Nov. 24th - nearshore grouper fun

Quick trip today with two of my favorite guys aboard. Mike and his dad wanted to catch some of the grouper and snappers which are close to the beach for dinner and well that turned out to be the right choice.

With a one Gag grouper per person limit, we were looking for White grunts to go with our grouper, that is where the problem started. After putting a pair of nice 18 pound gags on the box we went looking for Grunts and had to just keep releasing grouper 17 of them that would swim back down along with a pair of American Red snapper that are closed. we did manage a 40 grunt limit and had a nice ocean for the ride home. Used just one reel today, BX-500N they do alot of work on my boat between jigging and bottom fishing.

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Nov. 21st - Gulf Stream bottom fishing

Had a great group from a NC state fishing club based in Winston-Salem. They had invited me to speak back in the spring and we set up a trip for the summer, well after three postponed dates we finally got the weather to relax and went fishing.

With the idea to learn to jig and with the need to fill a freezer or two we headed offshore. The day started slow on the troll looking for fish to later jig on, with only one strike and a Black fin tuna on board we moved and jigged for a while with still slow results. A few Amberjacks and Almaco jacks were all that botherd to eat the jigs. With a quick trip inshore we pulled up on what would change the day, a nice coral bottom in 150 feet of water looked good on the bottom machine. I had a small jig tied on and one of the guys sent it down to find out what was home. Oh yes Grey triggerfish, big ones and they were ready to eat. After anchoring the boat we proceeded to work on them, and added a few Red porgies, White grunts, and some really nice red grouper. The action was fast so only got a pic of the aftermath. Great way to fill a freezer with tasty bottom fish.

With all the techniques used there is a lot of equipment today SR-30, SR-20, SR-12, BX2-30, BX-500N, BX-600N, BX-400



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Nov. 20th - mixed bag offshore

I didn't get a lot of pictures on this trip mainly because it was a pretty busy day, started off jigging of course, but that action was slow, very slow, so the good always take what is available, so on to trolling lures at 8 knots. That seemed to be a better choice, we had a 55 pound wahoo eat the planer rod first thing and that was followed by 30 mins of Black fin tuna on all the lures. We had a dozen tuna quick when that bite died, so we moved again. This time we pushed inshore to catch some bottom fish, we had to pick on them but had a nice catch of Red grouper, White grunts, Grey triggerfish, and red porgies. Overall it was a great day with lots of fish and beautiful weather. We used a mix of reels for this trip BX2-30, ATD-50N, SR-30, SR-20, BX-500N, BX-400.

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Nov. 19th - Combo trolling/jigging charter

Well what hppens when you land your first amberjack and it happens to be your largest fish ever, thats right you have to lay beside it to show how big it really is! This was a quick trip thanks to miss information from the weather man, but while we were there we did some damage.

Nice Amber jacks and False albacore where the majority of the catches and one Black fin tuna. we only had about four hours of fishing before having to retreat to the marina, leaving behind a nasty rising ocean.

Can't wait til the water gets colder to thin out the sharks, this is what happens when you pull hard the Amberjack pulls hard and the shark just has to open his mouth. We used SR-30, SR-20, and BX-500 reels on this day.

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Nov. 15th - Marine Warehouse Crowd

What a day, had the pleasure of having the guys from Marine Warehouse Center on board, after they hooked up the boat with the new Honda motors. All I can say is the weather must have been sent from heaven. Perfect november day warm slick ocean and the fish were ready to eat.



We pulled up to the first stop and with jigs ready the bottom machine showed the marks of tuna, and the jigs found them, 21 on them and some of them were very nice for the early season. With everyones muscles burning the tuna slowed and we moved around looking for more to pull on. well very close by we found a weed line and temp break where we pulled 11 mahi off of a floating tree.

Once all the mahi were stowed we made our way to a deep drop spot in 430 feet of water and found some really big sub tropical species including the top picture of a White Trevally, and this pretty large Rainbow runner.

With a great day always comes great surprises so before we ran the 70 miles to home we got the treat of watching a 35 foot fin whale basking in the sun and giving us several fluke shots. Excellent day with great people. Reels used SR-30, SR-20, SR-12, BX-500, BX-600.

