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, June 26, 2011

Flounder and Oyster Toadfish

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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...
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Friday, June 24, 2011

June 24 The Day that Changed my Life

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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...
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Thursday, June 23, 2011

Cape Hatteras Blue Crabs and Poor Fishing

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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 ...
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Tuesday, June 21, 2011

June 21 Largemouth Bass in Beaufort in the Morning

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Before leaving for Hatteras and a week of work on the Ferry, Korey and I made one last early morning trip to "Lunkerville" and ...
Monday, June 20, 2011

June 20 Quest for Something Big

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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...
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Sunday, June 19, 2011

DIABLO's Final Resting Spot

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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...
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June 19 Bass and Bluegills

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Yesterday afternoon and today I fished 3 different ponds . Fishing was poor, bad, and decent in each different location. Korey and Max we...
Saturday, June 18, 2011

June 18 The One Hour Fishing Lesson

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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...

June 17 Long Slow Afternoon

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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...
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June 15 Blow Baby Blow

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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...
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Tuesday, June 14, 2011

June 13 Dock Rock

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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...
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June 11 Slow Flounder Bite

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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...
Saturday, June 11, 2011

June 10 More Flounders, Bigger Flounders

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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...
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Friday, June 10, 2011

June 9 Flounders

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Still no Finger Mullet . Live baiting for Flounder has pretty much evolved into moving dead Silversides across the bottom. Paul Terry fade...
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Wednesday, June 8, 2011

June 7 and 8 Hatteras Dock Fishing

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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 ...
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Tuesday, June 7, 2011

My Nightmare

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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 .... ...
Monday, June 6, 2011

June 6 Chopper Bluefish one more time

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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...
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Saturday, June 4, 2011

June 4 Excellent Top Water Bluefish

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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...
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Friday, June 3, 2011

June 3 What's Crazier?

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Whats crazier, a weatherman that says light and variable winds and 1-2 foot seas and sends us out in a Center Console Nightmare ......... ...
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Thursday, June 2, 2011

June 1 Big Bluefish, Amberjacks, Black Sea Bass

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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...
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Tuesday, May 24, 2011

COBIA SEASON PART ONE

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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...
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Sunday, May 22, 2011

May 22 Great Sightcasting Afternoon

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Well, I couldn't take it... So I launched the boat after lunch... Then came some mechanical difficulties.... So we were really late lea...
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Back to Hatteras and the Cobia Chase takes a break

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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...
Saturday, May 21, 2011

May 21 Beautiful Weather and Terrible Fishing

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Yesterday there was enough Menhaden on the Shackleford Banks Beachfront to keep Omega Protein up and running for 6 months..... And the ...
Friday, May 20, 2011

May 20 10 Cobias and the 80 Pounder that Popped Off

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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...
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Thursday, May 19, 2011

May 19 Big Cobias and Big Bluefish

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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...
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Wednesday, May 18, 2011

May 18 A Leatherback Turtle.... The Slump Buster

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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 ...
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May 17 Rough Riding and Awesome Top Water Bluefish

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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...
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Monday, May 16, 2011

May 16 Tough Fishing in Rough Conditions

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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...
Saturday, May 14, 2011

May 14 Failure of Gigantic Porportions

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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...
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Friday, May 13, 2011

May 12 A Big Cobia on Light Tackle, By a Girl catching her first Cobia, oooops

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What happened to this post???? I'll fix it later. Sorry out of time, Connie's Cobia weighed 84 lbs . Marty's Cobia weigh...
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Tuesday, May 10, 2011

May 10 60 lb Cobia and Every Cast Spanish Mackerel

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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...
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Sunday, May 8, 2011

May 8 The Cobias are Laughing at me!

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This is getting old... Looking back over the last couple years, since the sightcasting craze, every season has periods of horrible results....
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Friday, May 6, 2011

May 6 70 Miles of Nothing

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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...
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Thursday, May 5, 2011

May 5 Cool Sharks and Cold Cobia

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