimensions up and down the oyster bars. We immediately got a few of the smaller sized kinds to strike. We scattered the college pretty good and pushed them far back into the grass. We moved on to discover a little college of wonderful types. Ben hooked up and fought a nice upper slot red till the shallow oyster bars reduce the line. We moved on around and identified a enormous faculty with some great kinds in the mix. Ambigu hook up! I landed my wonderful higher slot red even though Ben once again ended up in the shells. This group stayed with each other for a bit and gave us a number of much more shots. I picked up another nice 1 and a quick. Lastly, they busted up and headed deep. We stored sneaking about and searching tough when we noticed another large faculty with some wonderful fish grouped with each other. Ben right away hooked into a wonderful a single! He landed it! He landed it! Great job! Persistence and persistence pays off. I will depart you with a video and a photograph of Ben’s greatest redfish nevertheless! See ya on the drinking water!
– Capt. Jacob Frick
"Get Floor’d" | OIFC Planet Cat / Carolina Cat | twelve/19/eleven
Captain Zach Faulkner sent me this photo of the wahoo caught by the Get Floor’d 36 ft Contender these days (Monday). The crew was fishing in 180 ft of water. The temperature was seventy three.six degrees and they were fishing a ballyhoo with a Captain Zach handmade lure.
Zach documented that Captains Brant, Barrett and Steele had been viewing some good action also. They stayed overnight so we really should get a report from them in a day or so. The Get Floor’d will be heading again out early Tuesday morning.
– Capt. Rickey Beck
"" | True-Time Update | twelve/19/eleven
Just came across a breaching Correct Whale 5 miles off Holden Beach. Very neat.
– Capt. Brant McMullan
"" | Real-Time Update | 12/19/11
The following we go! Headed offshore for an journey. Steele is marinating the steaks and Barrett rigging baits. All is in buy. Keep tuned.
– Capt. Brant McMullan
"Stragglers" | Get Active | twelve/18/11
Brian Richard fished with Robert Hughes aboard Robert’s Lil Bro Bro Sunday at the Jetties when they caught these trout and red. Brian stated it was not very as interesting as the Stream, but built for a great Sunday.
– Capt. Rickey Beck
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Frisco Rod and Gun fishing report 12-20
Posted on December 20, 2011
Here is the Frisco Rod and Gun Outer Banking institutions Fishing Report for Hatteras Island:
Nowadays was mostly sunny with periods of clouds. The winds were from the west switching to the south-west in the late afternoon and the temperatures ended up in the higher 50′s. nothing at all considerably to report, only a couple of speckled trout on the Buxton beach front. There were no boats fishing offshore right now.
Outer Banks Fishing Report 12-19
Posted on December 19, 2011
Right here is the Frisco Rod and Gun Outer Banking institutions Fishing Report for Hatteras Island:
Nowadays was sunny and tranquil. We had north-west winds five mph and the temperatures ended up in the lower 50′s. This afternoon and evening the winds have switched to the south-west at 10-fifteen mph. With the south-west winds the air temperatures are meant to be in the higher fifty′s tomorrow. The only reports of fish becoming caught are some speckled trout on the Buxton shorelines and sharks and skates at Cape Point. The offshore black fin tuna bite proceeds to be exceptional, primarily vertical jigging. Some wonderful wahoos becoming caught and king mackerel of a smaller sized course.
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Hatteras Harbor fishing report 12-20
There have been no boats fishing these days
Monday, December 19, 2011
Offshore: Very good fishing today! Boats arrived back again with superb catches of blackfin tuna, excellent catches of wahoo (wonderful size) and good catches of king mackerel (small). Amberjack and albacore catches had been excellent way too!
Inshore: No Boats Out!
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Sunday, December eighteen, 2011
Offshore: One particular boat out today! Arrived back with a handful of gaffer dolphin and some massive blackfin tuna.
Inshore: No Boats Out!
Present-day Citations:
Very good Moments: Shannon Carroll of Virginia Seaside, VA – 21lb 31.51in Blackfin Tuna
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Sight Fishing for Winter Redfish video
Spot and Stalk Redfishing in crystal distinct water in the place surrounding Ocean Isle and Sunset Seaside, NC.
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Capt Judy Helmey, Savannah, Fishing report 12-18
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December 19, 2011
Happy Holidays to All!!
Saltwater Inshore, Offshore, Blue Water fishing reports, Freshies Suggestions, and Little Miss Judys Believe It or Not story!
Table of Contents
Call 888-JOIN-RFA or visit http://www.joinrfa.org/ JUST DO IT!
