Top Water Charters Fishing Reports and News Beaufort Morehead City Atlantic Beach Pamlico Sound

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

Sunday, August 31, 2008

Aug 31 Awesome Red Drum Fishing

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Brad and his crew fished with me today and we got a late start due to the victorious ECU Football Team! The weather man did his usual great...
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Saturday, August 30, 2008

Aug 30 FISH EVERYWHERE

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Today was a very fishy day! I would like to say that we had a great day, BUT.....We did catch lots of fish, but two particular species left...
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Friday, August 29, 2008

Aug 29 Fishing Tommorrow

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I managed to do my part for the environment, my bank account, and local fish populations by staying out of my Boat this week. Besides, the ...
Thursday, August 28, 2008

Aug 28 Morning Drum, Lunchtime Flounders, and Afternoon Drum

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Checked out the Dock three times today. This morning I caught a Red Drum pretty quickly and when I brought him to the top, about 15 of hi...
Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Aug 27 Citation Flounder

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Slow, Slow, Slow in the creek today. Conditions are perfect but the bites were hard to find. I made one bite pay-off big during low tide th...
Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Aug 26 Poor Fishing Today

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Pretty Bait. Nice Flood Tide. Clear Water. Late August . That is the perfect recipe for a small scale Red Drum and Flounder killing in T...

Fishing Goals, Priorities, and Gas Prices

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A couple of people have asked this question: "Why does the text on your website spend so much time talking about types of fishing that,...
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Monday, August 25, 2008

Aug 24 The Final Citation Sheepshead?

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Okay, all good things must come to an end. Next shift, I'll be on the Ocracoke-Cedar Island Ferry and all my Sheepsheads will be safe...
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Aug 22 Citation Sheepshead Frenzy!

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I finally had some help with all those Sheepsheads today! Dave "Fog" Radke , a world famous mate from West Palm Beach, Florida t...
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Aug 21 Another Sheepshead

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I got another Sheepshead today. This one weighed 7 lb. 8 oz . One bite and one fish in about 10 minutes of fishing. There are still a few...
Monday, August 18, 2008

Aug 18 Citation Flounder and Broken Lines

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Another "nearly" great day of fishing. 6 Southern Flounders and 2 Gulf Flounders on live bait that measured 24", 22...
Sunday, August 17, 2008

Aug 17 Every Cast Mackerel and Bluefish

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Ferdinand and I fished to the east today and it was very fishy, to say the least. First thing we encountered was school after school of Sp...
Friday, August 15, 2008

NC Record Blue Marlin Caught

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While we were wasting time in the Neuse......The crew of the Mimi was doing big things in the Pirate's Cove Tournament. 1228.5 Pounds!
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Aug 15 NO Tarpon NO Nothing

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Heber and I went Tarpon fishing today. Reports of hundreds of Tarpon in the Neuse River sounded good. Was it better than the fact that...
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Thursday, August 14, 2008

Aug 14 Spadefish, Blue Runners, and Bluefish

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Good News. The Spadefish are finally acting like Spadefish. They are aggressively attacking jellyfish on the surface and when these condi...
Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Aug12 Part 2 Flounder Fishing

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Brant wanted to try it again tonight and I thought I knew a good place for some quick easy action. Unfortunately, we couldn't make it ou...

Aug 12 Hundreds of Red Drum!

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Brant and I found a crazy fishing spot today . A huge school of Red Drum in about 18 inches of water, surrounded by white water and huge ...
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Aug 10 More Sheepsheads

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Starting to sound like a broken record! I caught 2 more Sheepsheads today. These 2 weighed 5 and 6 pounds each. I'm definitely start...
Saturday, August 9, 2008

Aug 9 Tilefish Chewing !

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One of the hottest fisheries in NC right now is Blueline Tilefish out of Oregon Inlet. I checked it out today and it is well worth the eff...
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Thursday, August 7, 2008

Aug 7 A Dead Fish and a Dead Dream

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The traffic finally showed up at Hatteras Inlet and we've been too busy to fish. I have found time to make a couple of nice hauls with...
Monday, August 4, 2008

Aug 4 Sheepsheads, Jumping Mullets, and Squid

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This tour of duty at Cape Hatteras got off to a very "fishy" start. Fishing the late night falling tide usually ain't to goo...
Saturday, August 2, 2008

Aug 2 Groupers, Jacks, and Cudas

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Chris and I started out looking for some top water action but we found none. So we went Flounder fishing instead. Pretty quickly the Flou...
Friday, August 1, 2008

Aug 1 Flounder are Snapping

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Flounder were snapping in Taylor's Creek this morning. My first 2 drops resulted in a pair of 20" Flounder . That's a 3 poun...
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 ...
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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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