Carolina charter boats and marina reports 7-17

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FISHING-REPORT-07-16-10
by bill

Offshore increasing number of sailfish. Twenty three sailfish and two white marlinb were caught and released. One boat had eight sailfish. several boats had good dolphin catches. Tuna blackfin and yelowfin were scattered. Several wahoos in the catches. Inshore trollers caught tailor bluefish and spanish mackerel.






Oregon Inlet Fishing Center
(252) 441-6301
http://www.oregon-inlet.com

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"Jeremy's 1st King" | OIFC 1- 36' | 07/16/10

I had the privilege of photographing 14 yr. old Jeremy Myer's 1st King yesterday. Jeremy was fishing with his dad, Butch near the 90's in 50 ft of water when this King hit a pogey on a downrigger set at 15 ft. The fish put up one heck of a fight as he was foul hooked near the gill by 2 of the #4 trebbles Jeremy was using.

Butch and Jeremy, both of Black Mountain, N.C. had yet to officially name their boat, but had been calling it the "Last Dollar". Now that they've caught this 1st King it would be bad luck to change what they've been calling it, so "Last Dollar" it is.

Thank ya'll for thinking enough of the OIFC to let us take this picture. We love to see young people get involved in the family sport of sal water fishing.



""Finally some RED!" " | OIFC World Cat / Carolina Cat | 07/16/10

A nice flounder on the first cast today, followed by some small ones. A very rude boater ran aground on the very oyster bar we were fishing. People still amaze me with their lack of skill to be considerate of others on the water! Anyway, we moved on to find better ground...after several locations only producing a pinfish bite, we found them...Finally, a redfish unloaded on a live shrimp, then another redfish pounded another shrimp...Pinfish started again on the shrimp, so I switched to mullet and yet another nice redfish pounded the bait. We ended the trip on that note, since we were about 30 minutes over our trip time. Early start again tomorrow! See ya on the water!





""Heatstroke"" | OIFC World Cat / Carolina Cat | 07/15/10

Inshore the water has gotten hot. I believe some of the fish are suffering from a little heatstroke. I suspect many of our fish are moving to the surf zone and nearshore wrecks. The problem with this is the wind is blowing keeping small boats from making the run. Furthermore, the wind and rain has stirred the water a bit. O.K. enough excuses...Despite the conditions if you work hard enough a few fish are still cooperating inshore. We did manage to land 4 trout and 2 flounder today. Artificials landed 3 trout and 1 flounder. Live bait landed 1 trout and 1 flounder...go figure that artificials are out fishing live bait. The fish are sluggish, so slow it down. See ya on the water!


Hatteras Harbor Marina
P.O. Box 537
Hatteras , NC 27943
http://www.hatterasharbor.com
800-676-4939

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Fri, July 16, 2010
The weather was kinda nice this morning but got a little choppy this afternoon. Wahoo fishing was pretty good, but Dolphin fishing was fair, there were however some nice gaffers caught. Sea Creature and Godspeed both released a Sailfish.

Inshore boats had good catches of Speckled Trout, a few Gray Trout and Blue fish

Citations
Mark Lally of Philadelphia, PA caught a 40lb Wahoo on Hatteras Fever II
Kaytee Dean of Knoxville, TN released a Sailfish on Godspeed
Bryce Lunsford of Staunton, VA released a Sailfish on Sea Creature


Thu, July 15, 2010
Offshore: Little choppy but a good fishing day! Boats came in with good catches of dolphin, nice wahoo and few king mackerel. TEN Sailfish were released!
Inshore: Boats caught few keeper flounder and gray trout.

Today's Citations:
Big Eye: Garrett Hybarger of Clover, SC - Sailfish Release
Bite Me: Brock Allen of Virginia Beach, VA - Sailfish Release
Good Times: Katherine Queck of Charlotte, NC - Sailfish Release
Andrea Queck of Charlotte, NC - Sailfish Release
Hatteras Fever II: Casey Bishop of Charlotte, NC - Sailfish Release
Release: David Deeb of Chestline, OH - Sailfish Release
Runaway: Rafe Martin of Lexington, NC - Sailfish Release



Hatteras Harbor Marina
P.O. Box 537
Hatteras , NC 27943
http://www.hatterasharbor.com
800-676-4939

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Release Sportfishing


Today's Report
Posted by Captain Rom on July 16, 2010 at 17:53:05



Release Sportfishing


Today's Report
Posted by Captain Rom on July 16, 2010 at 17:53:05


Release Sport Fishing
Rom Whitaker
PO Box 150
Hatteras, NC 27943
http://www.hatterasrelease.com/
release1@mindspring.com

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pointrunner

7-16-10
We had the pleasure of having Thomas Nguyen and friends Win, Cheng, Tan, Peter, and Ben with us today. It was a bit of a struggle and somewhat rough, but we did bring home a great catch of nearly 40 dolphin and a 50# tuna. Thanks for checking in.
Danny and Greg





7-15-10 limit of mahi
Another group of anglers from Michigan today. Mark, Tom, David, and young John caught a limit of dolphin and a bonus tuna. We missed a sailfish and had a couple of other mystery bites. Thanks for checking in.





