June 6th & 8th 2011

These two trips were both full days. The trip on the 6th I was joined by Kyle McCall & Brian Yosay both from Youngstown, Oh. We started at Jerrys reef and found bait and good water 76.5 sst. I did not have the whole spread out and we had a Mahi come in and nail the medium bait, started jumping and peeling off line. The angler was Brian and he did a great job with the fired up Mahi. After lots of jumps the fish came to gaff and in the box. Kept working that area and caught another small Mahi. We picked up and moved offshore the the SW Ledges. Worked that area for a while with no bites. Also made a few drifts there on the bottom and caught a shark. Kyle caught a AJ and some small sea bass. Picked up and went back to Jerrys reef. Started bottom fishing and caught a few black sea bass. Had a school of small Mahi come in and I broke out the light spinner with a diamond jig and we hooked up to a Mahi, Brian had a blast with that fish on light tackle. Then we had a large school of Amberjack come in on us and had multiple hook ups with them. Had a fun time with two great guys. The trip on the 8th I was joined by some repeat clients from last year.I had Stephen Scott and his girl friend Jennifer Black and Todd Jackson and his son Heath all from Bethlehem, Ga. We started at the Christmas rock. With the seas and winds higher than forecasted I was forced to making drifts over the rock. Put out a good chum slick to attempt to get things going with no luck at all. Picked up and headed to some numbers offshore of Rock South of 13. Got there and marked good bait, put out the chum slick and finally got a good strike. Put Jennifer on the rod and while she was fighting that fish we had a nice king sky rocket and miss the bait another fish strike and miss and the another line goes off. This fish stays hooked up and we put Heath on the rod. Double hook up! We are doing battle with both fish and Jennifers fish comes up first and we could see its a very nice king. The fish makes several runs and we get the fish almost to the gaff and it makes another run and pulls the hooks! What a bummer. Now all focus is on Heaths fish. With this fish acting just like the other one, we take our time and finally the fish comes to gaff! We made a few more drifts over that area and no more bites. With the day coming to an end we all wished for a day with more action but thankfully the day ended with a nice 19.75 lb King Mack in the box. Stephen said it best " its still better than a day at work". This is so true.

 

June 1, 2011

May 22, 2011

May 14, 2011

I was joined by Mike & David Straded, Jonathan Clapp and Cam Schub all from Burlington, NC for a Gulfstream trip. Had a comfortable ride out to the blue water. Pulled back the throttles just near the Naeco found some good clean blue water and 73.5 sst with flyers. Picked a Mahi very quickly and then had a double header Mahi bite and boated both fish. Then the bite slowed. With the seas picking up we opted to move inshore and try some bottom fishing and while getting ready to clear the deep bait, zzzzzzz fish on another Mahi in the boat! Worked to some numbers inshore and the current was running hard we made some drifts with catches of some nice sea bass, which we released. Then we headed in to Beaufort Inlet to give a shot at finding a Cobia. We found the bait balls and worked them for a while with no bites. There were some Cobia caught that day in the morning, but from reports the bite was slow. We never saw anybody hooked up. Well we all hoped for a day with a little more action but the guys had a great time on the water and went home with plenty of fresh Mahi.

April 25 & May 1, 2011

Jan. & Feb. 2011

Well we have had a very cold winter with several snow storms here at the coast. Ready for some spring weather to get here. Fishing has mainly been slow offshore with only a few people venturing to the gulf stream. There have been some wahoo and blackfin tuna caught. We have also caught some redfish, aka puppy drum in the Bogue sound and near the beach in the surf zone. The March winds will be here soon and I have a few groups ready to head to the gulf stream so hopefully I will have some fresh reports to put up soon. See ya on the water, Capt. Bobby.

Nov. & Dec 2010

The trout season has been good this year with allot of fish being caught, just all on the small size, a couple of days we caught 40 to 50 fish. We have managed a few days with some keepers for the frying pan. There were also a few very nice fish caught up in the creeks upwards of 10 lbs. but they were few and far between this year. We only gave the Bluefin tuna a couple a trys this year. There were a few fish caught around our waters this season but a very slow year to say the least. Headed with my family to Stuart, Fl. just before Christmas to fish aboard the Blue Eyes and the Farrington family. Had a blast while we were there and it was a little bit on the cool side. We did manage a couple of days of fishing and caught a few Mahi and had a few shots a sails. Had one big sail hooked up that we got several good jumps out of before the hook broke! It was a great trip with great friends and the family. Nice to experience new places. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all, Capt. Bobby.

