Live Line Charters Gulf Stream report 4-24
I had Mike and his son Joel on a combo trip for Joel’s 21st birthday. Started jigging in 140 feet but no latest and very tiny action. Changed above and started out trolling and it didn’t get lengthy to hearing drags screaming with Black fin and other species. Mike landed a great Wahoo and then a double header of tuna. Trolled out to the deep in the middle of the day and located also many Fake Albes. Commenced jigging in the deep and Mike landed his 1st significant AJ on jig. We had lots of action with Almacos and AJs. Finished the day trolling with frequent action. Had a Sail in the baits but couldn’t get a hook in her. Joel finished the day with a fat twenty lb Black fin.
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Capt. Mike Jackson
Wilmington, NC
http://livelinecharters.com/
captainmikeliveline@yahoo.com
910-686-7271
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Topsail Report 4-25-2011
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Just Offshore
The Bonito are on fire 2-four miles off the seashore. Some Spanish are commencing to indicate as effectively. The Blues and Black Sea Bass are thick just under the Bonito.
Off the Piers
Sea Mullets and Spots on the piers. A couple of Spanish are starting to be caught along with a ton of Blues on plugs. Just a handful of Flounder are beginning to bite.
On The Sound aspect
The Reds are even now chewing in the creeks along with a number of Specks and Flounder.
In The Stream
Black fin and Wahoo on the trolling rigs. The Jiggers are killing the Cobia as effectively as the Black fin.
Off The Surf
The Sea Mullet are starting to bite a small but the reds are chewing on the south conclude.
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Hatteras Jack fishing report Rodanthe 4-25
Spring has sprung!! Fishing has heated up and anglers are reeling in the most targeted species. From large red drum in the surf, to delicious tuna offshore, you cannot go incorrect heading to Hatteras for the things fishing is made of. In the surf, sea mullet and puffer fish have stored fishermen occupied and their bellies total. After plenty of small ones reeled in last year, we lastly found a great deal of keeper flounder. There was an Awesome flounder blitz on the southern beaches previously this month. Huge, feisty blues have also been snapping. South of the Cape, surf temperature has remained routinely previously mentioned 60 degrees. On northern seashores, the temp is a minor cooler, in the 50s. But, a switch in wind direction can alter this any moment. Offshore, the 1st marlin of the year was released and the dolphin (mahi) are beginning to present up. A number of wahoo are in the blend, as effectively.
Fishin’ problems
Seashore entry : Seashore entry is an actually existing concern for all of us and the latest blow is the closure of Cape Point. It was roped off to ORVs in March, but pedestrians could nonetheless entry by means of strolling and wading. However, the National Park Support should have heard the amazing reviews of huge red drum and as of April 22, the spot was closed to everybody but the birds. To see the most current closures, the google map is the very best way to do so. Log on to http://www.nps.gov/caha/parknews/newsreleases.htm
Navigation : Oregon Inlet has witnessed considerable shoaling since January – to the level the spit has really moved into the channel. Charter and recreational boats are nonetheless in a position to get out, but huge commercial trawlers cant get via. All mariners are advised to heed caution. You can entry the Army Corps of Engineers most recent map (which is updated weekly) at http://www.noticed.usace.army.mil/nav/manteo-oregon.htm
Gov. Bev Perdue visited the inlet this month and has promised to have the huge dredge boat Currituck here soon. Correct now, the little dredge there is pumping sand just about as quick as it fills in.
Fishin’ policies : There is nevertheless a no-keep law for recreational fishermen on speckled trout because of to a cold stun occasion last winter months. It is anticipated to lift in June, following the spawning season. Commercial guys are permitted to keep some – but theyre not authorized to goal them. Log on to www.ncfisheries.internet for more information and to download the most current bag and dimension limits for all species.
Tuesday, April 19, 2011 – 6:22 pm:
Fishing is off the hook proper now and some of the most coveted species are currently being reeled in as we speak. The flounder bite on Cape Point was phenomenal today. At one particular point, keepers were caught on every forged. There have also been some huge drum – up to 48 inches – landed in the surf on Cape Stage. You have to stroll a methods to get out, but it’s definitely really worth it. 24-inch blues were also caught.
Keeper flounder have also been reported on beaches south of the stage.
Sea mullet, blow toads and some croaker have been landed on all Hatteras seashores.
