Wednesday, December 19, 2007

Dec 19 Good Numbers of Small Trout

Bob and Herbert wanted big Trout today and they figured I was on a hot streak. Unfortunately, it all came to an end today. We were constantly out of position and we ran through our live bait very quickly. After a couple of hours, we had nothing but a pile of 12" to 14" released Trout. We finally hit a little stretch where we caught a few 15" Speckled Trout and 4 nice Gray Trout, so we did get to kill a few. For the day, I guess the guys caught around 60 Speckled Trout, 4 Gray Trout, 20 Bluefish, and a couple of Sheepsheads. I know my anglers were disappointed with the size of the Trout that we caught today, but I started in the same exact spot that has produced 19 Citations in my last 3 trips and they just weren't there today. what can I say?

Tuesday, December 18, 2007

Dec 18 Another Citation Speckled Trout




Chris got his first NC Citation Speckled Trout today when he pulled up a 4 lb. 12 oz. trophy. Between the 2 of us, we caught around 25 Speckled Trout, 3 Gray Trout, and 10 Bluefish. We kept 12 Speckled Trout from 18" to 23". Our Gray Trout were keepers from 18" to 20". We also rode the Shoals looking for Stripers and Drum and came up empty. Conditions on the Shoals today were not ideal, but I believe that if it's going to happen this year, that it's going to be this week. Stay tuned!

Sunday, December 9, 2007

Dec 9 Monster Shark and 80 Speckled Trout



Great Trout bite on the smaller class of fish. We kept 20 out of 80 today and had a few Gray and Speckled Trout in the 2-3 pound class. A bunch of other in the 17" to 18" range. We also caught Sheepheads, Bluefish, and Hogfish. On the way in the Trouser snagged a 12 foot long, 1000+ pound Basking Shark on 12 lb. test line. I ran the boat up to him and we recorded an "official release". I'm not sure if the Shark ever knew that he was part of our "fun". He just kept on swimming to the southern without a care in the world!

Saturday, December 8, 2007

Dec 8 Big Trout Bite




I was in the right place this morning! In less than 3 hours, we had 20 Speckled Trout. We had a pair of 6 lb. 4 oz twins. We had 6 over 6 pounds. We had 10 over 5 pounds. We had 15 over 4 pounds that were big enough for a NC Fishing Citation. Our small ones were 20"! Our 20 fish limit totaled out at 97 pounds! We also caught 2 Red Drums, 10 Sheepsheads, and 3 Bluefish.

Wednesday, December 5, 2007

Dec 5 Hot Speckled Trout Bite

Columbo and I went head to head today on Speckled Trout. He had a slight advantage and he used it to defeat me 47 to 44. That's good fishing though. From 11am until 3:30pm, we caught 91 Speckled Trout. I'll take that kind of fishing anyday!

Tuesday, December 4, 2007

Nov 27-30 Squid Fishing




What? Trust me, it was amazing. In 4 nights of Fishing, Squid was the main attraction. All together I probably caught 80 to 100 Squid, up to 25". These were the Calamari Quality, Loligo Squid and I caught them on mirrorlures, gulps, and top water plugs. I also caught quite a few Striped Bass and a 19" Flounder.