Capt Danny Wadsworth
Co-Capt/Mate Greg Erwin
252-473-3773
800-272-5199


Capt Danny Wadsworth
Point Runner
Oregon Inlet NC
http://www.pointrunner.com/
252-473-3773

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FRG Staff
Administrator


Fishing Report 7/16
The last couple of days beach fishing has been slow on the Frisco beach. A hard southwest wind blew lots of grass in and messed up the fishing. Avon has been reporting sea mullet and croaker. The Hatteras beach has been opened all the way to the inlet and the rip is now fishable. I think we will start hearing of spanish and blues from the rip. Now if we can get the point open things will be almost back to normal.
The inshore boats had good catches of speckled trout which is the first good report of specks that I have heard this year. Gray trout and blues were also caught.
It got real choppy offshore but the best wahoo bite of the year was reported. The dolphin bite slowed a little but lots of sailfish were released.


Frisco Rod and gun
252-995-5366
http://www.friscorodgun.com/about.html

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Posted on Wednesday, July 14, 2010 - 4:42 pm:
hi all,
sorry for not posting anything in a while.... i'm trying to get my new advertiser linked with my face book and my web site and as you can se itt's not working to well....
but we have been seeing some cobia and tarpon off of the piers her on the island. we have been seeing blues, spanish, flounder, sea mullet, and croaker off of the beaches and off of the piers. the o.i. bridge has been covered up in sheep head, and black drum. we have also seen a few spade fish around the pile's also. the off shore fishing has been a good number of dolphin, bill fish, and black and yellow fin tuna. the sound has a few trrout on the flats and spanish off the back side of the reef here behind rodanthe. the puppy drum have been a little scarce other than the sound side turn outs between salvo and rodanthe, and the sholes of hatteras inlet.
if you need aa fishing report don't hesitate to call us either. 252-987-2428
good luck!
ryan


Ryan white
Hatteras jack inc.
239020 hwy 12
Box 157
Rodanthe nc 27968
252-987-2428 office

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RDT-Team
Moderator


Friday Fishing Report
Good day of fishing at Hatteras Inlet with good catches of Bluefish reported this morning. Puppy Drum at the Inlet and Point. Spanish Mackeral at the Point this evening and you can bet they're catching them at the Inlet too.
Small Sea Mullet, Spot and Croaker along the beaches and Flounder at the Jetties. You can now drive all the way to Hatteras Inlet but the Point remains closed to vehicular use. Have a good weekend - Grumpy.



Buxton, NC
252-995-5414
http://reddrumtackle.com/

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ULY 15 ALLDAY- BLUEFISH, AMBERJACK & RED DRUM / Posted by: Bobby Smith / 07/16/10
We had a terrific day on the Fish n Fool today with excellent fishing & a great crew.We started off this morning with Devin & Chet ,hitting the taylor blues.This was for both for some live baits,as well as for the table.

We then ran to a couple of wrecks but came up empty handed until hitting our last bit of structure. There we busted the amberjack good,landing all our crew could handle while pulling off 4 or 5 others. We then ran to another area & set out our trolling spread but never had a bite.

After getting back closer to the beach i recieved an excellent bit of info from one of my buddies,RED DRUM! I ran the Fish n Fool to his location & we began our Drum chase. They were moving fast & not feeding well. After awhile we figured out something had them spooked.It ended up being the Shark! There were two or three large sharks underneath of them,keeping them very nervous. We did manage to keep after them & landed 6-8 nice fish before heading in. A huge thanks gang,we really enjoyed our day with you two! Bobby



JULY 15 NICE RED DRUM FOR DEVIN / Posted by: Bobby Smith / 07/16/10
This young lady did a great job today on these drum & jacks!


JULY 15 NICE PAIR OF RED DRUM / Posted by: Bobby Smith / 07/16/10


JULY 15 CHET WITH A REALLY NICE DRUM / Posted by: Bobby Smith / 07/16/10


JULY 15 WHAT A CREW / Posted by: Bobby Smith / 07/16/10
These two did an outstanding job today!


JULY 15 I THINK THIS DRUM IS SMILING / Posted by: Bobby Smith / 07/16/10
Look at him. I really think he's smiling!



