Fishing at Oregon Inlet, Friday, May 1, 2009

[Capt Lindsay]

June Bug fished the Rausch party out of Oregon Inlet last Friday. The fish have been around Hatteras Point near the 230 Rocks so that's where we went. There had been tuna on several of the previous days so we were hoping to tug on a few.

The ride from the Inlet to Hatteras Point was decent. The inshore water was 62 degrees and gray green. Temps started climbing well inside the Tower and topped at 74.6. Wind was SW at 20 with gusts. Seas were 4 to 6 on top of swells. Not the greatest sea conditions to say the least.

The lines had been in about 40 minutes and we had a triple on gaffer Mahis. Nice fish. After that, we didn't have a knockdown the rest of the day.

We heard one other boat had 3 YFT that were barely 27". No other boat reported anything.

Our party had booked a two-day charter but we were blown out Saturday and Sunday. It rained a lot on Saturday as per the forecast as well.


Capt. Lindsay Fuller
June Bug Charters
Beach Haven, NJ
609-685-2839
http://www.Fish-JuneBug.com

[offshore]

Capt. Lindsay,
Thanks for the report. We were going to head down but doesnt look like the weather is going to let us till next week. How was the current?? Our last trip it was cranking about 3knts north of the 280......Mark

[Captain Fred Archer]

Cappy,

Sorry to hear about that wind thing. Hope it drops down and let's you fish. Dang!

[perfectscore]

i hate fishing down there in all that current this time of year

[offshore]

i hate fishing down there in all that current this time of year

The catch should pick up north of the point this month. Not near the current. we are ready for it. The wind has been tough as usual..Mark