Offshore, the fishing is just as very good. All Hatteras marinas documented a very good combined bag of fish, such as yellowfin and blackfin tuna, amberjack and some albacore. Marlin are also beginning to display up.
WOOO Hoooo!!! Come on down and let us rig you up. We have anything you want.
Thursday, April 21, 2011 – three:49 pm:
Final night time, anglers caught a mess of huge red drum at Cape Position.
Other than that, there have been bluefish, puffer fish, sea mullet and scattered croaker on northern Hatteras beaches.
On southern beaches, keeper flounder are even now currently being caught in great figures.
Inshore charters are just finding started out, but the bluefish bite has been fairly great.
Offshore, tuna are even now being reeled in by the Hatteras fleet, including blackfin and yellowfin. Dolphin (mahi) have also been caught, but I didn’t hear of any large gaffers.
Friday, April 22, 2011 – 9:35 am:
The easterly wind is just appropriate for fishing the surf on northern Hatteras seashores. You can access at ramp 23 and 27, or just in front of the tackle shop.
Catches today should contain bluefish, sea mullet, blow toads and an occasional puppy drum.
Cease by and see us!
Ryan white
Hatteras jack inc.
239020 hwy twelve
Box 157
Rodanthe nc 27968
252-987-2428 workplace
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SE NC Report: bluefish and sea mullet join the redfish
As they have all year the inshore redfish are providing a great deal of action for the guides, the boaters, and individuals fishing the grass flats, creeks, and bridges. Red drum are feeding on crabs and baitfish actively and are nevertheless decently schooled-up, though they are displaying up in far more and a lot more spots. Some are even in the surf now.
But the finest action for redfish is to fish the tides inshore. Catch a shifting tide and offer them your bait of alternative: mud minnows, cut blue crab, cut mullet, or those synthetic soft baits like Gulp and Fishbites lures. Red drum are running the tides inside of and feeding as the present moves, and they are also biting extremely nicely on the last number of hours of the reducing tide in the creeks and marsh grass locations.
Flounder are becoming caught each inshore and in the surf from the piers, but the dimension is not genuinely there nevertheless. There are lots of folks making an attempt inshore, although, drifting the inlets with mud minnows. A much better strategy is to anchor up around structure like the docks and bridges and cast mud minnows or Gulp soft baits to attempt and tempt the greater flatties.
Bluefish are hitting off and on at the piers now and Gotcha-design plugs will catch them. The red head/white physique Gotcha is experimented with and true but there are numerous coloration mixtures that will perform. Fishing a plug with a trailer jig will catch snapper blues when absolutely nothing else will.
The sea mullet (whiting) are in the surf as well and being caught from pier and shore. The size is different substantially, and keep in mind that they are a single fish that loves to stage a bite after dark. Refreshing minimize shrimp is hard to beat but individuals are catching them on squid, bloodworms, and Fishbites bloodworms.
There have also been a few spring spot caught ocean-facet, and as normal the black drum are close to the docks and bridges at evening if you want to go soon after them.
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Tuna Fever fishing report Manteo 4=25
So the Billies are off for the next couple days. Maxwell and I went to brunch with his mother yesterday and we are savoring a minor getaway as Kate flew down to Stuart to expend spring break with her Aunt and Uncle. She went cobia fishing on Saturday, stinker.
Billy has a listing of stuff to do over the following 3 days so he is booked out until finally Thursday – change the spiders on the fisghting chairs, he has to do a small haul and place in a new transducer for his Simrad equipment (BTW have you noticed the ad in Saltwater Sportsman or Sportfishing? Biolly has Tuna Fever.) and he has a curtain panel that needs fixing and many other tiny points. You know people small issues you place off due to the fact they normally make you cuss? Like last night went the curtain received caught and we couldn’t get it off the boat and I was in a gown. hehe – fun periods! Tight Lines!