Oct. 23 & 24, 2010

Oct. 17th, 2010

I was joined today with father and son team, Jay & Lucas Bigelow from Durham, NC. This would be the first time for Lucas to fish in the ocean. With a beautiful day and calm seas at hand we started at the Bogue Inlet sea buoy. The water was cloudy with alot of bait, so gave it a try with no results. Picked up an move to Keypost rock. SSt was 71.4 and water was a little bit cleaner and tons of bait, but no strikes. Knowing of reports earlier in the week of kings being caught on the Bogue pier made me want to stay close, but with no action I picked up and headed to SE bottom to find some better water. The water was 72.4 sst and much cleaner and hooked up quickly with a king on the down rigger. After a short battle we boated Lucas his first king! We had a couple of sharks and lost another king. Lucas had a little battle with sea sickness, but was a real trooper and managed to stick it out for the whole trip. I had a great day on the water with two nice fellows, I hope to take you guys again in the future!

Oct. 10th, 2010

Aug.19 to Sept. 30

This period of time started with some repeat customers, the Cardille's from Greensboro, caught 2 mahi and several sharks. Very slow and right about time to go home we hook up with a double header mahi bite. These are two very nice Mahi, jumping and putting on quite a show for us. I am thinking to myself, we boat these Mahi and save the day. I be damn if both manage to spit the hook, what a bummer. That's fishing! Then I had Chuck Melton and crew, from Fayetteville NC. We fished the Sneads Ferry Rotary King Mackerel Tour. with no success. Fished on the East side of the shoals at the 1700 rock. There were about 150 plus boats in the tournament and only 12 out of 20 places were paid. That tells you what the fishing was like, very slow. Several of the fish that placed came right where we fished, it just was not our day. I have run half day trips mainly and one gulf stream trip as well. The fishing has been slow with the water being very hot, 81 to as high as 88 in the stream, not to mention a tropical storm that dumped 22 inches of rain in 2 days and 2 hurricanes that stayed well offshore of our coast, but sent large ground swells to the beach making the water very stirred up and cloudy.Between all this we were still able to catch some Mahi, wahoo,large spanish mackerel, blue fish, and some bottom fish. I even had to cancel a couple of trips due to bad sea conditions. Thank you all that came during this period. I had the Brad & Todd Cardille, Jordan Sproles from Greensboro, NC. The Persinger's from Richmond, Va. Tyson's from Ashland, Va. Lanski's from Alberta, Canada. Harry Monk and crew from Hickory, NC. Chis Ehlers, USMC, Jen Williams, Mark Lubke and Noell Evans. from New Jersey. Alan Lewis, USN from Louisville ,KY and his father in law, Huyseyin, all the way from Turkey to se his new grandson!

Aug. 10th to Aug. 15th

During this period I have been running half day trips and double half day trips. I have fished around the Bogue Inlet and near shore rocks like Keypost and catching large Spanish Mackerel in the 4 to 6 lb range on live bait using menhaden as well as some King Mackerel and dog sharks. There are flounder on the near shore rocks and Artificial reefs and will fall for 2 oz buck tail jigs tipped with 4 inch Gulp shrimp. I have also fished the SE bottom and Charlie Buoy area with some Mahi and Kings on live menhaden. I ran up to the waterway and fished the Beaufort Inlet shipping channel and the near shore bottoms off Shackleford Banks near the Dead Tree Hole and caught large Spanish using live bait. There have been some large kings caught in that area recently and on the east side of Cape Lookout in the 40 to 50 lb range. Offshore in the gulf stream there has been mahi and wahoo being caught. The bill fish bite has been good with blues, whites and sails. There also have been some blackfin tuna showing up. Bottom fishing has been producing catches of black sea bass, triggers, red and gag groupers.

July 26 to Aug. 5, 2010

I have been running double half day trips lately with catches of large spanish mackerel, 4 to 6 lb range, on live bait with smaller rigs using small menhaden 4 to 5 inches. We have also been catching small dog sharks and had a 6 foot tiger shark come in and check us out for a while recently. The sea surface temps are around 80 degrees. There is plenty of bait on near shore rocks and large schools of menhaden just behind the surf zone on the beach. There have been some kings and mahi also caught within 10 miles offshore. Bottom fishing is still producing black sea bass, triggers and grouper.

July 13, 2010

Today I ran double half day trips. The first group was Chris & Nate Karam and Tracy & Amanda Ross on vacation here from Grainger, IN. We loaded up the bait well with fresh menhaden and headed for the ocean. The seas were calm and the winds light. I pointed to the Keypost rock. As soon as I got the first two baits out we had our first strike. A very nice spanish mackerel in the box. We pick a up two more spanish quickly, these are not average spaniards but 4 to 5 lb class fish! The action was kind of spotty but we did end the day with 9 very nice spanish and had a triple hook up right before we were going to leave. One of which was about a 6 foot spinner shark that jumped several time before cutting us off. Very exciting to see! A good time was had by all and we had plenty of fishing action. Amanda had a bout with sea sickness, however hung in there like a trooper and manage to tuff it out! They went home with some great photos and plenty of fresh filets to eat!

