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It was a sunny but much cooler day today and the fishing was off the hook, especially the Wahoo. They also had some King Mackerel, Blackfin Tuna and a couple of Barracuda. Carolina Girl and Predator each released a Sailfish. The Inshore boats had a very good day with Bluefish and Red Drum. With the wind breezing up the Drum were on the bite.

Citations:

David Horan of Big Pine Key, FL caught a 44lb. and a 42lb. Wahoo on Carolina Girl

Stephen Lattig of Blackshear, GA released a Sailfish on Carolina Girl

Lynda Vandalen of North Cape May, NJ caught a 54lb. Wahoo on Carolina Girl

Burns Burns of Big Pine Key, FL caught a 28lb. Blackfin Tuna on Carolina Girl

Edi Hall of Mt. Desert, ME caught a 30lb. Blackfin Tuna released 2 60" Barracuda and caught a 43lb. Wahoo on Carolina Girl

Garrison Coley of Nashville, TN caught a 47lb. Wahoo and released a Sailfish on Predator

Josh Wagner of East New Market, MD caught a 7lb. Triggerfish on Release

Rick Hall of East New Market, MD caught a 7.1lb. Triggerfish on Release

A few of the Offshore boats headed out this morning. They were able to get onto some nice Wahoo and some Dolphin. The Inshore boats had real good catches of Speckled Trout and Red Drum.

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The big boats plied the blue water under clear skies this morning. It was a little choppy but the fish didn't care. They managed to get on the Dolphin, Wahoo and some Blackfin Tuna. A few King Mackerel were also caught. The Inshore boats had good catches of Bluefish and some Pretty Speckled Trout.

Citations:

David Osario of Washington, DC caught a 46lb. Wahoo on Sea Creature

Deanna Fore of Floyd, VA caught a 5lb. Speckled Trout on Black Pearl

A handful of boats headed offshore this morning, they had catches of Dolphin, Blackfin Tuna, King Mackerel and some Wahoo. No billfish were released today. 

Inshore boats had limits of keeper Red Drum and Bluefish, along with some Speckled Trout.

A few Offshore fleet made it out to day catching Wahoo, Blackfin Tuna, Dolphin,

Barracuda, and King Mackerel.

Inshore fleet had a good day catching Grey Trout, Red Drum, and Black Drum.

It was another day of the Offshore fleet tied to the docks. A few of the big boats will be headed out to the blue water in the morning. Hopefully, they can get a few more days in this week before the wind picks back up.

The Inshore boats had another good day of Bluefish and Red Drum catching. Drum make really good fish tacos.

The Offshore fleet stayed home for another day. It looks like now that Wednesday they will try to go out. A few of the Inshore boats had a good day of catching Red Drum and big Bluefish. 

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The boats stayed to the dock today while the wind picked up and the water rose at high tide. One Inshore boat ventured out this morning and afternoon. Fingeance made some anglers happy with catches of Bluefish and Red Drum. 

A couple of the big boats ventured out today and had a scrappy day of fishing. They did manage to get on some Dolphin, a Blackfin Tuna and a few Wahoo. A couple of the Inshore boats had more luck on the inside with Bluefish, a Flounder and Red Drum. On windy days, Red Drum like to bite.

Citations:

Matthew Moses of Lincolnton, NC released a 46" Red Drum on Black Pearl

Mike Scronce of Lincolnton, NC released a 48" Red Drum on Black Pearl

Inshore Fleet Had a great day catching the limits of Blue Fish and Red Drum.

The Offshore boats plied the blue water today. Fishing was scrappy but they managed to scrap out a few Dolphin and King Mackerel along with some Wahoo. Release and Tuna Duck each released a Sailfish. The Inshore boats had good catches of Speckled Trout and Bluefish. They also had some Red Drum in both puppies and bigger sizes along with a Flounder.

Citations:

Brandon Paulson of Smyrna, DE caught a 5.3lb. Flounder on Black Pearl

Jeffrey Motley of Goldsboro, NC released a 50" Red Drum on Black Pearl

Dennis Gerber of West Grove, PA caught a 44lb. Wahoo on Release

Galen Gerber of West Grove, PA released a Sailfish on Release

David Willoughby of Moneta, VA released a Sailfish on Tuna Duck

The Offshore boats made it out to the blue water this morning. Fishing was kind of slow. Hatteras Blue and Hatteras Fever II each released a Sailfish. For the meat fish, they had a few Dolphin, Blackfin Tuna and Wahoo along with scattered Barracuda and at least one King Mackerel. The Inshore boats had Bluefish and Speckled Trout.

We'll see what the day brings tomorrow. Wednesday is looking like the wind will pick up again.