4/24/2011
Happy Easter!!!
four/23/2011
Its that old bat and ball point once again and possibly a little voodoo or something since the boys just could not get it collectively for Wayne and his crew. Headed for the bay this early morning and all went properly until lines out when WHAM three bites correct off the bat and Dickerson hadn’t even gotten every little thing out – and then…just like that….they pulled them off. Pop. Pop. Pop or is that Poop. Anyway, for 3 and they ended up off once more. Around eight am they hooked a single – Maxwell says [probably 45 to fifty pounder and Poop – pulled him off too. In the rough it was challenging to notify if the swivel got caught on Dickersons oil outfits of the boat but it looked like a wardrobe malfunction to Maxwell. 2 Albecore later on the crew received rid of the skumk but not the JuJu and on the 610 the pulled off another yellowfin…or it’s possible didn’t genuinely hook it in the very first location…no 1 touched the rod anyway. On the 615 Maxwell held tight to the adjust that had been pushing out overnight – ten miles by his estimation – and then he received news of Paul Lester who went five for 5 down on the 540 so the Tuna Fever headed that way. Do you know that the Trophy Huinter was subsequent on behind Maxwell and Capt Kennith hooke four on the way? Maxwell arrived back again wround and caught a….bonito! On the 550 Wayne and the boys boated a wonderful gaffer and ended their trip lengthy about the 425. In the end they had been 1 for 6 on yellowfin, 2 for two on alberts, three for 3 on bonito and one for one on the gaffers. Hehe! Tight Lines!
4/22/2011
The winshield and the bug. Or the ball and the bat. However you like to appear at it spring fishing is a no cost for all exactly where luck plays its portion and some days you’re a diamond and some days just a stone (my personalized favored).
Today the Tuna Fever was a diamond and our boy Steve Wilson and his crew that received blown out with us yesterday and headed out on a diverse boat (a boat that Billy had highly encouraged and booked for them mind you) and they got the stone. Our apologies boys.
Anyway, the massive news nowadays was the tough. It was way even worse than the forecast and when Billy and the Smoker acquired about eighteen miles from the 230 rock – their destinatiopn of alternative this early morning – Rom Whitaker on the Release known as to say it was blowing 22 in Hatteras and he had only produced it 3 miles. A fast check out and it had commenced to blow about fifteen mph much more than the buoy readings when the boys left the Fishing center!! So it was all a play on in which to get there – someplace they could get house from of course- and how easiest to get there so Maxwell checked his waypoints and discovered that he was about 29 1/2 miles from everywhere he would want to fish…so he pointed the bow at 90 degrees just left of the sunriose and headed for the 560 – massive love goes out to Jay Jamison and his crew..a bunch of Vikings I tell you and not a crybaby in the bunch!
In the end the boys fished the Level and found lots of indications of daily life and got some bites…
792/590 4 for four on yellowfin (35 pounders) on the 630 4 gaffers on a hundred fathoms and on the 650 there have been 2 a lot more gaffers (between eight and eighteen lbs for the whole lot) the crew fished east and then down and picked off a single yellowfin on the 635 in 200 fathoms and then yet another single – our fisrt forty pounder of the yr right about the 790/653!!
Ahhhh! thats 6 yellowfin in the thirty to forty pound variety and six fat gaffers among 8 and 18 kilos. Wonderful! Subsequent week we are open until Friday and the forecast looks actually good so phone us at residence 252-473-1097 or phone the Fishing Center to guide your day!! Tight Lines!
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Frisco Rod and Gun fishing report 4-25
It was pretty slow on the seashore with just a handful of reviews of sea mullet and croaker.
The inshore boats caught blues and big drum around the inlet. Offshore dolphin fishing was fair along with a couple of wahoo, scattered yellowfin and blackfin and a handful of amberjack.
Fishing Report four/23
There were a few puppy drum caught at ramp 45. There have been some sea mullet and blow toads on the south beach and Hatteras had a number of sea mullet, blow toads, and croaker. I only heard of one bluefish caught and a couple of flounder.
No inshore boats fished and it was variety of sluggish offshore with a couple of yellowfin and a couple of blackfin and some amberjack.
Fishing Report four/22
There was a good sea mullet bite on the south seashore. Sea mullet and some croaker have been caught on the Hatteras seaside and a few flounder ended up scattered all around.
The inshore boats had a number of flounder even though offshore there have been dolphin, yellowfin, and blackfin.
Fishing Report four/21
It looked like the fish of the day was tiny croaker. The park service closed the level totally killing the great flounder bite that individuals had been obtaining to walk to. The inshore boats had flounder and bluefish while offshore there were a couple of dolphin, scattered yellowfin, and plenty of blackfin.
