First main season closes… getting ready for the next go!
Thank you so much to everyone for an awesome start to this year’s season!! We appreciate you all so much and are eagerly awaiting the next opening day… It’s almost here!!
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Deer and Duck
This week has been busy in the woods and on the water… the rut has been in for a bit and the ducks are starting to show!! We were fortunate to have a long time friend with us this week… Thank you so much Dan! Once again you’ll be the favorite neighbor back home at cookout time!! Our thoughts and prayers are with you and your family… you have all been through so much – we are so thankful to know Jake is on the road to recovery! See you soon 🙂
In the timber…
Sorry about the report delay… This time of the year we spend alot of time running around between the beach, the woods, swamp, timber, open water locations… and the list goes on!! Jimmy… congratulations on a fine hunt!! Crazy action in the timber requires great shooting – fantastic job!! Jim and Jamie… always a blast!! (I can’t believe I missed the steak dinner… again!!) Thank you so much..See you guys soon!! 
Continued Prep…
As Duck Season draws closer… the repair work from Irene is finally winding down… Trees to clear out of the swamps and blinds to be rebuilt – all in a day’s work! Saturday is the big day and we are all looking forward to a great season! Tons of ducks around already and the winds are turning out of the North… a true sign of things to come!
Changing gears…
Fishing reports are usually a little slim from the Fistful boat this time of year as we switch gears for the upcoming Duck Season (opens November 12!!). We are still running trips both nearshore and offshore as we prepare for the Ducks… Fall is an awesome time to go!! As for the waterfowl… we are watching the migration and there are great reports from up north pertaining to this year’s hatch… the ducks are on the move!! We have a some scattered openings left with Karl plus several days available to put you with partnering guides… flooded timber, marsh, open water, you name it – it’s a blast!!
Pretty Work Jimmy!
Reports have been slim the last week due to a last minute trip to kick off the up-coming duck season… what a blast!! I’ll post pictures from the trip as soon as I get them loaded… hopefully the pictures will relieve everybody as much as it did us to see the number of ducks in their first leg of the migration – unbelievable action in an absolutely great location with good friends and fellow hunters at the X!!! (ha!) Happy to see we had a great hatch of ducks this year and very thankful for all the good lord has given us..The outdoors in any venture is something to be respected, valued, and appreciated. Don’t forget that the most important thing is experiencing what is right in front of you and we like it when they are right in front of you…The truest form..
We did make it back just in time for Karl to get out with Jim and Jimmy for a little short season timber action this morning… we are always so thankful to get to spend time with good friends… no matter where we are! Jimmy marched through the swamp like a pro with Dad tracking close behind and worked hard to bag this beautiful pair of Wood Ducks… the drake was in full plumage – what a gorgeous sight to see! Nice work!!! Awesome way to kick off the 2011/2012 season kiddo… Congratulations!!!!!
PM Dove Hunt…
We had a break this afternoon and dove season is in… there’s no better way to spend Labor Day afternoon than with friends and family!
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We had the one and only S.W EARLY aka SSSSSSSSSSSS on the boat today for some gaffer action..We found a really nice spot of water close to the beach late in the day and wound up with a good catch of mahi between HANDSHAKES…Really good class of fish for the most part being true gaffers..We did have one 30 pounder make a daring escape jumping off the cockpit floor and into the ocean..Robert was not happy…We all had a great day..
Spring Gobbler for lil jim!
CONGRATULATIONS!!!! Jimmy took this nice strutter in one shot as his first turkey… a great hunt and a perfect shot to bring him home! Pretty work!! Thank you guys so much for a fantastic time!
Spring and Summer on the way!
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!
