April 14-20 HORRIBLE WEATHER CONTINUES

ITS GONNA BLOW and RAIN RIGHT UP TO TIME FOR CAPT MARTY TO GO BACK TO WORK.......

Incredibly, there is still a GALE WARNING and COASTAL FLOOD WARNING POSTED

I offer up apologies to all that follow this blog and I also offer up an apology for the trips that got cancelled. When its winter and its supposed to be COLD, we don't mind fishing in the cold...... In summer and fall when fishing is good, no one minds fishing in the RAIN..... As far as the WIND goes, when it's over 20 knots, its always bad.

With all that being said, and since it's mid-April and Inshore Fishing is slowly coming back to life, COLD, RAIN, or WIND can all by themselves RUIN Inshore Fishing..... And then this week, MY WEEK OFF of course, we get a TRIPLE WHAMMY.

COLD

RAIN

WIND

As far as I can tell, Tuesday is going to be pretty. Quite naturally, that is my First Day back at Hatteras!

Looking ahead, I will get home on April 29 and I should be ready to go. Also I'll be home until May 20 so lets hope three things happen. The Menhaden show up. The Atlantic Bonito show up. And the Cobia show up. Capt Tuggy and I are ready to go get them!

April 13- BLUE CATFISH HEAVEN on the PEE DEE RIVER

Right this minute I am sitting by a fire pit on Morrow Mountain so this report is going to brief... It will pack some "WOW FACTOR" though..... So this morning I fished the Pee Dee River with Robbie Burr and needless to say, Robbie is everything the Internet says he is...... Nowadays, that's a mighty fine compliment! My 4 hours was spent catching White Shad and Blue Catfish. In the first hour, I equalled my previous "lifetime" total of White Shad with Robbie. Between the two of us, we caught 8 Shad from 2-4 lbs each. Good eating I said..... Catfish bait Robbie said......  After we left the Shad, Robbie put out a spread of cut Shad baits and 10 minutes later I was holding a 42 lb Blue Catfish. Routine. It takes a 70 lber to excite this Captain. Meanwhile THIS CAPTAIN was texting Columbo as fast as I could..... The next 2 hours saw a slow, but steady parade of 28 lb to 35 lb Blue Cats.... I needed one for my campfire meal, but I needed a 10 pounder.... Robbie assured me that we'd get one. Sure enough, last spot and our last bite and I catch a 12 lb Blue Catfish that was our dinner guest tonight at Morrow Mountain State Park! Total Catch for the Day: 7 Blue Catfish from 12 to 42 lbs each and 8 White Shad from 2 to 4 lbs each

April 6- Eastern NC Shad Tour

I don't have time for the long version, so here's a short summary. It was cold and blustery. The Rivers were high. I fished 3 places on the Tar River and one spot on the Neuse. At times it was a struggle. There was one flurry at Old Sparta when I caught 15 Hickory Shad in 20 minutes. Much later at Rocky Mount, I caught 3 White Shad in an hour. Other that, it was a struggle. Total Catch for the Day: 22 Hickory Shad up to 2 lbs and 3 White Shad up to 3 lbs

Dog Shark Bites--DELICIOUS

Okay, here it is...... You guys ain't going to believe this but here goes. Yesterday John Boy and I kept 6 Spiny Dog Sharks. We cleaned them. The amount of meat derived from a Dog Shark seemed a little slack, considering each one weighed about 7 lbs...... Anyway, with 3 fish each, both John Boy and I had plenty of meat. If anyone wants to try this, I'd recommend killing at least 3 Dog Sharks.... Anyway, my first impression was how damn white the freshly cleaned meat is.... It is the cleanest, whitest meat I've ever seen from any animal, reptile, or fish. It is so incredibly white it looks cooked..... Okay, last night I put a ziplock bag of boneless, skinless Dog Shark meat in my refrigerator. No salt, no soak, no nothing.... So tonight at 9pm, 26 hours later, I pulled out 4 pieces of Dog Shark flesh and cut it up in 4"X 1" fingers. I soaked the fingers in milk for 10 minutes. I rolled the fingers in seafood breader. I fried the fingers in a hot oil bath..... Let cool. Made a cocktail sauce...... Walked into the Living Room where my beautiful wife was watching TV. I offered her a fried finger and did not tell her what it was. She ate it and said "Delicious". I said really? I re-entered the kitchen and tried it myself. It is Sooo Damn Good, so damn light. It is indescribable. If you want a "fishy" fish, the one ain't for you. Whiter and Lighter than Flounder. I don't know what else to say. I see why the Dog Shark is one of our most important and heavily regulated Commercial Fish on the US East Coast..... I highly recommend everyone keep a few Dog Sharks this Spring and take them home and fry them up!

