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7/15/2007 12:13:07 AM

I have a 17' Polar Skiff...I finally get a weekend off from this nascar shit...I'm going out to Harkers Island next weekend and going to be down there for a few days...where are they biting?

7/15/2007 12:15:50 AM

I will post a report from Saturday first thing in the morning. I did wrestle a Big Eye!!!

7/15/2007 12:34:44 AM

We planned on fishing Friday and Saturday but due to a birthday party we were out late and I just couldn't muster the strength to do it. It ended up raining all Friday so we just spent the day rigging and setting up a planer system.

Forecast looked great Saturday so we left Oregon-Inlet at 5 am and decided to head to the Point and look for mahi. About 5 miles into the ride I decided that we should gamble and head out to the Tuna hole and look for some YFT's. Bunch of charters and stick-boats cir-ca-lating on a 100 fathoms, with a couple of billfish bites. We kept working the same water and staying with the porpoises and pilot whales.

Around 12, the long rigger starts screaming and I look up and its still clipped in a the rigger. I jumped up ripped the line out and luckily it it comes tight. The way it was running I thought we snagged an ocean sunfish or a board but line is just peeling. Getting panicked, I put the drag in the full position and it stops running but I can't get line back. I slip the drag back and line just keeps peeling. So, fearing we were snagged our going to get spooled we back down and I gain some line. Now, my line is straight down and I can feel it swimming (I knew it was a good big-eye). These fish dive back down to their swimming grounds and that can be way down, we were in 100 fathoms or 600 feet.

The sun was fucking brutal and I fought it with just a belt, no harness, for a solid hour and a half. I was cramping like shit and it looked like I went for a swim because of the sweat. Got the fish to the boat and I see this monster and I'm shitting my pants! My dad sticks the fish and I drop the rod and grab the second gaff and dragged the fucker over.

The Fish...


After the bleed out...


Burnt some fuel on the way home because I laid the hammer down, (it was flat, just look at the water).


[Edited on July 15, 2007 at 7:57 PM. Reason : g/s/p]

7/15/2007 7:57:30 PM

nice feesh

7/15/2007 9:07:58 PM

I think I'm gonna hit the surf in a little bit.

7/21/2007 5:09:32 PM

Got word of a Hoo and Bill bite, about 50 miles NE of the Inlet so we rounded up my little brother for some summer action. Left the ramp around 5:30 after waiting out some lightning and ran NE out with some of the fleet to around the 0100.

Around 9, the right long rigger goes off and doesn't come tight, then followed by the right short. A suicidal white marlin has decided he is hungry but before we can react, he grabs the left rigger and is hooked. Handed the rod to Mac and he fought his first White for about 15 mins. Brought it to the boat, snapped a pic, and off he went.



Trolled north to about the 0114 and found tons of baiting being pushed to the surface and good marks. All of a sudden the right rigger gets mauled but then once again, goes slack, cut off by Mr. Wahoo but he wasn't done! Seconds later he snips the short right rigger, right gunwale rig and then the left short rigger before he freight trains the left long. Mac brings him to close to the boat and I realize I have the wrong gaff and this thing is a :bigfish:, all of 70+, it looked like a JDAM in the water. But we got a little horsey and the line snapped before I could get a gaff shot.

Trolled the rest of the afternoon through bait and good marks with only a a visit from another white who greyhounded up the middle of the spread and then left. Called it a a day at 3:30 with a 60 mile run ahead of us.

About 30 miles from the inlet we spot a weedline with fish jumping on both sides. Picked up 10 peanuts and one nice gaffer on a bass assassin before we headed in. Not a bad day!


[Edited on July 30, 2007 at 9:18 AM. Reason : Pic]

7/30/2007 9:17:22 AM

poor blacktip looks like she got her ass whipped.

8/2/2007 10:00:42 PM

The NMFS is suggesting that recreational Blacktip fisheries be closed as of this week.

8/2/2007 10:13:16 PM

According to NOAA, they're talking about sandbar sharks. Only thing I've seen caught lately are 4-7' blacktips and spinners. They're all over the place at the north and south ends of carolina beach. My ass definitely won't be going in the water.