The second trip to fish the afternoon was Wess Reid and his two sons Ben & Josh visiting here from Winchester, Va. We loaded up with fresh menhaden in one cast of the net and off we went. We exited Bogue Inlet on a falling tide with the SW wind blowing about 15 knots. It made the bar rather hairy with the waves braking all the way across, but we cleared with no problems and headed back to Keypost rock. We picked up a couple of large spanish and lost a couple right at the boat. Then while fighting a spanish the long bait starts screaming hard. We gaff the spanish and clear all lines to fight our smoker fish, that took about 200 yards of line on its first run. After a 15 minute fight we deck a 30.29 lb King Mackerel that was weighed in at Dudley's Marina for a NC Saltwater Citation. We ended the day with 3 large spanish, a 30 lb king and a 7 foot hammerhead shark that made a brief showing before cutting us off. I was a very exciting day for all aboard with some real cool fellows and they went home with some great photos, memories, and plenty of fish for Mackerel McNuggetts!

July 4, 2010

Today I was joined by Dr. Eric Steinbicker of Mebane, NC with a gulf stream trip in mind. He was by himself since the rest of his party elected to decline. I asked if my father Stu could come along, with expectations of a busy day, Eric gladly excepted. We were greeted by slick calm seas and no wind and made 30 knots all the way to the gulf stream. I started 4 miles inshore of the Neaco after finding a 2 degree temp change, 81.5 to 83.5 sst, flyers and pretty blue water. Got the spread out and a bit slower than expected picking up a few small mahi. We worked offshore of the Naeco to about 135 ft of water and found some very blue water and plenty of flyers. Then the long rigger goes off smoking, and there is a bill fish on! We clear the other lines to work the fish. The fish did plenty of jumps, however we could not tell if it was a sail or white marlin. As the fish was worked closer to the boat we were able to see it was a nice white marlin. Eric did a great job keeping the fish tight and after several good jumps near the boat I was able to get the fish by the bill and get it in for a quick photo and back to the water for a clean release! The fish fell for a blue & white mylar flash Bluewater Candy skirt on a dink ballyhoo. After some high fives we get the spread back out. We continue to work that area picking up a gaffer mahi, king mackerel, albi and cuda. The ride in was as slick as the morning, wow! The day total was 5 mahi, 1 king, 1 cuda,1 albi and 1 white marlin release. This was truly a beautiful day on the water, with lifetime memories made for all aboard. Eric got a NC Saltwater Citation for his white marlin release, photos and video of his exceptional catch. Check out the video clip, here is the link  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNzrhS5g-10

July 1,2010

Today I had a two half day trips planned. I was joined in the am by Nick, Trent & Charles Jones all NC residents. The afternoon trip was a family here on vacation from Penargyl, Pa near the Pocono mountains. Dean, Robin, Austin & Hunter Lobb. The am trip was red hot fishing near the C buoy and some hard bottom west of there. We jigged fresh cigar, spanish sardines and boston mackerel for bait. The bite was steady with small mahi and ended the day with 14 total. The pm trip we fished the same area with the same bait and caught a bigger mahi but not as many, we ended the day with 5 mahi, 3 were gaffers, 2 sharks and 1 cuda. It was a great day on the water with some very nice people.

June 22 thru 27, 2010

I took a little time off to spend with my wife and daughter and my wife's family on vacation in the Blue Ridge Mountains near Sparta, NC. Spent time with family relaxing and enjoy the cooler mountain climate and beautiful scenery. Being a fisherman I had to get in some time taking advantage of  the freshwater action the area had to offer. We fished the local ponds and canoed down the New River catching small mouth bass and red eye bass as well as brim. We fished a private pond one day and caught very nice large mouth bass as large as 7 lbs, cat fish up to 20 lbs, muskie up to 20 lbs and carp to 7 lbs. It was a wonder trip and a great time was had by all.

June 21, 2010

Ran my first double half day trips of the year and fished the Keypost, Lost, 45 minute, and Station rocks with not much success. Only managed a few strikes with kings, spanish, and sharks. Very slow for us and two of the worst trips I have ever had, as far as producing fish, well I guess that's why it's call it fishing and not catching. I felt very bad for my customers that I could not produce a good catch for them, maybe next time. This was not the day I had hoped for, but the people were very understanding and some mighty fine people to spend the day with on the water.

