Friday, September 28, 2007

Sept 28 Gray Trout and Bluefish


Stan and Nancy were out for the kill, but this morning a smoking longshore current running West to East backed by 15 knot SW wind made the Ocean real bumpy and the Shoals at Cape Lookout were out of the question. These are the days that I hate because I'm an Ocean fisherman at heart! Anyway, we made our way to a serene, secluded little pass inside Beaufort Inlet and found enough fish to make a day. When it was over, we had 10 Gray Trout up to 18" in the box and released several more. We also had 3 Bluefish up to 2 pounds and released several more. We also caught Lizardfish, Oy Toads, and a Hogfish.

Thursday, September 27, 2007

Sept 27 Dock Flounders


Went down to a dock on Taylor's Creek this morning and caught 3 Flounders in 5 minutes. These Flounders were 21", 19", and 17". Unfortunately, I fished another hour and all I got was a Lizardfish. If we only knew when to quit!

Wednesday, September 26, 2007

Sept 26 Action Packed Day




Howard and Tom: If y'all see this, Steve and Sandra put it on y'all today! A Red Drums at 26", Flounders up to 19", Spanish Mackerel up to 17", and all the Bluefish you can imagine up to legit 4 pounders. Plus they released 3 Albacores up to 12 pounds. All of this during a half day trip. Needless to say, Fall Fishing is heating up. We also passed up several shots at 100+ Pound Sharks cruising in 2 feet of crystal clear water.

Tuesday, September 25, 2007

Sept 18-24 Hatteras Flounders and Grass



Way to much grass and a terrible tide cycle hurt my fishing efforts this week. The highlights of the week were 4 Gray Trout up to 19", 8 Black Sea Bass up to 12", and my 22" Flounder. The big story was the Flounder my shipmate, Tina caught with my assistance. Her's was a 25" Citation winner. We each caught our Flounders on the last trip of the last night. Two more last second miracles!

Sunday, September 16, 2007

Sept.16 Windy Drums and Flounders





Matt and Joel had a great day considering how hard the wind was blowing. It was tough fishing, but they quickly adjusted to the conditions and caught 5 Nice Red Drums that measured out at 26", 28", 28", 30" and 31". They also caught 5 nice Flounders up to 19", a 19" Gray Trout, and a mixed bag of Black Sea Bass, Gag Grouper, Bluefish, Oyster Toadfish, Blacktip Sharks, and Lizardfish.

Saturday, September 15, 2007

Sept 14 Red Drum Fishing




Brent Davis and his crew had a good early bite on Red Drums catching 5 before dark. We were ready for a big night. However, once it got dark we only got 2 more bites and only caught one of them. All together we were 6 releases in 7 bites. Plus 2 Bluefish. The Drum ranged from 42 pounds to 32 pounds and everybody got to catch 2 each. Not bad on a windy afternoon/night, with rain all around us.

Friday, September 14, 2007

Sept 13 Dock Drums and Flounders



Today I made 3 trips down to the Dock and caught 10 Red Drum up to 27" and 4 Flounders up to 22". Marcus Rouse joined me for the last session and he caught a Drum, a Flounder, a Gag Grouper, a Bluefish, and a Rock Sea Bass. I didn't have my camera earlier in the day, so the pictures are of Marc's 5 spotted Drum and his Rock Sea Bass.

Tuesday, September 11, 2007

Sep 4-10 Hatteras Fishing




A variety of problems stopped my fishing dead in it's tracks. I did manage a great catch of Black Sea Bass from 11" to 12". I also caught 11 Flounders in total with a big fish at 4 lb. 8 oz. I also caught Bluefish, Jumping Mullets, Hogfish, Pinfish, Sea Bream, and Silver Perch.

Monday, September 3, 2007

Sept 3 Shake Down Cruise



Took the Downeaster for a ride today and since this is a Fishing Report, here's what we found. Up at Cape Lookout, we found the biggest school of Jumping Mullets that I've seen in 15 years. It was a monster. Headed to the west and made up of Mullets from 1-3 pounds. They gathered around my boat at one point and the entire school was very nervous and agitated. I can just imagine the predators that were lurking nearby.

Sept 2 Great Spanish Mackerel Fishing



Brant and I found great casting action on Spanish Mackerel today. It was "every cast" fishing and when we were finally tired of catching these Mackerel, we had 30 on ice and had released 40 more. These Mackerel ranged from 11" to 16". We moved on to Shark Fishing and found the Sharks to be just as ready! In less than 1 hour, we released 4 Blacknose Sharks from 25 to 40 pounds and a stud 85 pound Blacktip Shark. The Blacktip put on a great aerial show and one of our Blacknoses was sporting a tag from NMFS Apex Predator Program. Cool. No camera on the Boat this morning, all pictures from the "Cleaning Table"

Saturday, September 1, 2007

Sept 1 Flounders



In a quick strike to the Beaufort Waterfront I caught 6 Southern Flounders from 16" to 18" and lost 2 more and caught 2 Inshore Lizardfish. I only fished for 30 minutes and caught all my fish in the first 15 minutes. Not bad!