Carolina Beach Report 4/3

[Sea Draggin]

I got to pull on some fish myself for a change. I posted this in the jigging forum, but wanted to put it out here as well.

I must say this was a great trip for me. I have been trying to get to Wilmington to bottom fish for two years now, so when the opportunity came I jumped at it, especially since I had a box of jig samples that were just begging for some abuse.

My first drop of the day yielded a large AJ and the pain continued for about the next 10 hours.

Steve "aka Dihrd" put us on some great fishing. If you want to learn about boat control, jigging techniques, how to find fish and what to look for, then you will really have a good time aboard Dihrd Fishing Charters. He really has this stuff dialed in.

The only thing that was better than the fishing was the company. Joey, Pete and Steve were absolutely great to spend the day with.

I'm ready to go again, now I just need my arms to quit hurting and I'll be good to go. I swear, I haven't personally pulled on that many fish in a long time, since my customers usually got all that fun.

Hope you enjoy the pics. The first on is the result of my first drop of the day. I also have 59 minutes of some killer hardcore jigging action, but it will have to wait until later this week.

Even though we let the AJ's go, we still absolutely stuffed the boxes and fish bag on that boat.

[swell rider]

Great Report, Those Scamps and Reds sure like the jig. Fish Thursday out by the Nashville and found a bunch of grouper, they weren't big but keepers. Ken

[knock down]

Glad to hear you got to have some fun ! Looks like a great day for Ya'll!!!!! Congradulations

[clt_capt]

Nice Day. Plenty for the grill and some serious pullage.

[slip slidin]

Great report and pics. Looks like you all had plenty of action and covered plenty of ground. Congrats.

[hotshot1]

Dude way to light em up, thats a summer worth of fish

[Sea Draggin]

Dude way to light em up, thats a summer worth of fish

If you decide you want to come and try this, I will set you up a trip. They catch them like this all the time. And you can fly right into the Wilmington airport.

[di hrd]

Next time we'll get you one of these...



OR one of these...

[Sea Draggin]

Now THATS a grouper.

Its funny, when I was cleaning my reds the other day, there was one that yielded a lot more than the others, even though they all seemed about the same size.

I was wondering if a gender difference would account for that or what. But the fillets off one were 1.5 times the size as the others.

[swell rider]

The Reds are tough to judge, Big and round. This one Kil caught, doesn't look that big but weight just about 30lb. Ken

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