Summer Cometh!!

We are rolling through Spring and so excited to get back on the water!!  Fishing is heating up and we will kick off this season chasing Cobia and then bouncing back and forth between the Gulf Stream and the nearshore waters for the first few weeks… always so much fun!!  Spring has been busy planting and developing locations for next duck season, running after Turkeys (congratulations to everyone harvesting birds this year!!) and an exciting spruce-up on the Fistful!!  A HUGE shout out and Thank You to Jim, Charlie, and all the boys at Island Boat Works – what an amazing job!!!  As always!!!  You guys are fantastic and we appreciate you so much… our girl is absolutely beautiful and we couldn’t do what we do without you… Thank you so much!  It’s that time again!!! LET’S GO FISHING!!!!!

      

 

Quickie Catch up! Spring is almost here!!

And just like that… Spring is right around the corner!!  A huge thank you to everyone this winter… another awesome season with tons of great groups!! Old friends, New friends, ducks and snow, laughs and eye rolls and way too much fun!!!  Thank you so much.  Spring is prep season for the Fistful and for next year’s birds… plus an awesome few weeks in the spring woods before we roll into fishing season!!  We are back on the water in early May… can’t wait to see everyone this summer!!!

 

Rolling through Summer Fishing Outer Banks!

Our summer is rolling on!  The dolphin continue to be a presence as we steam into Billfish season!!  A huge thank you to our groups this month and a special shout out to our Pirate’s Cove Billfish Tournament Team and our Alice Kelly Girls!!!!  You guys and gals rock!!  You make what we do so much fun and keep us in the competition!!!  Another big shout out to our dock partners All In Shore Boy and Hogwild Little Jim for an awesome tournament showing wohoo!!!  Pretty work boys!!!  We have some days still available before we switch gears and turn to the birds in late September… give us a call to get out there before it’s over!!  Let’s go Fishing!!

Carolina Boat Builders Tournament 2024!

A massive CONGRATULATIONS all the winners but especially to the boys on the FISTFUL for your 2nd place overall finish in the CAROLINA BOAT BUILDERS TOURNAMENT!!!  Wohoo Pretty Work everybody!!!!

This Billfish Tournament was started over 20 years ago as a scholarship fundraiser for our local youth of boat building, commercial fishing, and charter fishing families.  Originally started in honor of (Boat Builder) Taylor Harrison to provide help with educations expenses for his family after his death… it has expanded over the years to a major contributor for all the kids in the maritime industry of Dare County.

The tournament is open to everyone and is especially dear locally.  We have an amazing history of local boat builders that create masterpiece vessels infamous around the world for their design, beauty, and fishing prowess… it all started in back yard sheds over the winter and has evolved into a fascinating and renowned industry still proudly lead by our local boys!  2 of the top 3 boats this year were built by Buddy Cannady right here in Manteo (Go Fistful and Trophy Hunter!!!)

Thank you CBBT for another awesome tournament and thank you to to our Tournament Team for pulling out another awesome (and adventurous lol) win!!!

 

Yay North Carolina Summer Fishing!!!

The last few weeks have been packed with TONS of FUN… AMAZING GROUPS… and FANTASTIC FISHING!!!  A huge THANK YOU to everyone!!!!  Our Anglers are absolutely the BEST and we can’t tell you how much we appreciate you all!  Guys, Gals, Kiddos… our crews ROCK!!!!!!  From Summer Dolphin (Mahi Mahi) to TUNA to BILLFISH plus some awesome catch and release on the big RED DRUM!!  Never boring around here in the summer time!!

Late Summer is a great time to get out there for all the pelagics and this is when our BILLFISH really make their appearance!  We have some days left in August and September… give us a shout!  LET’S GO FISHING!!!!

 

Happy Independence Day!!!

Another super fun 4th with family and friends has rolled by and the fishing continues to be fantastic!!!  Happy Birthday USA!  Thank you again Liz for putting your foot down years ago and “making” the boys take the day off and tons of thanks to Capt. Noah for all the taxi service he gets roped in to!!! 🙂  So much fun!!   Thank You also to our phenomenal groups these day several days!! You are awesome!!!  The MAHI are here, the TUNA are sticking around, and the BILLFISH are starting to show!!!! LET’S GO FISHING!!

Summer Outer Banks Fishing Rolls On!

What an awesome start to the summer!!!  Thank you so much everybody!!!  DOLPHIN, TUNA, FIREMAN HATS, CRABCAKES, and MORE!!  Way too much fun!!!!  What a great line up of fantastic crews and wonderful fishing!!  Congratulations to BB for yet another win – top youth in the JIM TOBIN Memorial Dolphin Tournament!!! Way to go Kiddo!!! Tons of fun for a great cause in remembrance of a very special friend… you are sorely missed Jim.  We are so thankful to have such amazing people in our lives and to be able to spend time on the water with everyone makes it even more special 🙂  Fishing is great… summer is here… more tournaments are just around the corner… LET’S GO FISHING!!!  We have some days open in July and August… if you are looking for a boat and we are booked give us a call anyway – we can steer you in the right direction and get you on the water.  Thanks everybody!!!!

Summer Fishing Outer Banks style!!!

As we roll into our summer schedule the fishing continues!!  The yellowfin TUNA have stayed around for some days but it’s been our pals the dolphin (MAHI MAHI) that are the stars of the show!!  A special guest appearance by our North Carolina state saltwater fish – the RED DRUM – put the icing on the cake on the run back home one afternoon!! (Catch and Release Action only for these guys).  These beautiful fish typically don’t make a showing until the 4th of July… way cool!!  A huge thank you to everyone who has kicked off an amazing summer start!!!  We had a cancellation that left next Tuesday and Wednesday open (June 18 and 19) if anyone wants to jump in… also a few days left in July.  Thanks again everybody!!!  Give us a call… LET’S GO FISHING!!

Let’s go Fishing!!

And just like that… summer is here and it’s time to go fishing!!!  After a phenomenal winter waterfowl season and then chasing spring turkeys (Thank you everybody!!! What a blast as always!!) we are back to the ocean!  The boys kicked off the season with a win in the Ocean’s East Cobia Tournament (Pretty work Dino!!) and are now back to the daily jaunt out to the gulf stream.  TUNA, DOLPHIN (MAHI MAHI) and the first BLUE MARLIN of the season!!  The weather has been beautiful and the fishing fantastic 🙂  Thank you so much to all our groups so far and we are so excited to see everyone this summer!  We had a few last minute openings… June 12, June 18 and 19 and July 3 are now available – give us a shout… LET’S GO FISHING!!!!

Late Summer Fishing!

What an amazing last few weeks!!  Tons of fun with awesome groups!!  Congrats to BB on his 44th species caught to date… Yay Sailfish!!! (technically 3 sailfish! Way to go kiddo!!!!).  Our Alice Kelly Girls… Our Atlanta + home crowd… our Martinsville Fam… our crew from Suffolk… J Mont in the house… And everyone else!!!  Thank you so much everybody – you rock!!!  Dolphin, Tuna, Wahoo, OMG the Sails Wohoo!!!!  And a huge shout out and thank you to our PCBT crew – What a fantastic week full of ups and downs and all the thrills a tournament brings!!!  You are awesome!!  We are rolling through these last weeks of fishing then on to the birds!!  Give us a call if you want to get out there before we change gears… Let’s go Fishing!!!