With the fantastic weather we couldn’t stay at the dock on a day off…. hard not to take advantage of such incredible conditions!! We chose meat over glory for this trip… headed out in search of the TUNA bite! A moderate class of fish today but great action!! Yellowfin, Blackfin, and incredible purple topside to a bonita (cool to see!) Slick calm offshore and skirted a waterspout twisting just inland of the bridge… always a great time on the water 🙂 Thanks Mike and Casey!!!
We might see one on this yep eerily did catch 2 Cobia one throw back one keeper 40 bluefish and a handful of nice Spanish mackerel..thanks fellas…
The White Marlin Bite continues to be off the hook!! We were able to slip out and join the offshore boats last week to get into the action before it all comes to an end for the season… we are always so thankful to be able to get out there on the rare occasion of a “day off”! The “double header” was the excitement for that day with Karl maneuvering the Fistful around to help the girls land both fish… we had one off the stern and one off the bow and what a dance it was! Don’t know how he does it… 🙂 Congratulations to Lexi on her first ever white marlin!! Back to the nearshore action for the last several days… the Mackerel and Bluefish have been biting well outside the inlet and the Cobia are still around! We’ve had a few trips that stayed inside and had great action on Spot, Flounder, Sea Mullet, and more!! Fall is in the air… it’s a great time to go fishing!!
Kathy fighting one out of a double header we hooked today.had one going forward and one going in reverse..She went to the bow and held onto hers before spinning around and catching it. Congratulations to Lexi on your first one..It was fun!!
Well it was rough today…Gib and lil gibs joined me again today..We talked about it at the dock and decided to take the beating..Lil Gibs wanted to catch a marlin so off we went arriving an hour and a half behind the bigger boats..We set out and immediately caught a white marlin then we pulled off a couple and saw a couple more before catching another and we were all satisfied and over it. Headed her back in early..Great day thanks guys see you tomorrow..Congratulations on your first two billfish Gibs!!
Down in New Bern today judging the NC State duck calling contest..Set up a booth as well and sold a few calls and booked some early season duck hunts..The picture with the three guys are myself Steve Earley and Mike Evans.We are all from the same hometown and combined have 9 state championships between us!!Pretty awesome for some Redneck boys from nowhere!Congrats to mike for taking top honors this year in state and second place Pamlico regional.North Eastern NC boys representing..
Congratulations to Captain Charles Haywood on the “RIGGED UP” for bringing in the first weighed billfish (Atlantic Blue Marlin) of this year’s tournament!!! The tournament is a public event… everyone is invited to come down to the marina, walk the docks, and join in the fun!
FISTFUL BOAT is back in action..smoother than she’s ever been. A huge thank you to our “surrogate boat” the Carolina Daze… she was a life saver when the Fistful was out on sick leave. Welcome back ol’ girl… we’ve missed ya! 🙂