April 4- Red Drum in the Cape Lookout Surf

Early this morning I got invited over to Cape Lookout so Buddy could prove to me that a Hickory Shad could be caught in the surf on Fly Tackle in Carteret County! I had seen the pictures, but I wanted.... I needed.... I yearned to see this with my own two eyes.... So, this morning, I grabbed my waders and we made the 10 minute run over to the Eastern Beach. We anchored up and we walked over to the Ocean. Well, Buddy threw his fly 250 times and found no takers.. After watching the first 25 casts failed, I struck out to the south looking for a fishy-looking slough that might hold a Drum or two... What I found was one pretty slough after another. They all looked good! I'd cast a few times and then walk some more..... I look at this Beach all the time from the water. It looks completely different from foot back out to sea.....Anyway, eventually a slough formed parallel to the Beach. Here, after a half mile walk, I saw a flash and a roll of reddish gold. I backed off and made a cast. Bingo. After a long give and take battle on 8# spin, I finally slipped my hand under a 24" Red Drum. Buddy heard my "Whoops and Ahhhh Ooooo Ahhhhssss" and started walking my way. When he got there, I got the go ahead to catch his Red Drum, or "our limit". I quickly hooked up another Red Drum. After landing him and snapping a pic I asked Buddy why he wasn't casting.... "Because I had a Cownose Ray failure" he replied... What? Evidently, Buddy had snagged a Cownose and wasn't quick enough to realize what was happening. His attempt to pop the leader actually popped the connection from Fly Line to his Backing.... Ouch.... Somewhere out in the Ocean there's a Cownose Ray dragging around $169 worth of fly line behind him. That was it. OVER..... Total Catch for the Day: 2 Red Drum at 24" each

April 3- Spiny Dog Heaven

As long as this wind keeps honking, I guess I should just consider myself lucky to have anglers that are satisfied to catch Dog Sharks. Really now, they are numerous. They pull hard. And, supposedly they are great eating. At this time, they are one of NC's most regulated commercial fisherys. Our "Horndogs" support the local pub favorite "Fish and Chips" that is so famous and popular all across Great Britain as well as other parts of Europe. They long ago fished out their inshore/ nearshore tasty Shark species, the Tope.... Now they rely on imported Dog Sharks from the US East Coast..... So today, JohnBoy wanted to pursue Bullet Mackerel, but it's blowing a "Pops Cod".... So we went Dogging instead. Two things were different: #1 JohnBoy played with ultralight spinning tackle. As a matter of fact, we each caught 10 lb Spiny Dogs on 4# test mono. It was great fun but we lost some tackle as well. JohnBoy and I also discussed the possibility of eating some Dog Shark Meat. We decides to keep 6 Dog Sharks for the table. I'm on my way to help JohnBoy clean our quarry as soon as I post this! I will report later on the quality and taste of  "Beaufort style Fish and Chips" Total Catch for the Day: 22 Spiny Dog Sharks from 5 to 11 lbs each