Citations:

Marc Gregory of Concord, NC released a Sailfish on Hatteras Blue

It's the second day of Autumn and the big boats stayed tied to the docks. It looks like tomorrow and maybe Tuesday will be the fishable days this week. The Inshore boats were able to get in the Sound and get on some fish. They had limits of Bluefish. They also had some Flounder and Red Drum.

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Offshore Fleet had a good day  on the water catching Wahoo, Dolphin, and Blackfin Tuna.

1 Sail Fish was Released on the Sea Creature.

Inshore had a great day Catching Limits of Blue fish and Speckled Trout.

Citations 

Samantha Grier of DE caught a 24lb Flounder on the Black Pearl.

Corbett Bowman of VA released a Sailfish on the Sea Creature.

Eric Redfern of NC caught a 26 pound Blackfin Tuna on the Carolina Girl.

Offshore Fleet had a such a pretty day on water and a Great day of Catching 

Blackfin Tuna, Wahoo, and Dolphin. 3 Sailfish release on the Sea Creature.

3 Sailfish released on the Release, 1 Sailfish released on the Hatteras Blue,

1 Sailfish released on the Tuna Duck.

Inshore Fleet had a good day catching Red Drum, Blue fish.

Citations:

Chris Mark caught a 25-pound Blackfin Tuna on the Black Pearl.

Laci Vomacka released a Sailfish on Sea Creature

Tracy Stone released a Sailfish on Sea Creature

Sean Hummel released a Sailfish on Sea Creature

Patrick Raley released 3 Sailfish on Release

Margie Miles released a Sailfish on Hatteras Blue

Several of the big boats had another pretty day on the blue water. Release released a Sailfish. Carolina Girl released a Blue Marlin. They had good Wahoo and Blackfin Tuna catching along with some Dolphin. The Inshore boats got onto some pretty Speckled Trout along with some Flounder and Bluefish.

Citations:

Shane Thomas of Pulaski, NY released a Blue Marlin on Carolina Girl

Barry Peele, Jr. of Hatteras, NC caught a 6.15lb. Speckled Trout on Jo Jo

Linda Berry of Lewisberry, PA caught a 6.4lb. Flounder on Black Pearl

Benjamin Lawrence of Syracuse, NY caught a 44lb. Wahoo on Tuna Duck

Jim Rezma released a Sailfish on Release 

It's been a cloudy day with threatening rain. A few of the big boats ventured out to the blue water and were successful in having good catches of  Blackfin Tuna and Wahoo. They also had a scattered Dolphin bite. The Inshore boats had good Red Drum catches along with some Bluefish, Speckled Trout and Flounder.

Citations:

Charles Shifflett of Sparrows Point, MD caught a 33lb. Blackfin Tuna on Release

Raye Warren of Garysburg, NC caught a 7.4lb. Speckled Trout on Hook Up

Wilbert Warren of Garysburg, NC released a 40" Red Drum on Hook Up

A few of the big boats finally made their way out to the blue water this morning. The fishing was fair with some Dolphin and Wahoo being caught along with a few Blackfin Tuna. The Inshore boats had good catches of Bluefish and Speckled Trout and even a few pretty Flounder. One of our Inshore boats fished Nearshore and had big Bluefish, Ribbonfish, and a couple of Spanish Mackerel.

Citation:

Krista Hagerich of Hatteras, NC caught a 6lb. 30" Flounder on Black Pearl

Lee has bid farewell and with Lee go the strong tides and big swells. Today the Inshore boats were the only ones to ply the fishing grounds of the Pamlico Sound. Some were on the Red Drum bites and some had their limits of Bluefish.

It looks like tomorrow a few of the big boats will be untied and get on the blue water. We will see what the sunrise brings.

Offshore Fleet stayed at the dock today due to the rough oceans.

Inshore fleet had a great day Catching Red Drum.

Citations:

Jacob Everett of WV released 2 Red Drums 49 inches and 40 inches on the Hook Up.

Andrew Everett of WV released 2 Red Drums 53 inches and 44 inches on the Hook Up.

Chuck Perez of WV released 3 Red Drum 43 inches,47 inches, and 40 inches on the Hook up.

Joseph Gilio of PA released a 43-inch Red Drum on the Fingeance.

Casey Bobrovcan of PA released 2 41-inch Red Drum on the Fingeance.

Robert Doyle of MD released a 49-inch Red Drum on the Island Time.

Nicole Zimmer of MD released a 48-inch Red Drum on the Island Time.

Derel Zimmer of MD released 2 45-inch Red Drums on the Island Time.

Charles Clatterbuck of VA released a 50-inch Red Drum on the Black Pearl.