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BIG FISH on LIGHT TACKLE The daily fishing reports from Capt. Marty Moore of Top Water Charters. Plus, news and notes from Capt. Marty

Thursday, July 31, 2008

July 31 Wahoos and Blackfin Tunas

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Gerald, Scott, and I endured 40 miles of 5-6 foot speed bumps all day long. We also endured a very slow day of fishing in and around 30 fat...
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Wednesday, July 30, 2008

July 30 Red Drums and Flounders

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I'm headed offshore tommorrow so I'm taking it easy today. I'll pull 2 shifts on the dock. This morning I fished a hard falli...
Tuesday, July 29, 2008

NC Fishing Citations

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On June 24, 1988 I weighed in an Amberjack at Davis Fish Company on the MHC waterfront that weighed 66 pounds . It was my first NC Cita...

July 24-26 Citation Sheepsheads

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I had a great 3 day run of catching Sheepsheads on the north end of Ocracoke Island. Citations Galore . On July 24, I caught Sheepsheads...
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Monday, July 21, 2008

July 21 Flounders in Taylor's Creek

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I made my first Front Street dock fishing trip of the year this afternoon. Size was a problem, but numbers were good. In an hour of fishing ...
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Saturday, July 19, 2008

July 19 Tropical Storm Coming!

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Fishing was pretty good before this Storm developed. This chart is from NOAA and it looks like we are going to get some significant wind. ...
Friday, July 18, 2008

July 18 Flounders Chewing

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Yesterday I found a great spot for Speckled Trout and Red Drum . Today that same spot was covered up with Flounders . From 7am until 11am ...
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July 17 Sailfish, Crevalle Jack, Speckled Trout, and Red Drum What a Mix!

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Not a pretty day. Mostly cloudy early and a 15 knot North wind. Not a good day to to throw a Top Water Plug . But I did anyway. My first cas...
Tuesday, July 15, 2008

July 13-14 Hatteras Sheepshead Frenzy

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The convicts finally showed up in their usual places at Hatteras Inlet. On the 14th I actually found where the motherlode hangs-out when ...
Sunday, July 6, 2008

July 6 Horrible Fishing

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Steve and Scott encountered poor conditions all the way around this morning. We pushed back the start time from 6am until 7:30am, but it did...
Thursday, July 3, 2008

July 3 Amberjacks and a Sand Tiger

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It is starting to sound like a broken record, but the Amberjacks saved the day . After a slow morning of trolling we got bored and went to c...
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Wednesday, July 2, 2008

July 2 Light Tackle Wreck Fishing

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Brad and Sarah joined me today for a half day of inshore wreck fishing . There was a ton of action and lots of strikes. We also saw some hug...
Tuesday, July 1, 2008

4th of July

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Happy 4th of July to everybody. I am availiable on July 5 and 6 if anyone is interested in a fishing trip. The picture is a Taylor's Cre...
Monday, June 23, 2008

June 23 The No-Shows

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This morning I went out to catch bait for a late morning Shark Trip. By 10:00 my crew had cancelled because of thunder outside their motel...
Sunday, June 22, 2008

June 22 Big Blacktip Sharks

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Good Shark fishing inside and a 33" Cobia outside. Everything was caught while casting from the tower. The Cobia was released as wer...
Friday, June 20, 2008

June 20 Amberjacks and Barracudas

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Went out by myself today to see what I could find. Caught a few Spanish Mackerel first. Looked for a Flounder and struck out. Then I mis...
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Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Open this Week and the Weather looks Nice

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I'll be looking to catch Flounders, Mackerels, Amberjacks, Barracudas, Spadefish, Sharks , and I might even go look for a NC Tarpon th...
Monday, June 9, 2008

Back to Hatteras Tommorrow

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I'm going back to Hatteras tommorrow morning........I'm sure there will be a nice little run of Cobias in the Beaufort Inlet area d...

June 8 Observing Marine Life

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If we caught what we saw today, it would've been an epic for McCrae Grady and his crew. Everything was different today. For starters, we...
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June 7 Amberjacks bail out the Cobias, again

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Once again we spent the day Cobia fishing and fishing was extremely poor. We spent several hours at Cape Lookout bait fishing and it was a...
Friday, June 6, 2008

June 6 Catching Bait

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It's not supposed to blow, so it's time for Sight Casting right? Well, it wasn't sopposed to blow today either. Yeah right. I th...
Wednesday, June 4, 2008

June 3 Amazing Day at Hatteras

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Fishing was incredible today! Cobia was the target, but we weren't hard-headed. It was a Spanish mackerel event taking place on Diamo...
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June 2 61 pound Cobia

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Fishing out of Hatteras Inlet, I got 1 cast this afternoon and made it work on a 61 pound Cobia . This one was a beast on 12# mono and a bu...
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Monday, June 2, 2008

May 30 Diamond Shoals Tower and Cobias

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I picked a terrible day to leave the camera at home! David Rose and I went out looking for Cobia and we found 6 of them. However, for a vari...
Monday, May 26, 2008

May 26 30" Cobia and 400 lb. Spotted Eagle Ray

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I finally found a few Cobias today! I found a Huge Spotted Eagle R ay cruising along with 5 Cobias at Cape Lookout. I made 2 amazing cast...
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Sunday, May 25, 2008

May 25 Amberjack not Cobia

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No excuses today, it was beautiful weather. Bright sun and light winds. Perfect sight casting conditions! And we rode 110 miles and found Am...

May 24 Rain, Wind, and Bluefish

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Today was like 2 different days. The morning was nasty blowing rain. Real ugly. This afternoon it turned off pretty, but the fishing close t...
Friday, May 23, 2008

May 23 No Cobias Today

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A year ago today, we caught a 92 pound Cobia and a pile of Big Bluefish . Bait was everywhere. Today there is little or no bait and as f...
Thursday, May 22, 2008

The 2008 Top Water Charter Boat

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Here's a couple pictures of my Boat . Now let's get it nice and Fishy!
Wednesday, May 21, 2008

May 21 Good Spanish Mackerel Casting Action

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Chris and I went out looking for bait this morning but the Ocean was too tempting so we went fishing instead. Not sure what we were looking ...
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Tuesday, May 20, 2008

May 20 This Wind is Killing Me!

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Blow, Blow, Blow! The wind will not give up and it is killing this Cobia Season. From all reports there are a few Cobia around although the ...

May 15 Double Grand Slam---Tarpon, Bonefish, Permit

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Spent the day with Capt. Pat Bracher, http://www.fishovertime.com/ and had another great day of Flats Fishing. This was the 5th day that I...
Saturday, May 17, 2008

May 14 Crevalle Jacks and Sharks

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On May 14th our fishing was made difficult by 20 knot winds and a Yamaha Jet Ski commercial shoot. We did manage to catch a few Crevalle Jac...
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The ONLY thing I'm good at is Fishing. Also, I love the variety our Sport has to offer. I LOVE the change of the seasons and the different varieties of fish that come and go. The ONLY constant is CHANGE.....
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