JULY 15 ONE IN THE BOAT, ANOTHER ON THE WAY / Posted by: Bobby Smith / 07/16/10


JULY 15 OUR CREW IS HOOKED UP / Posted by: Bobby Smith / 07/16/10



JULY 15 CHET & DEVIN WITH THE CATCH / Posted by: Bobby Smith / 07/16/10


JULY 15 CHET WITH ANOTHER AMBERJACK / Posted by: Bobby Smith / 07/16/10


JULY 15 STORMY WEATHER ON THE WAY / Posted by: Bobby Smith / 07/16/10


JULY 16 A.M. & P.M. REPORTS / Posted by: Bobby Smith / 07/16/10
This morning we had a makeup crew & had excellent action on the blues around the inlet. This afternoon we headed out with Chris Gilbert & crew,again boxing a good catch of blues,this time in the sound. Thanks again to both groups! Bobby



JULY 14 P.M. AFTERNOON OF BLUES / Posted by: Bobby Smith / 07/16/10
We chased the bluefish into the sound this afternoon,boxing a great catch of fish for our crew.Not quite as strong as this morning but really as good as you need. A big thanks to Henry Glass & crew.Good to have you with us. Bobby


JULY 14 A.M. EXCELLENT BLUEFISHING CONTINUES / Posted by: Bobby Smith / 07/16/10
Great bluefish action this morning for Lance Schiemer & crew on the Fish n Fool.

With coldwater all around us we were forced to stay right around the inlet again this morning,but you couldn't have asked for better trolling action on the blues.Our crew boxed all they needed on this trip. Thanks again folks,it was a pleasure having you with us! Bobby


JULY 14 A.M. HEY DAD, HOW ABOUT A LITTLE HELP HERE! / Posted by: Bobby Smith / 07/16/10
This young lady did a fantastic job this morning on the Taylor Blues!



JULY 14 A.M. NICE BLUE GIRL! / Posted by: Bobby Smith / 07/16/10



JULY 14 A.M. KEEP HER STRAIGHT, CAPT. / Posted by: Bobby Smith / 07/16/10


JULY 14 ONE FOR MOM & DAD / Posted by: Bobby Smith / 07/16/10


JULY 14 STORMY SKIES / Posted by: Bobby Smith / 07/16/10
Some of our normal summer weather.Hot with a chance of showers!


Fish’n Fool Charters
Capt. Bobby Smith
P.O. Box 1236
Kill Devil Hills, NC 27948
252.441.6498
http://www.fishnfoolcharters.com/

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Another Sail! / Posted by: Kenneth Brown / 07/17/10
Another nice sail Benny caught that was released. Liz said to say hello. Thanks and hope everyone had a good time!


Sail Release! / Posted by: Kenneth Brown / 07/17/10
Another sail we caught yesterday that took a few minutes out of his day for a photo before he was released. Thanks!


ail on the Leader! / Posted by: Kenneth Brown / 07/17/10
Took this shot of one of the three sails we caught yesterday. Good action on light stand up tackle. Thanks!


Wahoo - A Rare Treat in 2010! / Posted by: Kenneth Brown / 07/17/10
While Oregon Inlet has never been known for its wahoo fishing, we have always had some around. Most summer trips produce a couple of opportunities for them. For 2010 it has been about as few as you ever see. We caught our first one of the year a couple of weeks ago. Yesterday they seemed to show up down off Hatteras. We had quite a few bites but only caught a couple. This was a nice one that laid claim to my Islander lure before getting greedy and getting hooked on another bait. Thanks and hope he eats well!


A Tough Week! / Posted by: Kenneth Brown / 07/17/10
We usually like to post reports of great fishing and great weather. It is a good selling point and what most of the visitors come to the Outer Banks to enjoy. Unfortunately, even during the best months the weather and the fishing are not always so great. The one constant we have had in 2010 is the weather. We were due a tough stretch and this week seems to be it. The days have all been fishable and conditions that we would always be happy with if the fish were jumping in the boat. Unfortunately, July is our month where most groups come to enjoy the vacationing experience and a day on the water. The ones that simply want to fill the freezer usually come in the spring and Fall. This was our catch from last Monday. A good day with some nice yellowfins and a decent catch of dolphin. There seems to be plenty of dolphin around when we have the right winds and currents for the edges to hold together. The last couple of days there has not been much of a condition to dolphin fish on. We have had a good showing of scattered white marlin and sail fish. We caught a few of each this week. Wednesday and Thursday both represented choppy seas and thunderstorms. We made the day on Wednesday with a couple of whites and Thursday was a bust due to the weather. We only fished a few minutes before realizing the squalls were not going to give. Yesterday was still a little rough but the fishing picked up. Forecast is for wind over the weekend. Let's get this stretch out of the way and then we can get back to what brings our customers in the summer. Good Weather!


Captain Kenneth Brown,
kennethbrown@charter.net,
Trophy Hunter Charters
Oregon Inlet Fishing Center
252-473-9892
http:/