2012 INSHORE and OFFSHORE FISHING CLINICS Dates have been set
Surf Fishing Report
Captain Alan Collins of Miss Judy Charters offers Tips on how to keep them catching once you find them!
Inshore report Its all about water temperatures!!
Fiddler Crab Tasting Taste Please dont try this
Artificial Reefs According to the fisheries there are no black sea bass .
Water temperatures are below 60 degrees!
Savannah Snapper Banks Grouper season will be closed January until May 1, 2012
Gulf Stream Yes its time to go! Arran Bibby and crew caught lots of fish! Providing FREE On-Line Sea Surface Temperature Charts Since 1999
Freshies Report! Coreys real big striped bass!!
Little Miss Judys Believe it Or Not Merry Christmas!
JUST DO IT!
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Captain Kathy Brown of Miss Judy Charters is holding up a nice size amberjack, which was caught at the Savannah Snapper banks. The amberjack sometimes referred to as the reef donkeys are very strong fighters. The fight starts at the first run and it doesnt stop until the fish is landed. The term reef donkeys came about when it was decided that if you found a ledge with amberjack schooling in the upper water column you chances for getting to bottom without hooking up is very slim. In most cases this is a very good thing!!
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2012 INSHORE and OFFSHORE FISHING CLINICS
Dates have been set
Our newly revised inshore handout material is going to be considered priceless! We are going to give you the best times to fish for what, when, and where for the entire year of 2012.
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Surf Fishing Report
I dont have anything to report. The water temperatures have dropped below 60 degrees. Most likely fish have moved into deep holes in the creeks, rivers, and sounds. I am not saying they things could quickly change on a sunny day, because they could!! However, the key temperature for surf fishing is when its 65 everything is alive! (65 degrees water temperature) With that being said, March just might be the month to start giving this a try!
Captain Alan Collins of Miss Judy Charters offers Tips on how to keep them catching once you find them!
Dr. Toothy Wonder is showing us what he hooked up and the rig he used to catch these find looking spotted sea trout
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Dr. Toothy Wonder also known as Brad Durham took Captain Alan as his guest to do some inshore fishing. It was decided before the trip that Dr. Toothy Wonder would supply the boat and Captain Alan would supply the bait along with some hopefully good fishing spots. As reported in last weeks report they did well on this fishing day. They caught lots of spotted sea trout, red fish, and flounder. Heres what I didnt report in last weeks report
For rigs they were using 4 inch adjustable Billy Boy corks with 15 inch leaders and 1/0 Kahle hooks. When picking out a hook I suggest making sure that your hook isnt too big for the bait used. For smaller baits such as mud minnows and certain time of month small shrimp I suggest using #4 or #6 Kahle hook. I like the bronze, because it doesnt seem to rust as quickly as the gold or nickel plated hooks.
For live bait they were using mud minnows and shrimp, which worked very well on the particular fish day. Believe me, if you want your best chances at catching fish I always suggest starting with live shrimp. It seems to get the bite going. I asked if they used any artificial shrimp patterns and the answer I got was NO. According to the report that had quite a few shrimp and mud minnows so they kept using what was working. I am always suggesting that once you get a strong bite going if you are getting low of bait that you make a switch from the real deal to some sort of artificial shrimp pattern. The secret to getting results when using artificial bait and adjustable floats is to hook it up just like you do the real thing. Believe me I have done it many times.
According to the report from Captain Alan the duo would catch 6 to 8 spotted sea trout and then the bite would stop. When the bite stalled they just started fishing 360 degrees around the perimeter of the boat until they found them. As you know when it comes to a fish that is in the feeding mode its necessary to get your bait inside the strike zone. When moving from close to the bank to the other side of the boat dont forget to adjust your cork so that your bait will be a little deeper. Once Dr. Toothy Wonder and Captain Alan found the school again it was FISH ON A LOT!
The bottom line to this fishing report is they found a solid fish bite and caught some really nice trout. They kept a few of the smaller trout and released the larger ones. Please know that the larger trout are the ones that will lay the most eggs. With that being said, Please release the larger spotted sea trout, because it will make a big difference from year to year!
Inshore report
Its all about water temperatures!!
When the water temperature gets below 60 degrees, which it is, things in the biting department change. Inshore fish move slower, which means their feeding habits are as easily to figure out. Here are a few tips that will help you get a few more bites than not
If you can pick your inshore fish days I suggest going with a low tide mid day along with sunny conditions. The reason being is sun warms the mud and the water covers it somewhat of a warming trend takes place. For those fish such as red fish, flounder, or spotted sea trout that want to eat this would be the time to have a snack!!
