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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.

The offshore fleet went out today and had a great day of fishing. Anglers had a good time catching Blackfin Tuna, Wahoo, and Dolphins. The Sailfish bite was HOT again today, Release released 5, Bite Me released 4 and Sea Creature released 1

Inshore Fleet had a great day catching Blue Fish and Red Drum.

Citations:

Sue Schmidhamer released a 42-inch Red Drum on Tightline.

Frank Schmidhamer released a 41-inch Red Drum on Tightline

Dwayne Colbert released a Sailfish on Release

Reed Colbert released 2 Sailfish on Release

Josh Colbert released 2 Sailfish on Release

Andrew Everett of WV  released a Sailfish on the Bite Me.

Jacob Cverett of WV released a sailfish on the Bite Me.

Chuck Perez of WV released a sailfish on the Bite Me.

Tracey Wagner of MD released a Sailfish on the SeaCreature.

Michael Wagner of MD caught a 26 pound Blackfin Tuna on the Sea Creature.

The Offshore boats were on the blue water before sunrise this morning. It was a pretty day to be out there. Sea Creature released 3 Sailfish. They had good catches of Blackfin Tuna along with some Wahoo and scattered Dolphin. Inshore boats had their limits of Speckled Trout. They also had some Cobia, some Bluefish and Red Drum.

Citations:

Jason Boyd of Enola, PA released a 42" and a 44" Red Drum on Relentless

Jennifer Boyd of Enola, PA released a 46" Red Drum on Relentless

Nancy Bonnema of Smithfield, VA released a Sailfish on Sea Creature

Aprille Terry of Suffolk, VA released a Sailfish on Sea Creature

Taylor Honay of Norfolk, VA released a Sailfish on Sea Creature

It was a sunny and hot one today. The Offshore boats had a full day of catching. Sea Creature released 5 Sailfish. A couple of the boats had good catches of Blackfin Tuna and Dolphin. The others had a few Wahoo, Dolphin and Triggerfish. The Inshore boats had good catches of Speckled Trout and Sheepshead. Both fish make for a very tasty meal.

Citations:

Ryan Bonzo of Ashburn, VA released 2 Sailfish on Sea Creature

Mary Bonzo of Wadsworth, OH released a Sailfish on Sea Creature

Derek Bonzo of Medina, OH released a Sailfish on Sea Creature

Jeffrey Harrington of Medina, OH released a Sailfish on Sea Creature

Jeffrey McAlister of Franklinton, NC caught a 46lb. Wahoo on Hatteras Fever II

A few of the big boats hit the fishing grounds this morning under stormy skies. The wind and rain made for choppy going. By mid-morning the sun was shining and the blue water calmed down to make for a pretty day. Release released a Sailfish. They also had a few Dolphin and Blackfin Tuna along with some Wahoo. The Inshore boats had another pretty Speckled Trout day and some Red Drum.

Citations:

Gregory Brown of Sneads Ferry, NC released a Sailfish on Release

A few of the Offshore boats watched the cloudy sunrise over the blue water this morning. They scrapped out catches of Dolphin and some Wahoo along with a few Blackfin Tuna and some bottom fish. The Inshore boat Black Pearl had good catches of Speckled Trout.

It was another good day on the blue water. The Offshore boats had some Wahoo and a few Blackfin Tuna. They also had some good Dolphin catches. Release released 2 Blue Marlin. The Inshore boats had some pretty Speckled Trout.

Citations:

Michael Malloux of Downingtown, PA caught a 45lb. Wahoo on Release

Anthony Perazzelli of NJ released a Blue Marlin on Release

Bill Sclafani of Frisco, NC released a Blue Marlin on Release

Offshore Fleet had a great day on the water, bringing in a Great catch of Wahoo,

also some Blackfin Tuna, and Dolphin.

Inshore Fleet had a good day catching Bluefish, Spanish Mackeral, and Red Drum.

The Offshore Fleet went out this morning and had calm seas and good fishing. Anglers happy to bring   

some Wahoo, Dolphin, Blackfin Tuna Home.

The Inshore Fleet had a great day catching Sheepshead, Blue Fish, Albacore, and Spanish Mackeral.

Citations:

Collean Riehl of PA released a 49-inch Barracuda on the Bite Me.

Michael Perry of NC released a Sailfish on the Sea Creature.

Kelly Johnson of NC released a Sailfish on the Chaser.

It was a hot one today but the fishing was not. It was more meat fish than billfish. Bite Me and Hatteras Fever II each released a Sailfish. They also had some Dolphin and Blackfin Tuna along with a few Wahoo. The Inshore boats had good catches of Red Drum and limits of Bluefish.

Citations:

Scott Horan of Fredericksburg, VA released a Sailfish on Hatteras Fever II

Justin Cutler of Greenfield, OH released a Sailfish on Bite Me

A few of the big boats parted the water this morning and watched the sunrise over the blue water. It was pretty scrappy fishing with a mess of Dolphin and a Wahoo caught. The Inshore boats had good catching with Red Drum and Bluefish along with a few Sheepshead. The Black Pearl had a master angler on board with 9-year-old Sean Mulligan. Sean caught a citation-size Sheepshead. Congratulations!

We hope everyone has a happy and safe Labor Day.

Citations:

Sean Mulligan caught an 8lb. Sheepshead on Black Pearl