Fishing Reports
Welcome to the Hatteras Harbor Marina Fishing Report.
Our fishing reports appear just below these photos. Be sure to visit this page daily for current fishing reports and photos. Thank you and good fishing!



Friday, August 29, 2025
A nice morning turned into a gorgeous day today for the Offshore boats. They caught their limits of Dolphin with mostly bailers. They also had a few Wahoo and Blackfin Tuna. Carolina Girl released a Blue Marlin. Sea Creature released 2 Sailfish. The Inshore boats had a good day catching limits of Bluefish and slot size Red Drum. They also got onto some Spanish Mackerel and a few Sharks.
Thursday, August 28, 2025
The weather was great today for fishing. InShore Fleet had a good day catching Sheepshead, Spanish Mackerel, Red Drum, and Bluefish.
Off Shore Fleet had a good day catching Dolphin, Wahoo, and Blackfin Tuna. Release released a Sailfish.
Wednesday, August 27, 2025
What a pretty day to be fishing. Offshore Fleet had a good day catching lots of Dolphin, some Wahoo, and Blackfin Tuna. NativeSon released a Sailfish.
Inshore Fleet had limits of Red Drum and Blue Fish and some Spanish Mackerel.
Citations:
Andrew Bowers released a Sailfish on the Native Son
Tuesday, August 26, 2025
A few more of the big boats made it out to the fishing grounds this morning. Some had their limits of Dolphin along with a few Blackfin Tuna and a Wahoo or two. A Salt Weapon and Carolina Girl each released a Sailfish. The Inshore boats had scrappy Bluefish on the hook. They also had Red Drum and Speckled Trout.
Monday, August 25, 2025
A couple of the Offshore boats made it out this morning. They reported no problems getting out. They got on the Dolphin bite and caught their limits. They also had a few Blackfin Tuna. A few Wahoo were seen with one throwing the hook, but none were boated. Inshore boats will be back at it tomorrow.
Monday, August 18, 2025
It was a very pretty day on the fishing grounds today. Of course we are getting ready to pay for the pretty weather. A few of the Offshore boats were able to go out and had success with the billfish. Calypso released 1 Sailfish. Release released 2 Sailfish and Sea Creature released 4 Sailfish. They also had good Dolphin fishing and some boats caught a few Blackfin Tuna. Inshore boats had a mix of fish. They had Spanish Mackerel, Bluefish, Dolphin and some Blackfin Tuna.
Citations:
Tom McAninch of Texas released 4 Sailfish on Sea Creature
Steven Nunally released a Sailfish on Calypso
Due to the upcoming weather we will be closed on Wednesday. We hope to be re-opening asap on the other side of this storm. Hopefully Erin will not stick around. You can still book online or give us a call and leave a message. We will try to get back to you as soon as we can.
Sunday, August 17, 2025
A couple of the big boats made it out to the fishing grounds this morning. They scrapped out a few Dolphin, Wahoo and Blackfin Tuna. Release released 2 Sailfish and Sea Creature released 1 Sailfish. Inshore boats had Bluefish and had Red Drum on the bite.
Citations:
Patrick Reynolds of Durham, NC released a 49" Red Drum on Sound Bound
Thomas Rabovsky of Virginia Beach, VA released a Sailfish on Release
Mike Campbell of Virginia Beach, VA released a Sailfish on Release
Jay Ellington of Greensboro, NC released a Sailfish on Sea Creature
Saturday, August 16, 2025
The Offshore boats watched the sun rise over the blue water this morning. It got a little rough but they managed to deck some fish. They had good Dolphin fishing along with some Wahoo and a few Blackfin Tuna along with a bottom fish or two. Gambler released a Blue Marlin and Sea Creature released a Sailfish. The Inshore boats got onto the big Bluefish and plenty of pretty Red Drum. They also had good catches of Spanish Mackerel.