Fiddler Crab Tasting Taste
Please dont try this ..
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I am always suggesting when it comes to bait for sheepshead that these fish prefer purple backs over the back backs because they taste sweeter .how do I know that? I did a test I took a purple back in one hand and a black back in the other mashed them and tasted the juice. Its true the purple backs are sweeter tasting! I did this test so you wouldnt have too!!
Artificial Reefs
According to the fisheries there are no black sea bass .
Now heres a nice picture that was taken April 2, 2010 of some really big black sea bass. This of course is when fishermen could keep black sea bass. Once again and I know I will be saying this over and over the fisheries management certainly did call this ball wrong!! And the only ones suffering are us fishermen certainly not those that governor them!!! The bottom line to all of this if those that govern the fisheries actually fished they would already know no over fishing is occurring especially when it comes to black sea bass!!!
Water temperatures are below 60 degrees!
The water temperature has dropped to below 60 degrees, which means the black sea bass should have moved to deeper water. However, even thought the water temperature is right the black sea bass continue to rule the roost at the artificial reefs. If you happen to get on a Sheepshead bite believe me it wont be long before schools and schools of black sea bass move in on this feeding frenzy. There is one way to semi-combat this so called problem, which is to merely quit fishing for a few minutes. This will slow the black fish feeding frenzy down allowing a few Sheepsheads to bite your hook. The upside to this bite is if you want to catch, release, catch, and release as many fish as you want this is the time to do so. Please remember the black sea bass season is closed until June 1, 2012. The reason being is those that govern our fisheries think that black sea bass are being over fished. HA HA!!
Captain Deidra Jeffcoat of Miss Judy Charters holding up Sharon Chambers just caught and just about to be release black sea bass
These artificial reefs continue to hold the attentions of all kinds of fish. We caught some nice black sea bass, trigger fish, flounder, blue fish, summer trout, and Sheepshead. The catching action was great while using just plain old cut squid and fish. To get the most rod bending action I suggest using light tackle for getting the most fight out of these fish!! Whatever you do dont forget you dip net and camera!
Savannah Snapper Banks
I hate to keep sounding like a broken record, but not much has changed in regards to this report!
Grouper season will be closed January until May 1, 2012
I havent been in a while, but just so you will know 2011 grouper season will close on January 1, 2012 and will reopen on May 1 2012. It truly is an interesting trip to take especially for those of you that want to see some nice genuine red snapper up close and personal! I wish I could say when the red snapper fishery will open. We dont have a season for this fish. It was closed due to over fishing!!!
Gulf Stream
Yes, its time to go!
Bull dolphin also known as a MAHI MAHI! Look at those colors its sporting!
Arran Bibby and crew caught lots of fish!
December 15, 2011
Arran Bibby and crew go to the stream!
While fishing in the blue waters of the stream the temperature was 76 degrees. The cream caught 1 Wahoo, 3 Mahi Mahi, 15 black fin tuna, and 3 king fish. According to the report every time they trolled passed an anchored commercial fishing boat the fishermen on board held up really large grouper. With the report comes an old adage which is where you have fish you definitely have fish!!
I will try to get some more details on this blue water fishing trip for my next weeks blue water report!
To know you have to go!
Normally during this time warmer water patterns are pushed every further offshore. Before departing on such a long run as this I suggest always checking the weather and getting a sea surface chart read out from http://sstcharts.com/
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Freshies Report!
Coreys real big striped bass!!
Photo from my new fishing friend, Corey
This striper was 42 inches long and it weighted in at 33 pounds. It was caught on the Chesapeake, east of Annapolis and South of the Bay Bridge near Bloody Point on Saturday December 3, 2011.
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Little Miss Judys Believe it Or Not
Merry Christmas!
Here I am early Christmas morning with doll in hand, eyes closed half a sleep, and just happy as can be that daddy didnt catch Santa Clause! That flash that you see in the background was made by a Brownie Kodak Camera!
Christmas in the Fifties with Dear old Captain Dad!
As a child, like most, I loved Christmas. I knew that Santa Clause was the real thing and that hopefully he was going to visit my house. Every year my father would tell all of us children that he was going to set a trap so as to catch old Saint Nick. In this department I wasnt too popular with the neighborhood kids. This was due to the fact that Daddy was a great hunter and could possibly set a trap that just might work. So as you can see we were all in a dilemma at Christmas time.