June 20, 2010

I had the pleasure of taking a group of Marines and Sailors just home from deployment in Afghanistan. We headed towards the Naeco in search of warm blue water. Just inshore of the Naeco we found 81.5 sst and put out the spread. There was a storm in our area and we worked offshore to avoid the worst part. Offshore of the Naeco we found a good grass line and very blue water with lots of flyers and 83.5 sst. It was very steady action all day with mostly slingers and 6 gaffers. The day total was 21 Mahi and 2 cuda and 1 sail made a brief showing but no hook up. It was a wonderful day on the water with a very fun group of guys, we all had a blast! They went home with coolers full of fresh Mahi, and lots of great photos to remember their trip!

June 14, 2010

I had the pleasure of fishing with fryingpantower member Ed Griffin of Pittsboro, NC and Stephen Hawthorne and Ray Milosh also of Pittsboro. Gordan Kelly of Wilmington, NC was also aboard. With a gulf stream trip planned we pointed South towards the Naeco out of Beaufort Inlet. We were met by 10 to 15 kt winds and seas 3 to 5 ft, a bit of a choppy ride on the way out, we stopped 5 miles short of the Naeco after seeing fliers and marking 79.5 sst. As soon as I had a couple of baits out we hook up to a mahi, for about the first hour I could not get out the entire spread without a fish on. We batted 1000 for at least the first 20 fish. It was non stop action most of the day with mostly slingers and a few gaffers mixed in and only a few lost fish. We ended the day with 26 Mahi and 2 cudas. The seas laid out as the day went on and it ended up being a wonderful day on the water with some great guys. They went home with allot of mahi for the freezer!

June 13, 2010

Today I was joined by David McCormack of Winterville, NC, Chris Russell of Kansas City, MO and Terry Grisham of Rolla, MO. This was a full day live bait trip. With a SW wind a 10 to 15 and seas 2 to 4 and expecting to blow up in the afternoon I pushed out to 210 rock out of Beaufort Inlet. We worked that area for a while with no strikes. Pick up and move 240 rock to find similar results. Work to near AR 305 to find 2 dive boats on the wreck and move to some numbers inshore of 210 rock. As soon as we get the baits out we hooked up to a mahi, finally a fish in the boat. We work that area and end up with several hook ups and lost fish. Then another mahi in the box. The wind was picking up and getting rougher so we pick up and head for the hill making several stops on the way in to get no more strikes. A very slow fishing day on the water, but a nice day was had by all with some good people.

June 8, 2010

Today's trip I was joined by Jim Scott, dad, Stephen Scott, son, Jennifer Scott, daughter and Noah, Jennifer's son all here on vacation from Georgia. With a full day live bait trip planned and a near perfect forecast I loaded up the live well with some fresh caught menhaden and busted through Bogue Inlet wide open and pointed South with the first stop to be the high relief bottom 25 miles offshore. Get there and the sst is 76.5 nice clean water and marking bait. Get our first hook up on the down rigger at 50 ft and the first king of the day is in the box. Work that area for about 1 hour with no more strikes. Pick up and head offshore 9 more miles to the 10 & 12 ft ledges in 112 ft of water. We get there and the sst has gone up to 78.5 much cleaner and very clear water. There were birds and porpoise  working bait and saw Mahi feeding on the surface, very fishy looking! From then on it was steady action all day with Mahi, kings, Cobia, cudas and Amberjack. The highlight of the day was near lunch time when we get a absolute barn burner smoker on the medium bait. Clear the other lines and work to the fish. Jennifer is the angler and she did a very fine job with keeping the fish tight even after charging the boat a couple of times. Twenty five minutes after the hook up the fish comes to gaff and this pig of a Wahoo is on the deck. The official weight from Dudley's Marina for a NC Saltwater Citation was 75.3 lbs, 62.5 inches long and 26.5 girth. Finished the day with a total of 6 Mahi, 3 kings, 1 Cobia 30 lbs,1 wahoo, 1 cuda and 1 Amberjack. It was truly a day to remember for all and a absolutely beautiful day on Mother Ocean with some very fine folks. They went home with so much cleaned fish they could not even close the cooler top! Until next time , Capt Bobby

June 3, 2010

Today I ran my first half day live bait trip of the season with Brock Jones, Brian Plunkit, Trevor & Stephen Lovitt. We loaded up with fresh menhaden and headed to the ocean. The first stop was the C Buoy area where we marked plenty of bait but no bites. Worked to the SE bottoms numbers and still no bites. Picked up and ran offshore to the 50's bottom and still no bites, worked to some numbers in shore of there and still no bites. Decide to pick up and head back to the beach near 45 min rock where there had been fish reported to be caught  the day before. While running inshore the party spots several flying fish come up, I pull back the throttles and put out the baits. Bam a hook up, its about time! We put a mid teens king on the ice, the skunk is out of the boat! Work the area for a while and no more bites. Pick up and move to 45 minute rock wit no luck there. Finish the day trolling for spanish on the beach with not even a sniff, WOW! A very slow day to say the least and from dock reports there were some boats that came home empty handed. Not the day I had hoped for, but the guys were great company and had a beautiful day on the water and very understanding that not every day is a catching day and that is fishing.