Frisco Rod and gun
252-995-5366
http://www.friscorodgun.com/about.html
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OIFC fishing report 4-25
"Saturday Gulf Stream" | OIFC Planet Cat / Carolina Cat | 04/24/eleven
The signal arrived for the bullpen and just like that I was out of retirement and back again on the charter fleet staff. Of course it didn’t get a lot arm twisting as I have gone way also extended with out fishing from Ocean Isle Beach, and I this was an option to commence my 2011 OIB fishing by going to the Gulf Stream. Capt. Chris Dawson and I guided a crew of wonderful guys from the Raleigh location like trip organzier Jim Mcgovern who is the common manager at the entire world famous Angus Barn restaurant in Raleigh. If you haven’t visited the Angus Barn you are missing a dining knowledge unlike nearly anything you have at any time witnessed (not to mention if you order fish, it was likely caught appropriate right here in Ocean Isle Seaside!).
Although anticipation was large to get this trip underway our moods have been quickly tempered as we had been greeted by a sloppy three to 5′ and more southeast swell. We have been bound and determined to make it transpire so off we went to the south in the direction of the MacMarlen hole. The Hiltons chart showed nutrient abundant water from the MacMarlen extending south so that mixed with the sea path led us in this direction. The seas did not enhance eventhough there was no wind. The swell from the prior day’s wind was brutal as we slugged it out at 20mph.
When we arrived to our location we had hoped to be rewarded for hard work of generating it out there even with the swell. Unfortunately it was not to be. The drinking water colour was a combined dirty, blue green. The water temperature was 69 and we marked very little bait. We manufactured the contact to troll our spread of ballyhoo and feathers south to the Wynyah Scarp. The further south we went, the greater the problems grew to become. Although I liked what I was seeing greater, the fish even now weren’t cooperating and our crew essential to pull on a fish. There is only a single remedy at a time like this. Time to get our jig on! We found a handful of marks close to the structure and started out our vertical jigging strategy. A few mystery fish were hooked and lost. Then a very abnormal issue occurred. We caught a fish that I have by no means seen off Ocean Isle but have heard of. The Rosco jig was nailed, the rod buckled and our men battled to the surface area 2 large mutton snapper. These fish are very prevalent in south Florida, especially the Keys, but quite unusual for our waters. Even more outstanding was the dimension of a single of the muttons weighing around 15lbs. These fish have been day savers and brought everyone’s mood up. We produced the call to give the trolling another shot as I was convinced the fish would start biting taking into consideration the adjust in situations we ended up viewing.
We stored trolling south and the water transformed to a cobalt blue, we located a number of rips, a good weedline, the flying fish ended up moving, and the water temps was up to 73 degrees. It had to take place now. Certain enough we began obtaining bites. For the up coming hour the bites picked up and we caught barracudas, mahi, and blackfin tuna. Another first for me was hooking into a wonderful twenty+lb mahi only to have it attacked by sometype of sea monster which left practically nothing but the first 6 inches of the head on the hook for us. Nuts. Sadly our time was short so we didn’t get to do a whole lot of injury on the pelagics. The men wished one particular far more shot at the jigging so we stopped above a notify tale AJ mark and the crew did battle with a ravenous college of jacks for the up coming number of minutes even though we cleaned up the boat.
It could have been greater but also even worse. I was a minor disappointed we didn’t locate a wahoo but I guess you cannot catch em all. The moment we identified the right issue the fishing did decide on up. Like constantly you can’t catch em if you’re not wherever they’re at. The experience in was a lot greater with the diminished swell now behind us. So, my return to the charter group was wonderful, I received my 2011 OIB fishing year commenced and I noticed a few issues I’ve never ever noticed just before. Accomplishment!
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What does Jigging and May 1st mean?" | OIFC Planet Cat / Carolina Cat | 04/24/11
GROUPER…… We are having one more jigging school following weekend. This school coincides with the opening of Grouper period on May possibly 1st. I have two spots left for this college. We will particularly target Blackfin Tuna and Grouper on this trip. The class will take place on Saturday, April 30th and the fishing will be on Sunday, May possibly 1st. That is correct, the opening day of Grouper season 2011. Charge is $ 450.00 per individual which consists of all instruction, products and fishing. Contact 910.575.3474 to guide your spot. These very last 2 spots will fill up fast.
-Capt. Steele Park
""Dad is a Hero"" | Tiberias – 22′ | 04/24/eleven
I took Mark Wood out a few days ago on a 50 percent day trip and we caught a number of redfish. He talked about his kids usually and wanting to put them on some fish. Looks like he picked up a number of suggestions on his charter with me. Nothing at all like seeing a smile on your little ones experience and currently being their hero! See ya on the drinking water!
