Time to fish!
Sunset over pirates cove marina… Weather is shaping up with reports of fish on the beach… summer is on the horizon…
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Dolphin Day
What better way to kick off the upcoming fishing season than to load up the dolphin with “Team Helmkamp”!! Congratulations and great job John, Dougie, Chris, and Scott!!! Thank you so much for coming down and fishing with us… you made the day!! Only 2 more days of Turkey season left to go then it’s officially time to fish…. LETS GO FISHING EVERYBODY!!
FullDay Aug 5
Sailfish and Dolphin were on tap for today… an awesome day with Hunter and the crew… Thank you guys so much!!!
Another mass update :)
Nearshore trips continue to be full of FUN, BLUES, MACKEREL, DOLPHIN, COBIA, and MORE!!! We appreciate all our groups so much… Thank you all!!!
Week long update :)
I apologize for the delay in reports… crazy busy this time of year plus the camera is currently MIA – needless to say I unfortunately do not have any NEARSHORE pictures to put up at this time 🙁 To update everyone: the SPANISH MACKERAL bite has been incredible this week in addition to plenty of BLUEFISH providing tons of action and loads of fun!! We have come across several COBIA as well on the nearshore trips – many making back to the dock and one heart-breaker that broke the line after an hour long fight… estimates on weight for the escapee have ranged from 80 to 100 lbs… bummer for the boys 🙁 The FULL DAY DEEP DROP/TROLLING trips have been awesome for DOLPHIN (The back up camera made it on this trip so I can post some evidence!)… several COBIA have been running with the dolphin schools and at times caught at the same time!! Great weather and fantastic fishing have been the theme this week!!! Trips are booking fast right now so please let us know if you have dates you want us to save… we have had several spots get booked out from under some of our groups lately that waited until the last minute – we hate to not get the chance to take everybody that wants to go!!
June 22 Full Day
What a hard working group of young anglers (and grown-ups too!)… The dolphin are cooperating and staying close to shore – thankfully within range for a Full Day trip. Our youngsters toughed out some sporty seas and worked like crazy to get a lot of nice fish to the boat… Fantastic job everybody!! Thank you all so much!
June 20 Fullday
What a great day we had.Quenton my homeboy from gates county was on the boat today.Quenton always seems to getem when he comes with us..Thank you for all the support..We ended up with a great catch of gaffers baffers and bailers along with a 40 lb wahoo and our first billfish of the year.A cool surprise a HATCHET marlin which is easly mistaken for a white marlin..Glad for the beatiful weather and great fishing in our range..
June 19 fullday
It’s so nice when the weather is good and the fishing is even better!! Awesome day with Tom, Tiffany, and the rest of the crew…. thank you so much!! Congratulations to Tiffany for adding another first catch to the list – pretty work on your Cobia!!
June 1 Dolphin :)
With no charters scheduled today we decided to venture off for a family fun trip before the summer gets too busy for everyone to go… It was a sporty day for dolphin with all the schools hanging out under a ton of scattered grass…. lots of time spent cleaning up the spread but despite all that plus an afternoon gulfstream dive by the Capt and Mate under the boat to free up the wheel from a monster knot of rope…everybody came home with plenty to eat! A special thank you to Pop John, Uncle Dougie, and Madison for going with us 🙂
Memorial Day Dolphin :)
Our Virginia Beach crowd wanted to target the dolphin today and they did a fantastic job getting these fish to the boat when it was time to go to work!! Way to go everybody!! And a special pat on the back to our young anglers Clara and Katie – what a great job!! Beth and Kevin, Ben and David… Thank you all so much!! What a fun day and we hope to see you guys back soon! Happy Memorial Day to everyone… A huge Thank You to all our veterans past and present for the tremendous sacrifices and amazing job you all do for the rest of us… you are heroes and are incredibly appreciated.
