NC Angler Fishing Blogs

Have been real busy and that is good but I'm glad for a break. Looks like everyone has been catching dolphin and that is fantastic. Had charters last Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Monday. This stretch started out kind of tough when I was told that my lower units were full of water and the boat had to be pulled in to the shop on Tuesday. So Wednesday we had to use Larry's 28' Albemarle for the near shore charter Wednesday. I was concerned about this trip because I had not done one and did not know if we would catch any fish. Water was 71 degrees and we did ok. Caught a few small kings, one small dolphin, some nice black bass and a fish I did not expect, a pretty nice yellowfin tuna and I was shocked. Friday was another eventful day. When we started to put out out riggers they were jammed from not being put up correctly from the shop and we had to fish without out riggers. Needless to say I was hot but we improvised and really had a great day - 15 dolphin and 7 wahoo. See Capt. Joe for a real hot wahoo lure. Saturday, another strange day. We were doing great until 11:30am when the squall blew up. Seas went from 2 feet to 8-10 feet in about 20 minutes. It caught the small boats off guard and there were several may-days to the coast guard. I hope everyone got back safe. In that short period of time we caught 12 gaffers and a wahoo. I did not get a picture of this catch because I was still working on those outriggers. On Sunday I had a no show. The first time this has happened to me so I guess I've been lucky. Monday was a beautiful day but was a little slower for me. We ended up with 11 nice gaffers and a great day on the water. Was suppose to have trip today but moved it to another time.

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