We are headed back to Hatteras for May!! The Fistful boat will be at Teach’s Lair until the beginning of June… Come see us for Full day OFFSHORE trips or Half Day, 3/4 Day, and Full Day NEARSHORE trips.. our Internet access is a little limited during this time – if you have immediate interest – call Captain Karl at (252) 395 – 1907 or Kathy at (252) 455 – 1595… this is always a great time and fantastic fishing!!!
Carl – What a nice gobbler! Congratulations!!! So much fun to see you guys.. Thank you for a great hunt!
(Dino….I know the feeling…I am still in the dog house…)
Pretty work Gordon and Trey!! Sims….you’re next! What an amazing hunt…always such a pleasure to have you guys here… Looking forward to the next trip!
First bird of the season – triple bearded! Hopefully this is the start of a great trend! Lots of birds around and they are already wound up…Spring is in the air. A nice first turkey for Robert – pretty shot!
It finally feels like spring time! The Fistful is out of the water for a few days… a little bottom paint, some wax, and a few maintenance chores and we will be ready to head south to Hatteras… Our days are starting to fill up with Offshore (Full day) and Nearshore (Half, 3/4, and Full Day) Trips… “Dracula can see his reflection on her”
With all the cold weather hanging around it’s hard to believe spring will ever get here…but it’s on the way!! Spring time is HATTERAS time for the Fistful boat and we are getting ready to head south in the next month for both OFFSHORE fishing in the Gulf Stream (Chasing DOLPHIN, TUNA, WAHOO, BLUES and WHITES and SAILS and more!) and NEARSHORE trips (for SPANISH MACKERAL, KING MACKERAL, BLUEFISH, and everything else close to the beach!)… our trips in the spring are run out of Hatteras Inlet and we typically stay until the first week of June before heading back to Pirate’s Cove for the Summer rush… In the mean time… we are currently running trips as hard as we can on our 23 Maycraft for the INSHORE SOUND ROCKFISH… Tons of fun on light tackle and lots of fish everywhere!! Please don’t hesitate to call or email us for more information on any of our upcoming trips…Inshore, Nearshore, and to the gulf stream!
I like this image..Notice the hunter on the left of the photo and the STRUTTER between the trees coming to me..I am working the ole boy to him from about 10 yds back.This bird was in another field with two hens and I worked him into this smaller field threw a gap of trees that divided the two..Once he came into this smaller 3 acre field he strutted the entire way across and roared tripple gobbles over and over..He worked nicely into the 25 step range..This hunt took about 15 minutes to develop..
I snapped this image just before the shot on this true trophy strutter that scored 77.5 points..Inch and 3/4 spurs , 11 and a half inch beard and he tipped the scale at 24 pound..Mighty pretty..Classic example of how a run and gun hunt should go…
We operate FISTFUL sportfishing under the name ALBEMARLE OUTFITTERS..As a full service outfitter we offer it all and spend every day outside on the water or in the woods…For those of you who do not know, Karl is a very accomplished caller and has 4 state championship duck calling contests to prove it as well as 30 plus other turkey , swan and goose calling contests.He took his first paying party of hunters at the ripe age of 15..His first hunters then I am proud to say are still hunting and fishing with him now…With turkey season quickly aproaching we have very limted days available to hunt..Just wanted to let everyone know that we do have 4 two day hunts left.We only do a maximum of 14 turkey hunts to assure we give you the best chance for your spring gobbler.WE DONT PUT YOU IN A GROUND BLIND AND MAKE YOU SIT AROUND FOR A TURKEY.We go to them and call them in like its suppost to be done either off the tree or by locating and pursuit..The cast and blast deal covers your hunting in the morning and light tackle rockfishing in the afternoon on the Albemarle sound..Max 2 hunters per trip and a two day minimum.
Just catching up with what we have been doing over the last few weeks..Fishing in the sound has been great since the end of Feb and will continue over the next 5 weeks or so..We had a few ocean rock trips that saw good fishing however the fish have migrated further North now and are pretty much out of our range..We were very fortunate to have them here this year…The upcoming month we will be fishing in the sound for STRIPED BASS and smaller fish such as white and yellow perch on light tackle or ur favorite fly rod..Great light tackle fishing and fun for everyone..We consider these our light tackle , light sea , light fee trips…We run these trips on our inshore boats (21 regulator and 23 may craft) ..Lodging , meals and fishing packages are available..252-395-1907 Karl
We made a half day out of a blow day for Rich Hahn and his dad from New Jersey..Water conditions were not ideal in the sound today but the fish still gave us the action we were looking for.We managed to catch some nice fish on the cast before swithing over to trolling with the the light tackle..When we would hit them we would bend over three or four rods at the time making for some fast action.We kept a limit of fish for dinner and ended the afternoon with 25 or so fish..Really enjoyed having you guys with us today and thank you for the laughs and business..You can see dad had fun, he even caught one on my little girls pink pole..