-Capt. Jacob Frick
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"Hot Flounder Bite" | Get Hectic | 04/23/11
Shifting tide+stay bait+location=flounder bite. We’ve had excessive lunar tides the previous numerous days causing a lot of bait motion . Mud Minnows have been the very hot bait as of late. I have been advised that there are some very good sized mullet minnows and tiger minnows exhibiting up. If you are proficient with a tiny cast net then you are set. Otherwise end by and we can hook you up with mud minnows. The scorching locations look to be in the grass along the ICW, the creeks and as you can inform Tubbs Inlet. A Whole lot of flounder are becoming caught in the vicinity of our base of operations. The bite normally fires off behind Cherry Grove Seaside prior to ours taking off, but it would seem we are having an early bite. There is really a combined bag in dimensions. A 10# fish taken in the ICW, a couple in the three &4 # range down to 6" flounder in creeks and Tubbs Inlet. Arrive see us, get the most current update and try out your hand!
-Capt. Rickey Beck
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Point Runner Charters, Oregon Inlet 4-24
Father and son fishing crew JJ and Nick were hoping to consider home some meat so we headed south to the 230 line wherever scattered yellowfin and some blackfin tuna have been keeping. We did not have really significantly luck til midday, but once the action started it was superb. Ended up with 19 blackfin, three ended up citations twenty, 21, 26 kilos….and numerous mahi as well. Other boats in the location also caught some yellowfin. Very good sign of factors to come. Up toward the level, some boats caught and released bluefin. Thank you for checking in.
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Departed later than common to make confident the seas had settled down after Saturdays storms. Part of our crew Gary and Brian Newman drove twelve several hours and this was the only day they could fish. We had been heading down to the 230 this morning but heard reports of mostly albacore down there so we set out on the 280. Circled numerous times with no bites and labored north along the change. Drinking water was in place but minor bait and no yellowfin bites. Caught a modest dolphin all around the 400 line and lost a wahoo. Kept doing work up to the 530 wherever the weedline had come jointly nicely but nonetheless no bites. About the 570 even now had the 50’s out and acquired creamed by big bluefin. Ended up with absolutely nothing. Switched about to 80’s and kept hunting. Big Al on the Region Lady hooked a triple, Benji on the Seanote hooked four, and then we obtained the mark and hooked 4 with a lot far better outcomes this time. All fish were 200 lbs or greater and have been introduced. Examine out the connected video clip clip.
Capt Danny Wadsworth
Co-Capt/Mate Greg Erwin
252-473-3773
800-272-5199 (be confident to request Point Runner)
Level Runner
Oregon Inlet NC
http://www.pointrunner.com/
252-473-3773
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Capt Joe Shutes Bait and Tackle report, Atlantic Beach 4-25
Capt Joe Shutes Bait and Tackle
601-H Atlantic Beach Causeway
Atlantic Beach NC 28512
http://captjoes.com/
(252)240-2744
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Red Drum Tackle fishing report, Buxton 4-24
The wind switched this afternoon and it acquired a little cooler. This early morning fishing was nevertheless quite great. A couple of puppy dru at ramp 44 have been caught. A number of sea mullets and blow toads also scattered on the south seaside and the north seashores. fishing still very good so keep constructive and arrive on down
Friday Fishing report By Zach
Fishing was just a small slower these days but all in all it was a great day. On the south beach there was scattered sea mullets, croackers, and some modest flounders. i also heard a a few blow toads on the north facet. Winds are heading back outa the south tonight so the forcast seems to be wonderful for Easter Weekend so come on down and catch em up.
Saturday Fishing Report
Puppy drum at 44 these days,A number of sea mullet,croaker and flounder at 45. Off-shore the tuna bite is still on. Desire the Easter Bunny brings you a Golden Egg. "Come Get You Some" HOOP-DEE!!!!
Sunday Fishing report By zach
It was a true rather day with nice south winds and warm temperaturs. On the northern beaches like in the direction of avon i heard of more sea mullet up that way. At ramp 44 sea mullet blow toads and blue fish had been caught. On the southern beachs blue fish and little flounder ended up documented. South winds all week wont be long and cobias will be here. come on down and catch em up
Reddrum Tackle
Buxton, NC
252-995-5414
http://reddrumtackle.com/
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