April 2- Dogsharks in the Wind

If only the wind would've held off for 5-6 more hours..... If only the timing of the NWS Marine Forecast would've been accurate...... I know (knew) exactly where there is (was) a pile of Red Drum and Bluefish. But, it's a long ride from Beaufort Inlet and with a 20 kt SW Wind blowing on us all the way out there AND a 20 kt SW Wind blowing on our "other" side all the way home, it was consensus opinion of the Adults on the Crew to come up with a Back Up Plan..... Fortunately, the primary mission of this trip was for 9 yr old John Jr to catch some FISH. Action was our primary target and plenty of it! Too bad, if the wind would've stayed light and seas 1-2 ft, I could've made everyone happy.... Daggone it, it was blowing 15-20 at 7am. so, to make a long story short, Kevin and Big John had to amuse themselves while John Jr shagged Dog Sharks.... The other bad part was, there were no Drum fillets to carry home. Just great memories of bent rods, singing drags, and Shark after Shark after Shark. And the weather inside the Cape Lookout Bight was Beautiful. Any question as to the fishing was answered 10 seconds after Kevin's speck rig hit the bottom. His rod took a deep bend and it was Game On..... After 20+ Spiny Dog Sharks we went looking for Blowtoads and Sea Mullets. We searched from Cape Lookout to Morehead City. We found a few fish, but nothing great. Finally, I rolled the dice on a Top-Secret school of Red Drum in a very different environment than where we'd been fishing. After a long run, when we arrived, there was another boat sitting in "the Spot" and that fishery was bombed out..... Those fish were surely victims of the Information Super Highway. The Internet. Poor little school of Red Drum can't hide from Al Gore's all-knowing, all-seeing, no more secrets Fishing "Inter" Network. It's amazing that a guy with a Laptop Computer sitting at a Base Camp on Antarctica can see and recognize backgrounds on Fishing Pictures posted on the Internet and figure out exactly WHERE he needs to go to catch a fish... Well, maybe not. But you can certainly figure out where they WERE....... Total Catch for the Day: 24 Spiny Dogsharks from 4 to 12 lbs, 3 Smooth Dogsharks from 4 to 12 lbs, 1 Southern Sea Mullet, 1 Atlantic Croaker, and 1 Spot

*** I am still researching John Jr's dark-colored Dogshark to see if it was just a darker than normal Spiny Dogshark or if it was a true "Black Dogshark" which would be a NEW SPECIES for Top Water Charters...*** 

John Jr boldly commented, "No Comment !!!!"

April 1- Fishing Fools Day

Heck, I didn't get to go. Chris and Ryan caught 60 Bluefish, 2 Red Drum, and 18 Black Sea Bass. More interesting, they saw a Thresher Shark or two airing it out..... Tomorrow morning John, John Jr, and I are headed out. I hope that by tomorrow night I will be posting pics of little John smiling again... What if this time he's standing proudly over a 100 lb Thresher Shark! Why not? If Capt Marty can make it happen. I do remember that Thresher Shark was excellent quality on the grill! I need to check and see if they're legal right now because I will be going after them!

Check back tomorrow and remember, April 3, April 4, April 5, April 6, and April 7 are OPEN for FISHING and EXCELLENT for CATCHING

Next Week's Open Dates and Bullet Mackerel

BULLET MACKERELS are here again........

When I get home next time all this wind and cold will be a distant memory! I am OPEN and AVAILABLE for Charter on:

April 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7

It appears I know where some Red Drum and Bluefish are holed up.... I'd expect that on a pretty day I could find some decent Black Sea Bass and possibly even a nice Flounder in 60+ feet of water...  Inside, it's about time for the Puffers, Sea Mullet, and Gray Trout to show up. And......

I'm not sure if anyone on Planet Earth has ever attempted, stumbled into, or purposely targetted
Bullet Mackerel on Fly! But, I honestly believe it would be very very possible to catch a Bullet Mackerel on Fly Tackle. Last Saturday there was acres of them on the East Side. Bullet Mackerel are nearly identical to Little Tunny (False Albacore, Fat Albert) only much smaller. These fish are very difficult to target with the traditional metal lures on spinning tackle. These fish attack in waves, racing across the surface of the water in formations 25 to 40 fish wide and can stay in an area for a pretty long time. They are usually accompanied by a flock of Terns hovering over the action. They seem to be pretty approachable by boat but, then again, I've seen them spooked by the splash of a stingsilver hitting the water! The biggest problem with Bullet Mackerel are that they feed on really tiny stuff and unlike Spanish Mackerel, Albacore, or Bonito, they make very very few exceptions. What I mean is, the stingsilver or spoon you throw is to big for One of them, it's too big for ALL of them.... Very rare that one strikes a "castable metal lure". Sabiki strings have worked okay for me at drawing strikes, but they also have a drawback. When you actually do hook one, their weak jaw structure combined with their incredibly powerful propulsion unit usually results in a pulled hook and the smaller the hook, the easier it pulls out... After chasing them extensively the past 3 years, I'm convinced a Fly Rod is the way to go! I guess what it all boils down to is "who cares?" It's a small, oily Mackerel and it is very much an unknown species.... Mostly misidentified as a "baby Albacore".... Anyway, if I go by myself next week and if the weather is pretty enough, I will take my 5wt Fly Rod and give it a try. I'm all for a challenge and I like weird and feisty fish! We'll see what happens. I would rather take clients out for a limit of Red Drum and a bucket full of Bluefish! It's March and fresh fish are hard to come by!