Quote :

"NOAA PROPOSES STRINGENT LIMITS TO SANDBAR SHARK FISHING NOAA Fisheries Service is proposing that commercial and recreational fishing for sandbar sharks be significantly reduced and limited to only those commercial vessels that take part in a shark research program. This proposal is open to public comment. “Because sandbar sharks as well as dusky sharks have been severely depleted, we must take strong measures to stop overfishing and allow these species to rebuild,” said Dr. William T. Hogarth, director of NOAA Fisheries Service. “Even with these measures, it will take a long time to rebuild the population of these sharks because of their unique biology.” Sandbar and dusky sharks, like other shark species, mature late, grow slowly and produce relatively few young. This makes them particularly vulnerable to overexploitation. NOAA banned the fishing of dusky sharks in 2000, after stock assessments showed severe depletion. There are approximately 529 commercial fishing permits for shark fishing in the Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean. Sandbar sharks, because of their large fins, are the most valuable species among the large coastal sharks. The fins are considered a delicacy and are a main ingredient in ethnic food dishes such as shark fin soup. The proposed amendment to the Consolidated Highly Migratory Species Fishery Management Plan would reduce the quota for sandbar sharks by 80 percent as part of the rebuilding plan. The measures would help NOAA Fisheries meet the Congressional mandate of the newly reauthorized Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to end all overfishing. NOAA Fisheries would also establish a shark research fishery of between five and 10 vessels that could land sandbar and other sharks. The vessels would have observers on board and meet other criteria to be part of the program. The research would be designed to gain more information about the status, mobility, migration, habitat, ecology, and age and growth characteristics of sandbar sharks. Other measures in the proposed amendment are the closing of some areas to shark fishing as recommended by the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council; establishing a limit per trip on the amount of other large coastal sharks a fishermen can keep; requiring that fins be attached to any shark that is commercially landed; and reducing the shark species that recreational fishermen can keep. During the months of August and September, NOAA Fisheries Service will hold several hearings along the Atlantic Coast and Gulf of Mexico to gather public comments on the proposed amendment."

[Edited on August 2, 2007 at 10:42 PM. Reason : ]

8/2/2007 10:38:39 PM

Word, I read a cliffnotes version someone posted and they must have taken some liberties and added blacktips in there.

8/2/2007 11:04:23 PM

Me and Jeepin4x4 caught our limit of Mahi's on Saturday. We had a chance at a big bull but we had too light of tackle...it had to be 40+.

8/6/2007 6:47:08 PM

just had some for dinner. very tasty.


i would have loved to been able to gaff that Bull into the boat. You put up a hell of a fight with 10lb test.

8/6/2007 7:43:49 PM

Hell of a fight my ass! I was just along for the ride

8/6/2007 8:07:56 PM

Nice job guys, keep the reports coming.

How far out did you go? Where did you guys go out from?

8/7/2007 10:24:33 AM

Oregon Inlet about 50 miles out I want to say.

8/7/2007 10:32:12 AM

Yea, about 50 miles. We fished the 850 and above and out both on the inside and outside of a 100 fathoms.

8/7/2007 5:43:22 PM

Caught my first Largemouth this morning. I have never really fished for Bass but a co-worker of mine took me out. Its was about 1-1.5lbs.

8/8/2007 10:53:19 AM

you've seriously never fished for bass? damn, i thought that was were basic ideas in fishing came from.

8/8/2007 11:02:25 AM

Nope, I grew up fishing the Chesapeake Bay for Stripers

8/8/2007 2:11:10 PM

A weekend without fishing? I'm not even sure what to do with my free time

8/10/2007 11:22:49 AM

yo i still have your parking tag. i'll bring it up with me when i come back the 25th

8/10/2007 12:14:06 PM

Labor Day weekend will be my first trip out!

Going for Kings, etc. on the way out to 23 mile rock, then do some bottom fishing around there prally.

I'll post results.

8/13/2007 4:19:02 PM

Good Luck! I'm running out of OI on Wednesday, fishing has been slooooowwww.

8/13/2007 4:50:17 PM

I hear that. I'd heard that it had slowed down a lot with the heat.

I'll be going out of Wrightsville for King/Cobia/AJ and some bottom fishing. Anyone ever been offshore out of there much? I have charts and some places to go, but advice and places to go are always nice.

[Edited on August 14, 2007 at 11:07 AM. Reason : ]

8/14/2007 11:07:21 AM

Only caught 5 mahi's the whole day but picked up a gaffer on the troll. It was a slow day unless you went looking for bills.

