OU Hatteras/Current Fishing Reports/Updates/Split Dates

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Just received a report from Captain Darrin who is down in Hatteras, NC running Low Profile (55 Custom Carolina Boat).

December started off on a pretty good note here in Hatteras with a nice bite materializing up around the North East Rocks. The fish were there good and the boats that got out all had their shots, most coming back to the dock with a fish to offload. Darrin got out once with The Gambler, decking a fish that dressed out at 250 pounds. The run was about 28 miles out of Hatteras and the fish were holding in about 70 degree water, on a hard color change/temperature edge. Unfortunately they didn’t stay there too long and the weather got the best of them for much of the rest of December. With the hectic winds and cold temperatures in the first couple weeks of January, only a handful of boats have been out. Darrin’s been out twice and has seen a lot of bait, porpoises and running mates (of the tuna) in and around his fishing hotspots. Now we are waiting for the hard edge of cold water butt up against a body of warm water to come into the rocks so these trophies can find the bait. There has been loads of bait around the north beach and right now the offshore water temp. has been between 64 and 66 degrees. With the amount of bait holding in the area it is just a matter of time before the bluefins find it and decide to hang around for the winter. When they do show up, the run should be pretty short, only about 25-35 miles.

Last year, the Bluefin started to concentrate pretty well around the rocks starting in mid February. By late February, it was ON! We had the fish really good for about 4-6 weeks until mid to the end March when they moved up around the corner and the Oregon Inlet boys got their chance to whack up on em and we switched over to Yellofin Fishing. These Bluefins ranged in size from 160 to 270 average with some larger fished mixed in and provided great opportunities to target them jigging as well as trolling. Of course, Bluefin have tails and a mind of their own, but if things go the way they have, we’d expect more and more fish to be showing up, as we move into late January and early Feb. Just need the weather to cooperate so more boats can get out and look around.

Trey has a couple film crews coming in to shoot some action when the fishing heats up (probably Feb or early March) and will be looking for anglers to jump on. We are looking to capture some good Jigging action, so keep in touch with Trey as we move into February as there should be plenty of opportunities to get out with us on LOW PROFILE. Capt. Darrin also has Rick Rosenthol a Marine Biologist who has been studying the life cycle of BFT for years coming aboard to film a documentary on these awesome fish!
On a side note, the Yellowfin have been around as well, so when the Bluefin don’t show, we’ve got some other options. More on that later!

Tight Lines,
Capt. Tyler

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Capt. Andy on the Good Times killed one yesterday (1/24) at 225lbs, he decked 3 and pulled the hook on a few more. Right now the limits are: One BFT at 27” to less then 73” per vessel per day and Three YFT per man per day

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Captain Darren has been out the past couple days and the fishing has been up and down. Marine Biologist Rich Rosenthol has been down filming BFT. I will be posting the pics and reports of the past couple trips.

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With weather that has been good and bad to us offshore fanatics Capt. Darren has been able to get out and wash some baits out on the troll. Their hasn't been a steady pick of fish being caught but Capt. Darren has been putting meat in the Box! Hatteras is having a spurt of warmer weather but its still inconsistent. So if you planning on running with us make sure you pack for both warm and cold weather.

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We will start filming for a National Geographic Documentary (On Bluefin Tuna) with Rick Rosenthal this Friday and continue through the end of next week. We are limiting the group size to 4, for the most part, and keeping the cost at $300 per person. We will be fishing every fishable day, so this is a great chance to get out, with fewer people on the boat. This is what we have available right now:



Tuesday: 1-2 Spots
Wednesday: 2=3 Spots
Thursday: Full
Friday: Full
Saturday: Full

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We have 2 spots available for this friday, give us a shout if you are interested