Not much to report on the Big RocK there were 20 boats fished and 5 Billfish released.

As for the non-tournament boats there were fair catches of Dolphin, a few Yellowfins and Wahoo caught.

Big Drum were released in the sound 42" to 49".

Citations

Pete Forjohn of Glen Mills, PA released 4 big Red Drum 42" to 49" on Hook Up

Congratulations to the Captain and Crew of Hatteras Fever II for their Blue Marlin weighing in at 465.3lb.

Offshore boats had a beautiful day in the Gulf Stream, there were 10 Blue Marlin, 2 White Marlin and 2 Sailfish released in the Hatteras Fleet. Bite Me, Citation and Release each released a Blue Marlin, Good Times released 2 Blues and brought one in that had gotten tail wrapped , Big Eye and Hatteras Fever released a Sailfish. Hatteras Fever boated a Blue Marlin for the Big Rock Tournament. Meat fish catches were good catches of Dolphin along with some Yellow and Blackfin Tuna.

Along the beach boats caught nice Cobia and Spanish Mackerel. In the sound the boats caught Speckled Trout.

Citations

Blue Marlin Releases

Stephen Fowler of Wilkesboro, NC on Citation

Brian Regan of Raleigh, NC on Bite Me

William Smith of Knoxville, TN and Greg Foreman of Seymour, TN both fought one on Good Times

Matthew Kenner of Seymour, TN on Good Times

Tim Pittman of Knoxville, TN on Good Times

Sailfish Releases

Aaron Wood of Johnson City, TN on Big Eye

We are currently working on a make up trip for Saturday, give us a call if you are interested 1-800-676-4939

There were no boats fishing offshore due to high winds. There were some boats fishing in the sound, they caught keeper Drum.

Great gaffer Dolphin and Yellowfin Tuna fishing today. Several marlin released in the Big Rock tournament. Check out the action each day on www.thebigrock.com Inshore today good Red Drum, Flounder and Clams.

Godspeed: Vincent Forbes of Baltimore, MD caught a 40lb Dolphin.

Boats made it offshore today! They came back with good catches of dolphin, few gaffers and blackfin tuna. Yellowfin tuna catches were scattered. One white marlin was released.

Inshore boats caught some speckled and gray trout.

Today's Citations:

Sea Creature: Michael Bronekoski of Glen Burnie, MD - White Marlin Release

No Boats Out

Strong South winds kept all boats docked.

The captains reported a beautiful day on the ocean- perhaps "the calm before the storm". Inshore boats came back with a great catch of Spanish Mackerel, as well as some Speckled Trout. Offshore boats had good catches of gaffer Dolphin and big bailer Dolphin. A few Black fin Tuna were brought in and a couple of Wahoo were caught. Bottom fishing was good today. Release and Tuna Duck released several Blue Marlin. Godspeed and Sea Creature released a couple of White Marlin.

Today's Citations:

Patrick Prahl of Kennesaw, GA: Spanish Mackerel on Good Times

Donnie White of China Grove, NC: Dolphin on Godspeed

Michael Simmons of Robbins, NC: White Marlin release on Godspeed

Dave Gibson of Hampton, VA: Blue Marlin release on Release

Richard Gibson of Shrewsbury, PA: Blue Marlin release on Release

Tom Gump of New Martinsville, WV: Blue Marlin release on Tuna Duck

Karen Hughes of Mt. Washington, KY: Dolphin on Bite Me

Offshore boats had a pretty good day today, they had good catches of Dolphin and Yellowfin Tuna, also some Wahoo and Blackfin tuna. Bottom fishing in the area was also good there were catches of Sea Bass, Tilefish, B-liners and Triger fish caught.  There were 3 White Marlin and 2 Blue Marlin released in the Hatteras Fleet. Release released a Blue Marlin and Gambler and Lucky Chip both released a White Marlin.

Inshore boats caught Speckled Trout and Gray Trout in the sound and Bluefish and Spanish Mackerel along the beach.

Citations

Chase Miller of Fairfax, VA caught a 42lb Dolphin on Bite Me

Dana Spurlin of Fries, VA released a White Marlin on Gambler

Ben Caffaro of Cleves, OH released a White Marlin on Lucky Chip

Donna Gibson of Hampton, VA caught a 35lb Dolphin on Release

David Gibson of Hampton, VA released a Blue Marlin on Release

We are currently looking for 3 to 4 people for a make up trip tomorrow. Give us a call at 1-800-676-4939 if you are interested, boats have been catching Dolphin, Wahoo, Tuna and Billfish.

Excellent fishing with Gaffer and Bailer Dolphin, Yellowfin and Blackfin Tuna. Lots of White Marlin and a few Blue Marlin caught in the Hatteras Fleet. ALL of the boats are booked tomorrow!! We love to see the docks empty in the middle of the day. Come check out all the catches between 4-5PM.

Citations

Lucky Chip: Nathan Joviak of Macedonia, Oh released a White Marlin.

Hatteras Fever: Jared Ensley of Waynesville, NC released a Blue Marlin.