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There is a "crab bloom" happening at South Dock over on the North end of Ocracoke Island . Thousands of Blue Crabs from matu...

On June 24, 1988 I woke up as a normal 21 year old idiot. That night when I went to bed my life had changed...... That afternoon I was reel...

I'm back at Cape Hatteras for a wonderful week of ferrying the traveling public across Hatteras Inlet . As always, I will try to catch ...

Before leaving for Hatteras and a week of work on the Ferry, Korey and I made one last early morning trip to "Lunkerville" and ...

After last nights blow, we decided it was too windy for the Ocean this morning. So, after a long "should we go" discussion we g...

Since I discovered them in the the mid 1980's Beaufort has had 3 Ponds down in Lennoxville  that were legendary producers of Giant La...

Yesterday afternoon and today I fished 3 different ponds . Fishing was poor, bad, and decent in each different location. Korey and Max we...

Korey gave it to me today in Pond #1 . A 6 lb and a 7 lb Largemouth Bass where I was the PHOTOGRAPHER and not the ANGLER . I changed...

After getting killed off the Beach all day Wednesday, and with 15 kt SW wind and 3-4 foot seas battering you every 3 seconds..... Today I...

5 -10 west winds and 1-2 foot seas forecasted....,. And at 8 am when we cleared the Cape Lookout Shoals we were looking into 15-18 kt NE w...

Tonight I fished for 30 seconds. I made one toss with a gulp 5" jerk shad and caught a 5 lb Striped Bass that was harrassing Silversi...

The action has pretty much ground to a halt. Paul Terry didn't even make an effort. I fished all night. Pretty much 4.5 hours of fishing...

We were using a new cast net that allowed us to better catch the Silversides and as a result we have more bait, livelier bait, and larger...

Still no Finger Mullet . Live baiting for Flounder has pretty much evolved into moving dead Silversides across the bottom. Paul Terry fade...

Night 1 (June 7) Capt Marty vs. Paul Terry. I fished sea urchins and blue crabs for Sheepshead most of the night. I had one bite on a ...

Here I sit at Hatteras , start on Night Run tonight. The Ocean is calm and winds are light..... And my boat is sitting in Beaufort .... ...

Chris and I made a quick trip on his boat today and tried to whack the Chopper Bluefish one more time. I'm due back at Hatteras tom...

I took Korey and Max today for a half day adventure and yesterday's weather changed our plan. Then I had a cast netting catastrophe. Th...

Whats crazier, a weatherman that says light and variable winds and 1-2 foot seas and sends us out in a Center Console Nightmare ......... ...

Today we searched for an elusive 15 lb Bluefish . We failed. We found quite a few 8-11 lb Bluefish on poppers, bucktails , and live ba...

Fishing has been good but.... Captures include..... a 84 lb Cobia on 12# mono and bucktail on a Penn Slammer 460 and a 10-12# Ugly...

Well, I couldn't take it... So I launched the boat after lunch... Then came some mechanical difficulties.... So we were really late lea...

Tommorrow I return to Hatteras for a week back on the Ferry. Its been a great 3 weeks. I've had some great days and some really fustr...

Yesterday there was enough Menhaden on the Shackleford Banks Beachfront to keep Omega Protein up and running for 6 months..... And the ...

BJ and I decided after yesterday's success and today's 18 kt SW Honker to forget about sightcasting and soak bait. And we didn...

Jim and Phil had a great half day trip. It was an afternoon trip and I'm always skeptical about those.... Here in NC , we go fishin...

I needed to stay home and work. Especially since all the work is mine now and with the next 4 days looking busy...... But I couldn't do ...

Ron and Dave came a long ways to go fishing. The weather sucked. 20 kt SW wind and 4-6 ft seas. Worse was the incredible long shore current...

Yesterday I got cancelled and the report from the Far West was excellent. Few Boats and lots of Cobias ... So this morning Joey and I brav...

Today we had a Grand Slam . It was a rare one too. An overslept Captain (first). A screaming TLD 25/custom rod dropped overboard with a f...

What happened to this post???? I'll fix it later. Sorry out of time, Connie's Cobia weighed 84 lbs . Marty's Cobia weigh...

Could've been better.... Like if I turned right instead of left this morning... Too late now, but here's our story. We caught bait...

This is getting old... Looking back over the last couple years, since the sightcasting craze, every season has periods of horrible results....

Mike and Mark cast off today, pretty much the plan was to catch Mike a Cobia . After yesterday's fustrations, it seemed I might have lea...

I can't find a damn Cobia . This morning was windy and cold and the damndest thing was happening off Atlantic Beach .... Thresher S...