March 25- More Winter Weather

Can you believe that tonight/tomorrow in the general area of both Beaufort and Hatteras we have Storm Warnings Offshore (48 kts-63 kts), Gale Warnings along the Coast (34 kts-47 kts), a Coastal Flood Advisary,  and a Freeze Warning. Tomorrow is going to be brutally cold and disgustingly windy. The Winter of 2014 refuses to relax its frigid grip..... Fishing will be at a standstill..... Meanwhile, I'm pretty excited. Jennifer and I have got us a little camping trip planned to Mt Morrow State Park. Therefore, I've been scouring the Internet looking for a way to incorporate a Fishing Trip into this Vacation. It seems that the "fishy" Pee Dee River and Blewett Falls Reservoir are both very close by! So, I got me a little Catfish Trip planned and I also figure that I might be able to catch some fish on my own as well.... The Shad Run on the Pee Dee is supposed to be legendary. Foot access is something that I have no idea about! However, it warms my heart just thinking about the possibilities!

By the way, on this vacation I will be fishing with very highly thought of and respected Fishing Guide named Robbie Burr. Robbie's website is:

www.pdfishingadventures.com

After a quick glance all I got to say is, that place looks like Catfish City to me! We all know that me and Columbo are "The World's Worst Catfishermen". Hopefully I will gain a shred of insight and knowledge that I can put to use in the Neuse River when I get home!

2014 RATES

My HALF DAY PRICE is now  $450

My FULL DAY PRICE is now  $650

My NIGHT FISHING PRICE is now  $450



Sorry Guys. Effective on April 1, 2014

Blame Gas Prices, Oil Companies, Obama, but mostly the Service Dept over at Portside Marina. I love those guys at Portside, but they damn sure been getting a lot of My Money lately.......

Besides, everyone else was already charging at least $450

March 22- Finally Fishing

Luke set this Fishing Trip up a long time ago. You roll the dice on predicting the weather in March! You pick a day and hope for the best. Luke picked a great day! This morning was beautiful, with no wind and glassy conditions, but the forecast was 15-20 SW and increasingly rough seas. We pretty much knew it the bad weather was coming! The Captain's Dilemma: Should we play it safe and run to out the Southwest and the Art Reefs off Atlantic Beach? Catch a bunch of junk and brag about Dogsharks..... Or should we take the gamble and run to the East and catch a bunch of good stuff? There was the distinct possibility of getting caught by the wind and then we'd face a brutally long, cold, wet, miserable ride home? Well, we rolled the dice again and ran east. We had a nice ride up to Cape Lookout, but the water on the Shoals was "snotty" as usual.... Once we busted a hole in a wall of white water and crossed the Cape Lookout Shoals, we found flat seas and light 10 kt winds..... We ran a couple miles until we found our "Secret Spot". Upon arrival, we immediately crushed the Bluefish. Doubleheaders on speck rigs. We also caught a limit of slot-sized Red Drum. We also caught a few Sea Bass and a nice Spottail Pinfish.  It was a Great Fishing Session. As soon as we got our 3rd Red Drum we picked up and ran back across the Shoals to safety. As soon we busted through a wall of breakers, the wind jumped from 10 kts to 20 kts. Just in time. We drifted inside the Cape Lookout Bight for a few minutes and Luke caught a Spiny Dogshark. With winds picking up we ran for home. Great Day. It worked out perfectly. Total Catch for the Day: 35 Bluefish  12oz  to 1 lb 8oz, 3 Red Drum  23" to 26", 3 Black Sea Bass up to 15", 1 Spottail Pinfish, and a 10 lb Spiny Dogfish