We would talk about it among ourselves and came up with some pretty convincing reasons why we shouldnt worry too much about Daddys old trap. The number one reason was that we knew for a fact that Santa was very smart. So therefore he would see right through any trap. The other and best reason was that we knew for a fact was that if Santa could get into houses without chimneys he could easily escape. After a few minutes us six year olds would get tried of worrying about this and basically forgot about it. At least until Daddy brought it up again, which was quite often on Christmas Eve!
As an only child I was very fortunate to get a lot things during the year. So therefore when Christmas arrived I needed more. After all a child needs lot of things to survive. Back in the old days we received only a few catalogs. Not like today where your mailbox is packed full everyday for months before the big event. I would always be anxiously waiting for the Levys catalog to arrive. This was my Christmas list in picture form. My father would tell me that I could circle what I wanted and he would pass it on to Santa. Now this is the funny thing. He always told me not to spend anymore than $ 25.00 on all of my gifts. So the process began. Picking the presents, then adding their costs up with the hopes that what I wanted wasnt over the designated amount.
Until I got older I didnt understand what money and Santa Clause had in common. After doing all of this work and making my final decision I would hand over my picture Christmas list to Daddy. He would hopefully as he promised, pass it on to Santa Clause. However, I never forgot for one moment that he might catch the rascal before he got to our house. I wasnt the only child worried about this.
Most people leave cookies and milk. However, my father and I decided to make a few changes. Over the years we left sardines and saltines, Vienna sausage and Ritzs, and one time we left sea rations of can cookies and jelly. As far as something to drink we left what we had on hand at the time, which could have been anything from water straight out the faucet to something that came in a bottle. It seemed that now matter what we left Santa seemed eat it all.
When Christmas morning finally arrived I jumped out of bed, ran into the living room, and got a big let down. There wasnt any presents or toys to be found. I couldnt believe it Daddy had actually caught Santa Clause. I ran to daddys bedroom almost in tears and woke him up. He rose up half a sleep and asked, Whats wrong? I replied, Santa didnt come! He quickly replied, Oh Santa and I got to talking about fishing, eating snacks, and he left all of your presents in my closet!
Once again my father saved the day with just a few words putting Christmas morning back into motion!
Hope you have a wonderful Merry Christmas!
And I hope that Santa brings you all the tackle that you asked for!
Thanks for reading!
Captain Judy
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Ocean Isle Fishing Center report 12-19
The Wahoo bite was red very hot this week. A warm h2o eddy had pushed in and across the Black Jack hole and motion was as excellent as I have witnessed in this area for some time. On Tuesday I guided some local fishermen/enterprise owners aboard the Carolina Cat for a day of fishig the Stream. We began off the day rapid by putting a 40 pound Hoo in the boat. We had to search close to for an hour or so before we identified the sweet spot it was 10:30am and the bite started. For the subsequent 3-four hours it was singles, ambigu and triple hookups from Wahoo. We had them crashing the teaser and exploding on surface baits. The majority of the fish have been in the 35-40 pound class, but there had been definitely other people that ended up much more substantial- of study course, the kinds that got away. We boated 6 Wahoo and "long distance released" a dozen or a lot more others. It was reliable motion from sound fish, and it was a blast. Meanwhile, a bit further inshore around the Frying Pan Tower a bite of huge course King Mackerel had ensued as boats gradual trolling lifeless Cigar Minnows caught Kings quickly and furious, several of which have been in the 30 pound course with many boats reporting forty and even a handful of fifty pounders.
The weather conditions is shaping up very great the up coming couple of days and Capt. Barrett, Capt. Steele and myself are assembling for a "no guts, no glory" mission. We program to leave the OIFC mid morning, run offshore and troll for Wahoo until the evening, then pickup and run an additional 20 or so miles offshore and set up for an overnight Swordfish mission. By the early morning we’ll possibly be fed up and go house or hungry for a lot more and headed back again to the break to troll for Wahoo once more. It is a known actuality that there are excellent quantities of Swordfish off our coast, the only problem is we have really minor expertise ourselves, and thus at this point, its an exploration mission. Keep tuned to the OIFC website as I hope to have an update tomorrow PM through satellite mobile phone and for positive Tuesday PM when we get back again.