Citations:
Shawn Vestey of Boone, NC released a 47" and a 49" Red Drum on Adventure
David Blue released a Blue Marlin on Gambler
John Coulter of Kernersville, NC released a Sailfish on Sea Creature
Friday, August 15, 2025
The Offshore boats made their way out to the blue water this morning. They had a good day slinging fish. They slung some Dolphin and a few Blackfin Tuna. They also had a few Wahoo. Sea Creature released a Blue Marlin and Release released a Sailfish. Inshore boats had catches of good old Bluefish and Spanish Mackerel.
Citations:
Cameron Clingan of Simpsonville, SC released a Blue Marlin on Sea Creature
Thursday, August 14, 2025
Offshore Fleet stayed tied to the docks today do to weather.
Inshore Fleet went out catching Limits of Bluefish, and Spanish Mackerel.
Wednesday, August 13, 2025
Started out stormy this morning, but became nice this afternoon. Inshore Fleet had a good time catching Spanish Mackeral, and Bluefish.
Offshore fleet had a good day catching Dolphin, Wahoo, and Blackfin Tuna.
Tuesday, August 12, 2025
A few of the Offshore boats headed out this morning. They had a good day of catching their limits of Dolphin along with a few Wahoo and some Blackfin Tuna. The Nearshore boat Chaser, had good catches of Spanish Mackerel and Bluefish. The Inshore boats had Red Drum and Bluefish on the bite.
Monday, August 11, 2025
The skies threatened rain when the big boats left the dock. The rain was no threat offshore, the skies cut loose and provided a light show too. It didn't keep them from getting their limits of Dolphin and a few Wahoo, along with some Blackfin Tuna. They also had some bottom fish. The Nearshore boat Gambler got in on the Dolphin and Wahoo catching too. The Inshore boats had good catches of Bluefish, Sheepshead and a few Speckled Trout.
Sunday, August 10, 2025
A couple of the Offshore boats hit the blue water this morning. Most boats had their limits of Dolphin along with some Wahoo and a few Blackfin Tuna. Calypso released a White Marlin and a Sailfish. One Inshore boat got on the Bluefish.
Citations:
Ashley Krahenbill released a White Marlin on Calypso
Leah Twiford released a Sailfish on Calypso
Saturday, August 09, 2025
A few of the Offshore boats were able to venture out this morning. They managed to deck some Wahoo, a few Blackfin Tuna and some bailer Dolphin. Inshore boats had all size Red Drum on the bite along with Bluefish. Relentless released a 40", 42", 45" and a 47" Red Drum this morning.
Friday, August 08, 2025
It was too windy for the big boats to get out today, but a few of the Inshore boats did have catches. They managed to get on the Bluefish bite. They also had a couple of Red Drum. You can usually count on the Drum to bite on windy days.
Thursday, August 07, 2025
A little windy today. It didnt stop our Inshore Fleet going out and catching Red Drum, Blue Fish. Offshore Fleet had a great day catching Lots of Dolphins, Wahoo,and some Blackfin Tuna. Calypso released a SailFish.
Wednesday, August 06, 2025
Nice day for fishing. Inshore had good catches of Bluefish,Speckled Trout,Red Drum and Sheepshead, and familes had fun Clamming. Offshore Fleet had a good day catching Limits of Dolphin and good catches of Wahoo. Hatteras Blue released A Sailfish.
Citations:
Logan Wolosek of WI released a Sailfish on the Hatteras Blue.
Tuesday, August 05, 2025
Today was finally the day for the big boats to hit the blue water. They had a good day of Dolphin fishing with most boats getting their limits. They also had some Wahoo and some boats had a couple of Blackfin Tuna. Bite Me and Chaser each released a Sailfish. Inshore boats had their limits of Bluefish along with some Spanish Mackerel and Speckled Trout. They also had a Red Drum or two.
Monday, August 04, 2025
Another day of the big boats tied to the docks, but it's another day closer to going fishing. The Inshore boats had good catches of Red Drum and Bluefish. They also filled coolers with Clams.
It looks like tomorrow will be when the weather improves enough for the Offshore Fleet to head out to the blue water. Wednesday is looking good too, then the chances for bad weather go up towards the end of the week.