June 1, 2010

I had the pleasure of fishing today with Greg & Amy Bright and Stuart & Cynthia Robbins all of Greenville NC. We were greeted by a beautiful sunrise and calm seas on our way to the gulf stream. Started in shore of the Rise where we found blue water and scattered grass. Hooked up quickly to a small Mahi. Worked that area for a while only to catch small slinger Mahi. Hopping to find some larger fish I worked offshore and North up the brake. The grass was every where and could not see to find our way out. Finally we broke out of the grass and found some very blue water, flyers and caught our first gaffer Mahi. Had a window shopper sailfish come in a check out our spread and moved on. Then just a few moments later on the short rigger the water exlpodes with a sailfish! After several leaps and jumps the fish has alot of line out and we clear the lines to work the fish back to the boat. After about 10 minutes or so the fish starts charging the boat leaping out of the water and manages to spit the hook. The sail put on a good show but it was not ment to be that day. Thats fishing! Ended up the day with 10 Mahi and 2 cudas. It was a wonder day on the water with some very fine folks.

May 16, 2010

Had a Gulfstream trip today with Frank Mapili, Brad & Brittany Butler all from Havelock, NC. We fished out of Bogue Inlet and crossed the bar at 5:30 am and was greeted by SW winds 10 to 15 mph and 2 to 3 foot seas. Got a good report on where some 74 to 77 sst were located and pointed to the Rise. Found the temp brake about 7 miles inshore of the Rise, sst was 74.5 and beautiful blue water, flyers and marking bait, pulled back the throttles and put out the spread. We got our first bite quickly and boated a small Mahi. From then on it was mostly non stop Mahi action all day with double hook ups and one quad which we boated all 4! We also had one double Blackfin tuna hook up. All fish were caught on ballyhoo and small skirts and a few soft head lures as well as green machines. We ended up with a total of 12 Mahi and 5 Blackfin tuna. I was a great day on the beautiful blue gulf stream waters with some very fine folks! They went home with some coolers full of fish and some great photos of the trip!

May 9,2010

Fished out of Bogue Inlet with my daughter Morgan for a couple hours and had a blast with non stop action with Spanish and blues. Saw allot of schools of menhaden in the ocean. There have been schools of Cobia cruising the beach up around Beaufort Inlet and Cape Lookout with great catches being reported. The flounder can be caught on most of the near shore reefs now. Offshore the Mahi have shown up as well as good wahoo and tuna reports. There have been several Blue Marlin caught and a few whites and sails. The kings should been close to the beach soon. The bottom fishing has been really good with some very nice grouper and triggers being caught. Fishing is heating up so it is time to get out and do some catching! I have allot up trips on the books in the coming weeks so I will have some good reports up soon. Until next time, Capt Bobby

April 11,2010

Fished today aboard the Blue Eyes, a 57 Shearline, owned and captained by Billy Farrington. Also with us was friends Jerry Houser and Anthony Pearson. We exited Beaufort Inlet to find flat seas and no wind. We pointed South to the gulf stream in search of warm water. Once we found 72 degree sst we put out the baits. We worked that general area for about an hour with no bites and started to work offshore to find warmer water. We found 74 degree sst and some floating logs and other debris with flying fish. Still no bites. After several hours and only one knock down and no fish in the box we went to plan "B". We moved inshore near the Swansboro Hole and started to bottom fish with squid and also jigging. The day was made in less than hour with many Amberjack, blackfin tuna, and red grouper, which were vented and released. I can't wait for May to get here so we can keep our grouper catches. From the talk on the radio and dock reports it was a very slow day for most, only a few wahoo and Mahi. Several other boats went to the bottom with similar results as us. It was a wonderful day on the water with great friends.

March 8,2010

Fished out of Beaufort Inlet today with two college students here from Indiana on spring break, Luke Kocher and Robbie Templin. Pointed towards the Rise in search of wahoo. Just inshore of the Rise we marked 68 degree sst stopped and put out the spread. Shortly after getting out all the baits we got a bite on the short rigger. Luke was the angler and after a good fight put a nice wahoo on the deck. I am thinking this is going to be a good day! That was not the case. We circled back and worked that same area for a good while with no bites. Continued to work towards the Swansboro Hole and nothing. Worked back to the Rise and still no more bites. Headed towards the Big Rock and had two bites and no hook ups near the SW corner of the rock. Finished up at the NE corner of the rock and still no bites! Marked the most bait on the rock and sst at 70.7 with blended water all day. It was not the day we had hoped for but still a nice day on the water with two fine young men. We did not come home empty handed and they went home with a big bag of wahoo filets.