8/15/2007 7:59:39 PM

Time to work on my kite set-up, but I need to find my drill

8/17/2007 2:51:27 PM

went out thursday out of hatteras inlet

caught 50 mahi

a couple gaffers, mostly bailers


3 wahoo... mine was a citation at 48 lbs

caught some spanish, blues, trout, flounder, and sheepshead this week too

plus found a nice spot to dig clams!

pics will be up when I get back in town

8/18/2007 2:32:09 AM

maybe I'll see you at the beach in September?

8/18/2007 2:57:44 AM

yep, already planning on being there sir


just waiting on the date and what not

8/18/2007 3:01:20 AM

I'm hearing like the weekend of Sept. 7th

I'll be there with my lady friend

8/18/2007 3:05:12 AM

word thats cool

I'll be there, maybe I'll have some company

we'll see

8/18/2007 3:12:19 AM

it will be nice to spend some time with this girl at the beach - I like her a lot

I hope Rygar will be nice to her

8/18/2007 3:13:25 AM

cool, thats awesome

he should be




if the weather cooperates we should be able to catch some fish, hopefully you won't chum for hammerheads this time

8/18/2007 3:15:14 AM

haha I probably won't go out on the ocean... I'm comfortable in the sound
but I am no sailor, that's for sure

I'll stay home and cook dinner or something

8/18/2007 3:18:05 AM

haha thats cool

I can handle catching them

8/18/2007 3:19:10 AM

Rygar isn't always nice to this girl

if you notice him being less than nice can you say something to him?

let him know that I really like this one

8/18/2007 3:34:28 AM

Nice work on the Mahi's. I'm gonna try and run on some other peoples boats this week and then I'm taking time off because summer fishing just isn't doing it for me. I'm ready for some fall weather and some schoolie tunas.

8/18/2007 2:13:04 PM

8/19/2007 3:54:05 PM

i keep my fishing pole in my car and only been once this year....kinda stopped after i found out you cant fish with live bait in the county you live in without a license anymore

8/19/2007 3:57:26 PM

caught a 6.5 and a 10.5 pound catfish yesterday-

they were the same size, one was just really fat

8/19/2007 4:24:19 PM

Left the dock around 5:30 after watching some lightning off in the distance. Headed right for the 650 in an attempt to drum up some Tunas. Lots of marks, whales, etc but no bites early. Around 9, the short rigger (Tuna Dart) goes screaming and we have our eye hooked. Our good buddy Mike gives the fish one hell of fight but he spits the hooks about 30 foot from the boat. Too bad,

The wind died and the entire ocean look void of life and was creepy flat, so we decided to re-calibrate the auto pilot and mess around the kite for the afternoon. It was lose-lose as we failed to fix the AP and then I snapped the tail off the kite. (For anyone who uses the Parafoil from Kitty Hawk Kites, have you tried trimming the tail? It sure is long!)

Ran towards The Point and found some scattered weeds and a pod of mini-mahis, but nothing worth wild. Continued to run and gun till we found a nice school of 6-8# Fish and Picked off about 11 before they got spooked and a storm rolled through so we called it a day.

8/27/2007 1:54:16 PM

Ugg, the forecast for this weekend looks rough.

And this was supposed to be the first trip out in my new boat!

8/29/2007 2:06:31 PM

Fuck yeah it is. NE wind is no Joke. I'm hoping that it might end good by Monday and it will turn on the Big Eye bite up north.

8/29/2007 2:08:47 PM

Word is that a boat out of OI caught a Grander today, weighed in @ 1077.

8/30/2007 9:34:15 PM

a boat caught 10 whites and 2 blues today

8/31/2007 12:39:11 AM

8/31/2007 9:09:00 AM

HOLY FUCK.

j. alex, pm

8/31/2007 9:09:37 AM

bttt



meat fishing tomorrow out of Beaufort Inlet


gonna go drag the bottom see if we can reel up some grouper

I suppose we'll fish for whatever else if we can't get on em

38' Donzi should be sufficient

9/22/2007 4:36:22 PM

We caught a lot of rain yesterday. The water looks plain gross offshore, the NE blow we have had for the past couple of weeks really screwed things up.

9/23/2007 11:37:33 AM