North Topsail, NC Report

mythosbeer · 08-10-2009, 12:15 PM

Went fishing Friday, 8-7-09 out of New River Inlet. I had a bunch of family in town from Alabama and Pennsylvania so we decided to head offshore. It was a little bumpy but not too bad. We tried an AR close to shore because we had heard there were some big AJ's there...but we couldn't get anything to bite on the jig. I did hook up with a large AJ on a popper that went probably 60-70lbs or so.

After that we pushed off another 30 miles or so to the same area we fished two weekends ago that produced teh blackfin on the jig. We trolled around for a couple hours and caught a a 15lb king and a 25lb king mackerel, as well as a bailer dolphin and a few flase albacores. We then decided to do some jigging out there over a few good bottom marks. We caught a nice variety of bottom fish and even got another 25lb king mackerel on the jig. We only kept the bottom fish we couldn't vent or were deep hooked.

After playing with those guys for awhile...we moved into 95ft of water to a grouper spot we know of. I ended up catching this 34inch gag on one of Jim's jigs. It bit a heavily used 300g potroast jig.

Total brought home for the day is in the pics, but we caught so many fish it was ridiculous. We just didn't have freezer room nor cooler room to last until Sunday night when we were going home so we threw most everything back.

paul708 · 08-10-2009, 12:32 PM

nice report.
great looking grouper.

Sea Draggin · 08-10-2009, 02:14 PM

Nicely done. Let me know the next time you guys will go out of Morehead. I'm ready.

mythosbeer · 08-10-2009, 03:13 PM

Sounds good Jim! I'll let you know and I'll place an order with you beforehand also!

Mitch

gman · 08-11-2009, 10:20 AM

Mitch,

Great report. The smile on that boys face is what its all about. Congrats on a great day on the water

08-10-2009, 02:14 PM	#3
Sea Draggin www.easterntackle.com Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: High Point, NC Posts: 5,633 Credits: 9,453.1 Best Catch: The next bite on a jig.	Nicely done. Let me know the next time you guys will go out of Morehead. I'm ready. __________________ . 30% OFF END OF SEASON SALE <----CLICK.................................Jigging Videos

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08-10-2009, 03:13 PM	#4
mythosbeer Stop staring at my Avatar. Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: NC Posts: 376 Credits: 1,522.3 Boat: 2008 26' prokat Best Catch: 44lb king mackeral and 70lb AJ Occupation: helping all guys keep things out of their asses...aka prostate cancer research	Sounds good Jim! I'll let you know and I'll place an order with you beforehand also! Mitch

08-11-2009, 10:20 AM	#5
gman I think Admin is going to let me have this space Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: New Jersey Posts: 1,543 Credits: 10,223.5 Boat: I wish Home Port: Northern NJ Best Catch: Anything Big Occupation: Vice President of Sales	Mitch, Great report. The smile on that boys face is what its all about. Congrats on a great day on the water