January 20, 2010
Headed out of Beaufort Inlet today with blue water tackle and Bluefin tuna tackle. Looked at the sst report that showed 70 to 73 degree water inshore of the big rock about the 90ft drop. Headed towards 14 and only saw a few boats working that area for bft and as slow as it has been we pointed to the rock and kept on rolling in search of a wahoo. Sure enough we found 70 degree at the 90ft drop, marked bait stopped and put out the spread. Worked that area for a while catching only albies. Push off to the NE corner of the rock, found 70.5 sst and still nothing but albies and a small AJ. Worked to the SW corner of the rock and then the deep bait starts screaming on the 50 wide, about darn time, we got the wahoo bite we had been waiting for! Chuck did a nice job keeping the heat on the fish as we put a 37lb. wahoo on the deck! Worked that same general area for about an hour with no more bites. It started to blow up pretty good and was getting kind of nasty, allot bigger than forecasted, so we pack up and headed for the hill. Not the day we had hoped for but we did not come home empty handed. A wonderful day was had by all. Every day on the ocean with friends is a great day! Fish or no fish. FYI the warm water had pushed all the way into just offshore of 14 buoy, I marked 68 degree water there

October and November 2009

This fall was some of the best offshore fishing I have seen in the last few years. The weather was great and lots of very calm days on the ocean. We had very good catches of wahoo, dolphin, and kings in the gulf stream. The near shore half day trips also produced some very hot king mackerel action and some very nice catches of grouper and trigger fish. Fall is with out a doubt the best time to come and get in on some hot fishing and some great weather!

September 24, 2009
I had the pleasure of fishing aboard the Carnivore today with Capt. Ed & Justin Petrilli, and Fisher Heverly. As we approached Beaufort Inlet were greeted with light winds and calm seas. We headed south making about 25 knots towards the 380. When we arrived at our destination the sea temp was 84, and the water was clear and very blue in 35 fathoms. We were marking bait and it looked fishy! Justin and myself were working the the pit together and Fisher was the angler. Shortly after getting out the spread we had our first strike, a small Mahi, which managed to pull the hook after several leaps and jumps. Then we hooked up again with another Mahi. The skunk is out of the box with a nice gaffer bull Mahi! Then another Mahi in the box. After a slow down of action the right long rigger pops and comes tight and we put a nice wahoo on the ice. After several short strikes on the planner bait we switch to a large jet head, pink and black. I proclaimed to my friends that I had a gut feeling this bait was going to produce a bite from a large wahoo. Within 10 minutes the planner bait starts screaming! Fish on!! Fisher gets in the chair and the fight is on! When the fish gets close we can see it is a good wahoo and Justin sticks him with the gaff. After high fives and a few pics the slob wahoo is on ice. Then fishing slowed up and we had no more bites. We ended the day with 2 Mahi and 2 wahoo. It was not the most productive day for our crew but we had an absolutely beautiful day on the water and went home more than satisfied with our results and plenty of meat for all! It was another wonderful day on the water with great friends! Offshore gulf stream has been good with catches of wahoo, Mahi, sailfish and a few marlin. There have been a few blackfin and yellowfin tuna caught. Bottom fishing is still producing good catches of grouper, snapper, trigger fish, and black sea bass.The fall fishing is here and in full swing, so get out there and do some catching!

August 5th thru 12th, 2009
The last few trips have consisted of full and half day trips. I have had the pleasure of fishing with a group of Marines from Camp Lejeune, NC. Chris, Rob and Jeff. A group from Maryland. Kira, Bonnie, Charlie and Lizzy. A group from upstate NY. Rob, Melissa, Michael and Michael. We have been live bait fishing using live shad, still very plentiful, one cast of the net a load up! The SW winds has been blowing between 10 to 15 knots and seas running around 2 to 4 feet. With air temps in the upper 90's the sea breeze has felt good on the hot days. Seas temps are in the 77 to 79 range. The areas we have fished recently have been, station rock, 45 minute rock, lost rock, Charlie buoy, SE bottoms, 50's bottom, honey hole, rock south of 13 and Jerry's reef. All of the places are holding tons of bait. The fishing has been a bit on the slow side but we have managed to still have some ok catches and never come home empty handed! We have been catching lots of small sharks, a few kings, spanish, Mahi, barracuda and Cobia. We did have a sailfish in the baits recently, but no hook up! The fleet out of Morehead City had a few good days with wahoo, Mahi and sails. The bottom fishing is still producing good catches of grouper and flounder.