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Nov. 14th - offshore with Duke

Well if the clothes don't tell you I will, this was a group of students from Duke university, soe who have jigged offshore and some rookies. I can say the day was a mix of good and bad, we caught fish and had a great time but the sharks where not very kind and took a lions share of the fish we hooked. Of the landed species, we had some decent Black fin tuna, Almaco jacks, Amberjacks and False Albacore.

Trying to beat the sharks became the real fight and the guys put the tackle to the test as I gave them a little extra drag, the proof is in the pull! We used a mix of spinning and conventional tackle SR-30, SR-20, BX-500, and BX-600.

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Oct. 30th - inshore

With all the wind this week I ran a rare inshore trip for a good client who wanted to have a fun day on the water with a friend from out of state. Well the trout gave a good showing and we worked a little a found some drum to go along. Kept a few fish to eat and released lots of trout and drum and bluefish.

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Oct. 24th - Gulfstream Jigging

This group is the reason I started running so many jigging charters, Big John Flores. This guy can out jig all the others and some, and he is a great person to be around. Well normally my job is very easy ith them on board but this day wanted to fight, first there was no current, then the sharks were just about relentless, and to make it worse I was marking schools of tuna under the boat that would not eat.
Well after dealing with the dealings of the day and getting a few fish up without a shark attack we made the most of the last hour catching 18 blackfin tuna after the ocean turned into a playground as tuna went to jumping and feeding for three miles.

Even caught a shark on a topwater plug. Still a great trip with all the challenges. Reels used SR-20, SR-30, BX-500N.

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Oct. 23rd - mixed trip

Had a regular customer today that wanted to go catch some bottom fish for the freezer and then a few king mackerel if the time allowed. Well it was a tough day on the group who had several chances for grouper but the grouper always seemed to win the fight. Luckily the Grey snapper and Sea bass made a good showing and the kings ate the lite line without having to move. All in all a good day with lots of fish for the table. Reels used, BX-500N, SR-12 and BX-500

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Oct. 19 - Near-shore Mixed Bag

For once this month I had a group that wanted to bottom fish and live bait troll, it is nice to only run 20 miles instead of 65 to start your day. Stared off catching bait on the beach and ran off to some ledges in 85 feet of water. Went to work right away catching Grey snappers, and Trigger fish. It didn't take long for the first Gag grouper to come aboard and then the first King makerel. Once we had a limt of grouper and Grey snappers we went looking for more kings and ended the day catching kings and one small lost Mahi. Used BX-500N, SR-20, and BX-500 reels for all the fish on this day.

Oct. 13-14 - Japanese Guests

Quick report, took a group from Shout tackle based in Japan out to the jack grounds and let them flex there muscles. we caught lots of fish up to 59 inches and right at 100 pounds, nobody in there crowd spoke english so that was a new twist but everything went great sorry for so few pics.

Oct 10th - Back to the Gulfstream

This group was made up of all rookies except one who had jigged the west coast but not here in the atlantic. The guys all learned quick and there where bent rods all over and smilling faces. Biggest fish for the trip was a 58 inch fish. slick ocean and big fish make for easy work. Stopped on the way home and caught some Red porgies, Trigger fish, and Grey snappers to take home and eat. Reels used mainly SR-30, SR-20, BX-500N

Oct. 11-12 Jiggers from TX

Had a great group of guys from Texas that needed a jigging fix and heard about our population of large jacks so here we go. Started the first day catching everything on jigs in deep water had they were chewing. Had a couple of 50 inch fish and lot of 45 to 48 inch fish.

Then the reel strained a little harder and the fight was a little longer than normal, well that was a good sign os a big fish. A 61 inch fish to be exact and about 105 to 110 pounds. That was our biggest of the day. day two had us back on the break and jigging was a little slow and the weather was kind of tough so we came in to find a topwater bite. On site the fish were slow to show but had a great bite on a popper and when the fish got close the followers came and destroyed another popper 12 inches from the rod tip. Those two bites were all she wrote since a large bull shark ate one of the hooked fish. All in all a terrific two days with very good anglers.