March 19- Hickory Shad Quest

This weekend I've got some prospective World Record Seekers that are looking to put their names in the IGFA Yearbook, the lone "Authority" on Fishing Records and Capt Marty's Holy Grail"..... Anyway, they are coming a long ways to try this and I needed to check out the River conditions, the Hickory Shad populations, and I need to take this information and also consider the weather forecast so I can give the "Green Light" or the "Red Light" to this Fishing Expedition..... As usual, for all my River questions and any general knowledge that I attain, I always turn to Capt Tuggy for the answers. Tuggy grew up on these Rivers and him and his father are a vast wealth of information and experience... So today, Capt Tuggy was kind enough to take me out on a Neuse River Scouting trip. Under normal conditions, I can do alright Shad Fishing in the Neuse. However, this year there has been one big Rain, Snow, and Ice event after another and all the Eastern North Carolina Rivers are high and dirty. Flood Stage or close to it..... We need 2-3 weeks of dry weather. We ain't getting it, as a matter of fact, we fished in the rain today.... So today, Capt Tuggy took me to several new places..... The one that made the best impression on me was Grindle Creek. I did well here. I had a pair of doubles. I had a little rally that got me 12-15 bites in a 10 minute span..... Unfortunately, out of 18 Hickory Shad that we landed, only one was a female. These female Hickory Shad will be the one's that we will be seeking and trying to catch if our "Record Seeking" trip happens...... My angler and I have some decisions to make. Thank goodness, Capt Tuggy is also available to "raise the odds" that my anglers will be successful in their Record Quest. Total Catch for the Day: 18 Hickory Shad up to 1 lb 8oz

March 17- Weather Concerns and MAY Open Dates

I getting my bags packed to go home. I got a big week scheduled. Some "pretty important" Hickory Shad Fishing and a regular day of fishing out of Beaufort Inlet. I'm concerned about the Shad Fishing. The Rivers have been at Flood Stage and we are getting more rain and it looks like even more tomorrow. That's not good. I've got a tough judgement call to make very soon..... Why can't it be sunny, warm, and windy today, tomorrow, and wednesday? Dry this place out! The THRILL of the second Monkfish is fading.... It's time to catch some fish. Past time. I just need a break from the Weather Gods. March Madness for me is staring at the Rain fall and worrying about missed opportunities.....

Also, My Open Dates for May are now posted..... COBIA FISHING TIME which has recently evolved into our MOST POPULAR and SOUGHT AFTER INSHORE GAMEFISH on the NC COAST

As always, break the BOAT RECORD (94 lbs) and get a FREE Half Day Trip

March 15- Surf Strikeout on The Ides of March

Believe it or not those 2 pictures above were taken within 10 minutes of each other... I swear, I'm not lying. That's amazing.

Oh yeah, I fished the Buxton Jettys today and the Sloughs off the Hatteras Village Beaches.... I caught nothing but it felt good. I went hard too. I made 100 casts. My elbow hurts from throwing..... Today's real fishy fun started when I cleaned last nights 14 lb Monkfish.. Total Catch for the Day: Nothing

BTW, The Ides of March is significant because it is the date of the assassination of Julius Caesar in 44BC  ***see Capt Marty ain't no idiot

Amazing Tidbits of Monkfish Knowledge

As I process and devour the Monkfish I will offer up little tidbits of info..... Starting with (1) Top Picture: One of 2 Roe that was in this female Monkfish. Incredible, I have never seen anything like this. This single Egg Veil was over 7 feet long. There was another identical Roe on the other side. Absolutely Crazy!

Yesterday I was at The Hatterasman, a very popular local landmark that turns out World Class Bacon Cheeseurgers and lots of other great food.... Anyway, the owner/cook/manager Frank overheard me tell someone that I had caught a Monkfish last week. Frank said that if I ever caught another one, to bring it in and he'd cook it up for me! I said sure man, but it took me 12 years to get my first one but I'll be sure to remember your offer.... As fate would have it, 4 hours later I had another Monkfish.... So, I literally just dropped off a bag of Monkfish meat and I'm set to pick up a platter of fried Monkfish bites, Hatterasman Style, at 2 pm!

So I picked up my fish.... Frank hooked me up with 2 boxes stuffed with Monkfish bites. One cajun fried and one regular. He also made me a Monkfish Sandwich. How is it, you wonder? It is absolutely incredible. The Sandwich was The Best Fish Sandwich I've ever had. Period. And, hell, all it was was a bun and a 4" thick chunk of hot fish. I dapped it with cocktail sauce. The fish is luxurious. Best taste bumped up by the best texture. Not sure what else to say. The Hatterasman cooked it up way better that I cooked the other one. That's to be expected. They cook. I fish. Also, I got enough "bites" to feed 5 or 6 of the Ferry Jokers... Yep, the very ones that would've "poured Coffee on it" ha ha ha. or "throw a rock at it, man"..... Picture Beavis and Butthead in Ferry Unis...... Finally, the best part: Frank at The Hatterasman charged me........