August 5,2009
I had the pleasure of fishing with a group from Greensboro, NC today. Ed, Todd, Brad, Dylan Cardille and Dallas Barker. We did and half day in the afternoon, because of the full moon, the major bite time was 12:15 to 15:15. Loaded up the bait well with fresh pogy's and off to the ocean we went. The winds were SW at 10 to 15 and seas 2 to 4 foot. Made a comfortable ride at 20 knots towards South East bottom. Marking bait and seeing flying fish just inshore of my number I stopped and put out the baits. We got our first bite, it was a Mahi, and Dallas was the angler. He did a great job with keep the jumping Mahi tight and getting him to the boat. The skunk is out of the box! Had a couple of more short strikes and no hook ups. Then all the sudden the long bait starts screaming and takes about 150 yards of line on the first run, I know this is a good fish! Dylan is the angler. I clear all the other lines and point towards the fish to retrieve our line. Dylan did a great job with keeping the fish tight. After about 15 minutes or so we see the big silver flash and know it is a big king! It did the normal death circles until I was able to get the fish to the gaff. Very exciting battle. High fives and congrats to Dylan on a fine job. Nice king, weight was 24 lbs. Had a couple more strikes and then Todd gets  hooked up with a king. Then Brad gets hooked up with a hound fish, kind of like a saltwater gar. Then the sharks started biting and I think every one caught one or two. We had one more smoker strike that tail cut us off, more than likely a nice king.  It was a very fun day on the water with a great group of guys.  A great time was had by all. They went home with plenty of fresh fish for several dinners and great memories that will last forever. 

July 29,2009
Today fishing aboard the Teezher was Chester Telfang and Jim Skarda and their sons, on vacation here from Iowa. The plan for the day was stay close to the beach and fish for spanish and live bait for kings. As usual loaded the bait well with fresh pogys and headed to the inlet. The wind was blowing 15 to 20 knots from the SW and seas were 3 to 5 feet and a very low lunar tide.  After looking at the waves breaking across the Bogue Inlet bar for several minutes. I told my party that it was to dangerous to try and cross. So I suggested the option of running up the waterway to Beaufort Inlet and see if there was a chance of fishing out of that inlet. Once we got to Beaufort Inlet, it was not any better so I opted to stay inside the and fish the shipping channel. There were spanish and blues jumping and plenty of birds working. So we put out the clark spoons and went to work. We made the most of a windy day a caught plenty of spanish and blues, we probably lost as many as we caught. We also put out the live bait to try and catch a king, nothing but a small shark. The kids and the dads had a blast being on the water and enjoying each others company. Great fun was had by all.





July 21, 2009
Had the pleasure of fishing with a Buck Budinscak and his two sons Corey and Zack, which was celebrating his 21st birthday, visiting here from Ohio.This half day was started by loading up on pogys, one cast and floated the net. Gave a near by boat several dozen and released the rest. We were greeted by calm winds and a flat seas, let's say, lake Atlantic. Headed offshore to the Charlie buoy to jig up some cigars and sardines. Plenty of bait in a short amount of time. Headed to south east bottom and put them out. Started out a bit slow, then about 10:30 it turned on, right on time with the major period for the day. Had steady action with kings and sharks. Had a double header Mahi bite and managed to jump one off and pull the hooks on the other, right at the boat, however both fish put on a nice show for us with plenty of nice jumps and flips! Had a smoker that took about 150 yards of line and ended up tail cutting us off. Never saw what it was, but it stayed on top, probably a nice king or maybe a wahoo or sail? Ended the the day with six kings and several sharks. What a wonderful day on the water with a great group of guys.




July 5th thru 14th 2009
The July fishing report has consisted of half day trips using live bait, mainly menhaden aka pogys, they are everywhere right now in the water way and in the ocean. We have fished the near shore rocks like SE bottoms, 45 min. rock, near Charlie buoy, station rock, key post rocks. We have been catching king and spanish mackerel, Mahi, sharks and barracuda. There have been a few sailfish reported being caught, but we have yet to see one on the Teezher. Bottom fishing has been good with catches of grouper, black sea bass, trigger fish and flounder. We have several trips to run over the next couple of weeks so keep checking back for up to date reports!


