Yeah Right Charters Fishing Report 7/14/08

By Fishing Reports - July 14, 2008

Today the winds and storms of last week were forgotten!!

We were fishing with Ken, Courtney, and Nick Mariani, with them was Ben Homan all from Charleston, WVA.

We were doing a 1/2 day trip today and after talking to Buster on the Sea Hawk III, I had high hopes of catching some Spanish Mackeral.

He said they did real good on them yesterday, but today was a different day and the signs didn't look good!!!

There was not the first sign of them anywhere, no diving white terns, no fish jumping, nothing.

There is plenty of bait (Pogys) on the beach though, hope they stay a while now, we will see!!!

There was a good tide line about half way from the river to Yaupon Reef, and this is a good place to hold Spanish and bait, but not today.

Some others were talking about the shark fishing and saying that they were biting good but todays group said they didn't want any sharks.

They said they had already been on one of those trips and that wasn't for them.

So, after an hour of hunting for the spanish and with no results, I did the only thing I could do!!!

On days like this, when you are in the customer service business such as I am, you have to sometimes forget about the cost of operating and make your customers happy if you possibly can.

Of coarse you can't head offshore all the time on a 1/2 day trip due to the rediculous fuel mileage these boats get.

If I did I wouldn't be in business very long, but you must remember that this is a fishing trip and you have to try your best not to make it just an expensive boat ride, if you can!!

Sometimes you have to make exceptions when the fish are not close in and do what you have to do, and that's just what I did!!

I headed offshore!!!

I told them I would rather have them fish for two hours where the fish were than to fish for four hours where there was nothing!!!

We left out for the Shark Hole, It was the only right thing to do today, and it was the right move to get some fish!!

All they wanted was enough fish for dinner this evening and each one got a king mackeral and Nick even caught a 3 to 4 pound Spanish Mackeral.

We had several runs that never hooked up and lost a couple of kings at the boat and everyone had a good time!!

When we were getting ready to head in, Ben hooked up with an Atlantic Sharp Nose Sharp, the only shark we caught today, finally!!!!

Got reports that the offshore bottom bite was real good over the weekend and the weather was beautiful.

Capt Ricky Holden who operates the "Reely Miss-behavin'" told me today that where he was at Saturday was absoulutely covered with Cobia!!!

He said he had never seen that many before, big schools all around the boat!!

Please don't ask where he was at, I won't reveal his spot, just as I wouldn't tell yours if you sent a report!!! It's called "Professional Courtesy"!!!!!!

But when you are offshore bottom fishing or trolling, keep an eye on the surrounding water, especially the "prop wash"you may be suprised at what shows up looking at you!!!

Manning Outen, from Raleigh, NC on the "'Bout Time II" called me Sunday and told the King bite was hot this weekend where he was at.

He said he was trying to bottom fish and boats were hooking up kings all around him.

Finally he couldn't stand it anymore and went to king fishing as well!!!

The water is clearing up nice and the fishing is getting better every day. If you can make it, now's the time to catch a fish or two, or three, or four, you get the idea!!