Ocean Isle Fishing Middle- Ocean Isle Seaside, NC for more studies and forthcoming fishing news pay a visit to www.OIFC.com —
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Fishin With Capt. Gus! Hybrid Striped Bass – New Lake Norman Residents 12-18-20
Hybrid Striped Bass – The New Lake Norman Residents
12-18-2011
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Photo #one – Shut up of a Hybrid Striped Bass
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Picture #2 – White perch (best) and Hybrid Striper Bass (bottom)
Pictures courtesy of Capt. Gus
Anglers have reported catches of little hybrid striped bass in Lake Norman because October. The hybrid, a cross in between a striped bass and a white bass, is being hooked by fishermen focusing on crappie, white perch and spotted bass utilizing small jigs, spoons and dwell crappie minnows The newest addition to Lake Normans developing fish population are way too modest to keep at this time, but will increase to seven kilos or far more at maturity.
How they obtained into Lake Norman is anybodys guess. The important fact is that hybrid striped bass are living right here and are being caught. Generally named hybrids by location anglers, the NCWRC classifies them as Bodie Bass, named following Bodie McDowell, a retired Public Information Officer for the NCWRC.
Based on data offered by development charts, anglers can count on the fast developing hybrid to develop 11- 15 in size by the spring of 2012, and achieve an additional 6 by the spring of 2013. A typical two yr previous hybrid in other lakes, weighs in between two and 3 pounds and fights with a lot more tenacity than a noticed bass.
The existence of hybrids in Lake Norman is not only a surprise to anglers, who did not assume stocking to begin till the spring of 2012, but to the NCWRC as effectively. When asked, Brain McRea of the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission explained, The hybrids in Lake Norman had been not stocked by the NCWRC. However, critical consideration is being offered to supplementing next years (2012) yearly striped bass stocking with a amount of hybrids.
Hybrids are a well-known sport fish stocked in other impoundments in equally North and South Carolina. They journey and feed in schools, a lot the exact same way as their mothers and fathers, the white and striped bass. Known for their explosive strikes and tackle bursting capability anglers are thrilled about their introduction to Lake Norman. Although fishing techniques range by area, most are caught utilizing comparable tactics to individuals used to lure striped bass.
The actuality that studies of hybrids are becoming caught in various locations of Lake Norman, show that a wonderful several fish had been set in the lake at several areas. Based mostly on their dimension (8-10), they were most likely stocked previously this yr.
Be aware: Dont confuse hybrids with white perch, because they are comparable in dimension, shade and shape. If it looks like a white perch but has damaged lateral lines, it is much more than likely a hybrid and ought to be produced if a lot less than 16 in duration.
Guidelines from Capt. Gus:
Lake Normans hybrid striped bass size restrict is 16 and the creel restrict is 4 fish (in mixture with striped bass) from October one – May possibly 31. For the duration of the summer time months, June 1 Sept. thirty, there is no minimum measurement limit, but the creel restrict stays the exact same.
Very hot Spots of the Week:
Crappie fishing is exceptional for people fishing now. Crappie minnows are the baits of selection and fishing is best all around submerged brush. Noticed bass are almost everywhere. Large universities are feeding on suspended baitfish in most coves with twenty to forty feet of water. People casting the financial institutions are catching limits off points and docks adjacent to deep drinking water. White perch proceed to be the goal fish for family members looking for some thing simple to catch, clear and consume.
The lake amount on Lake Norman is about 1.7′ from complete pond and down 3.0′ on Mountain Island Lake. The waters surface area temperature is in the fifties.
Captain Gus Gustafson, accredited by the US Coast Guard, is a member of the Southeastern Outside Press Association and a Professional Activity Fishing Information on Lake Norman, NC. Visit his web site at www.FishingWithGus.com , e-mail him at Gus@lakenorman.com or contact 704-617-6812.
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Off the Hook Charters report , Hilton Head 12-15
As my finest buddy Capt. Trent claims "Low Region Nights..there is certainly nothing better!"
He and I love this time of the yr since we get a likelihood to fish with a single one more
and have some fun and experiment and pioneer new techniques for catching fish for
our long term clients to occur. As you can see in the pic’s above of these gator trout all
caught on best water lures..I feel we are on to a thing particular!
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One more epic day on the drinking water. My clientele had a blast catching redfish right after redfish
on my ultra mild set ups. The climate has been amazing as nicely as the fishing.
I can’t think it can be Dec. and I am carrying a T-Shirt. A Off The Hook T Shirt that is!
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What an incredible excursion! My customers absolutely tore the redfish up these days from begin to
complete. Most of the bigger redfish ended up 4-8 lbs and we had few more than eight that have been
burning the drags on my mild spinning set ups. The weather conditions appears great the subsequent
couple of days and I can’t wait around to get back again out there tomorrow!
Off The Hook Charters
Hilton Head Island, SC
http://offthehookcharters.com/
Capt Brian Vaughn
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