$0.00
    
Incredible. He kept enough fish for him and his Dad. Damn that's awesome. If you guys pass through Hatteras Village, stop by and see Frank. Monkfish Sandwich if they got it... If not, Bacon Cheeseburger.

The bottom picture is the jawbones of my Monkfish. The jaw itself was very complex. Hard to describe and I was in a hurry. Hopefully I will catch another one and really be able to examine this bad boy..... Also, the teeth are amazing.... You would have to see this to believe it, but lots of individual teeth have INDIVIDUAL CAMOUFLAGE. Its amazing. Many of those long "dagger" teeth were sheathed in a paper thin mottled brown wisp of skin!

March 14- March Monkfish Madness

As Referees in Greensboro "blue" or "swallowed" their whistles in accordance with Conference  Headquaters Directives..... Many miles to the East, Capt Marty waged battle with another of Mother Earth's Cold Water Super Predators: The Monkfish..... Two weeks after capturing my first of these highly prized food fish, I was working diligently on deck when I heard my Co-Chief Kerry frantically calling my name. When I looked up, Kerry, who was standing on the Ramp, was pointing into the water and was drawing the attention of more co-workers. I knew immediately that it was a Monkfish! Fearing that a couple of my playful co-workers would "pour coffee on him" or "throw rocks at him" or "flick cigarette butts at him", I raced to my Truck and grabbed my 8 ft gaff and my Drum Rod already rigged up with a white gulp. The Rod could've been important if Mr Monkfish had've slipped out around the clusters! As it was, the Apex Predator was still patrolling the Bulkhead. Therefore, in I uncharacteristic fashion, I ignored "fishing etiquette", and quickly free-gaffed the Monkfish. So it was done. Not real fishing, this was purely collecting food! However, it is a very High-End Food Item we're talking about! Top Quality Sea Food. A Chef's Choice..... The last Monkfish was certainly delicious and it was a big one at 25 lbs. This one is smaller at 14 lbs. Regardless of the method of capture, it is a impressive and unusual catch! Total Catch for the Night: 14 lb Monkfish

***I apologize for the photo quality but they were cell phone shots with no flash....However, I kinda like them. They have a surreal haziness to them that definitely matches the unique physical presense, mystique and aura this fish possesses. It is definitely a "different" kind of beast than I'm used to handling***

March 11- Futile Efforts in the Hatteras Surf

Back to work time for me and this morning I drove the "new" Top Water Truck around the "Circle 'round Pamlico Sound" Route just so I could try to catch me a Red Drum from the surf..... The Bite has been going strong since October! With light winds and warm air temperatures, today was a sure thing, right? Well, wrong..... Actually, I was not surprised. Since I am not yet willing to drive my new Truck out to Cape Point (where the Drum chewed again this morning). Kerry and I had to fish at the Buxton Jetties, a scene of past conquests, but not on this day.... Sadly, I gave up after 30 casts. It felt good to feel the cold Ocean Water collapse my waders against my legs. Very therapeutic and refreshing, but that's not why we go fishing..... Kerry, on the other hand, who last week, after living 25 years on Hatteras Island decided: "Dammit I'm Going Fishing".... He boldly went out and bought: 1. Reel.  2. Rod  3. Line 4.  Leadheads.  5. Gulp.  6. Fishing License.  And finally 7. Waders.  Now, one week into his Fishing Career he is still searching for his first bite. His final purchase needs to be a 8. Beach Driving Permit which will unfortunately lead to 9. New 4 WD Truck. Which will lead to Divorce and Child Support and then Kerry will be on the Beach searching for cheap protein like the Naked and Afraid people or The Guy that Switched from Cable to Dish..... Anyway, Kerry tossed his Gulp 200 times and we had nothing to show for it..... Never fear, we have 6 more days and we will catch some fish... Maybe I'll even surprise us with another Monkfish at night around the Ferry Docks or something even more remarkable.... Like an Atlantic Torpedo. I saw one of those one year around the Ferry Docks too. I love the variety that Hatteras offers in the Winter. There isn't much to see, but when you do see something, the potential is there to GET SHOCKED...... Total Catch for the Day: NOTHING