June 9,2009
Fished out of Bogue Inlet with one of fryingpantower.com members John Manley and my father Stu. Greeted by a beautiful sunrise and calm seas we headed offshore to the C buoy to jig up some bait. We were able to catch plenty of nice cigar minnows and spanish sardines in short amount of time. We pointed offshore to the SE and about 28 miles or so from the beach came across bait on the bottom and flyers everywhere, stopped and put out the trolling spread. Hooked up very quickly with a small Mahi and pulled the hook, darn! Then a nice bull Mahi hooked up, jumping and going crazy and he comes unbuttoned, darn, not again!! Then another Mahi, finally and small fish in the box. The skunk is out of the box!!! Fishing slows and then we deceided to put out the live bait. Bam! got him on, small king in the box. We continue to work a pod of bait and end up catching 4 kings on this spot. Then we pick up and move further offshore. Found a grass line and put out the trolling spread. Had a few knock downs and no hook ups, then a Mahi in the box. Ended up working this line for a while and caught a fat albert and a cuda! Fishing was a bit slow, but we did not come home empty handed! Finished the day with 4 kings, 2 Mahi, 1 fat albert and 1 cuda. Had a great time with John, and he went home with plenty is fish for the freezer. Capt. Bob


May 31,2009
Had the pleasure of fishing aboard the Prescribed, with my neighbors, Matt and Kelly, Matt's fellow Marine, Sonny and his kids, son Ethan and daughter Riley. This would be the kids first gulf stream trip. Fished out of Bogue Inlet and headed in the direction of the Rise. We were blessed with calm winds and flat seas. Found a nice rip and weed line, in 110 feet of water, 15 miles or so inshore of our destination and stopped to put out the spread. With in a few minutes we had our first Mahi bite and the fish in the box. We continued to work the line for and hour or so and ended up catching 5 Mahi there. Then we picked up and ran towards the Rise. About 4 miles from the Rise we started to see a lot of fliers and stopped to put out the spread again. We fished that area and and caught 4 more Mahi. Total for the day was 9 Mahi. A great time was had by all and another wonderful day on the water. There were reports from other boats in that area, that there were some blackfin and yellowfin tuna and wahoo also caught. There were some white and blue marlin and sailfish caught north and south of our location. Fishing is red hot right now so get out there and get in on the action!



May 24,2009
Headed out of Beaufort inlet at 5:30 pointed south to the Rise. Got about 10 miles from the Rise and the sst went from 68 to 72, marked a big pod of bait and saw flyers and birds working. Got the spread out and in 5 minutes got our first Mahi bite. Lets just say " let the Mahi Madness begin". It was non stop action all day. We grinded on this bait pod all day and had it all to our self, only saw one boat that came and went! Lines in and headed back to the dock by 1:00 and the days total was 14 gaffer Mahi and 1 wahoo and lost another hoo that bit us off, at the boat on mono. All fish caught on mono on blue/white, pink/white, pink/blue sea witches and blue water candy skirts with small and medium ballyhoo. Another great day of fishing and plenty of meat for the freezer



April 26, 2009
Headed out of Beaufort Inlet at 6:00am to flat seas and a beautiful sunrise. Fishing partners with me today are my dad, neighbor Charlie and his son, Chase, his first Gulf Stream trip. Pointed south to the rise making 25kts. Found a nice rip and 2 degree temp break with grass in 135 ft of water about 3 miles inshore of the rise, stopped and put them out! This line looks perfect it has scattered grass, lumber, other debri, flyers coming out, and the most Man of War I have ever seen. Fishy looking! Soon after getting out the spread nice gaffer Mahi and Chase is having the time of his life doing battle. After a few nice jumps he is in the box. After going 2 for 3 on the Mahi, we point to the rise and work that area for a couple of hours with no bites. Head back inshore to find the temp break. As we were approaching the rip again, about quarter a mile or so something nails the the bowling pin, bonito teaser, big boil. Then all the sudden a big, Wahoo sky rockets with the teaser in its mouth and drops it. We reel in the teaser, trying to entice him with a switch bait, but he keeps attacking the teaser within 10 ft of the boat! Then he is gone! Wow, that was exciting. We bring in the teaser and it is full of teeth marks and gashes. So we work in close the rip and bam, double header Mahi, in the box. We finished up going 4 for 6 on the Mahi and 6 total for the day. All fish caught on small ballyhoo with blue water candy skirts, pink/white, blue/white and pink/blue. What another great and exciting day in the the gulf stream.
There have been good catches of Mahi and wahoo. Still hearing of some yellowfin tuna and blackfin tuna. There have been some blue marlin, white marlin, sailfish and even a few spearfish caught. There have been kings caught, still offshore of 30 miles. The water is warming up so the kings should be moving closer soon. Still great catches of red, gag, and scamp grouper being caught. There have been spanish mackerel caught on the Bogue pier and blue fish. Fishing is heating up, so it is time to get out there and catch some fish