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The morning started out with a little, brief shower. After sunup the clouds stayed at bay. Fishing was good for the big boats but not quite as good as yesterday. They still had some Dolphin and Blackfin Tuna. They also had a few Wahoo. The Inshore boats had good fishing with limits of Speckled and Gray Trout along with limits of Bluefish and Red Drum.

Citations:

James Honeycutt of Snow Hill, NC caught a 50lb. Wahoo on Calypso

It was a beautiful day on the blue water today. The big boats actually had good fishing to go along with it. They had good catches of both bailer and gaffer Dolphin. They also had Blackfin Tuna on the bite along with some Wahoo. Sea Creature released a Blue Marlin. 

Congratulations to 13 year old Lucas Shipley on his first Blue Marlin!

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Citations:

Lucas Shipley of PA released a Blue Marlin on Sea Creature

Gary Villani of Blacksburg, VA caught a 42lb. Dolphin on Carolina Girl

William Gonzalez of Burbank, CA caught a 42lb. Dolphin on Carolina Girl

It was a swell day today. One big boat made it out to the blue water this morning. Ernesto's swell kept the others in. Release did have good Dolphin and Blackfin Tuna on the bite. The Wahoo managed to slip the hook. The Inshore boats had good Speckled Trout, Spanish Mackerel and Red Drum fishing and released a couple of Flounder.

Tomorrow will be a see what it looks like in the morning day kind of day.

Another pretty day on the water. Offshore Fleet catching Dolphin,Blackfin Tuna, and Wahoo.

Inshore had a good day Catching Speckled Trout, Blue Fish and Red Drum. It was a nice day for

Claming,and Shelling.

Citations:

River Hagerick of Hatteras Caught a 6.1pd Speckled Trout on the Black Pearl.

A few boats headed offshore this morning in thime to catch a beautiful sunrise. They returned with catches of Wahoo, Blackfin Tuna and some Dolphin and bottomfish like Amberjack, Trigger fish and B-liners

Inshore anglers enjoyed a day on the Pamilco Sound catching Bluefish, Red Drum, and Speckled Trout. Some Spanish Mackerel were also boated along the beach.

It was a beautiful day today with a nice light northeasterly breeze. The Offshore boats had another day of good Wahoo fishing. They also had some good Dolphin and a few Blackfin Tuna. Bite Me released a Blue Marlin. Gambler released a Sailfish. The Nearshore boat Chaser had good Spanish Mackerel fishing in both the morning and afternoon. The Inshore boats had very good catches of Speckled Trout, Bluefish, Red Drum, Spadefish and Spanish Mackerel. 

Citations:

Chuck Mesho of Xenia, OH released a Sailfish on Gambler

Harlin Mixon of Roper, NC caught a 46lb. Wahoo on Release

Fishing picked up today under mostly cloudy skies. The big boats were able to get onto a few Dolphin and Blackfin Tuna. Some boats had excellent Wahoo catching. Bite Me released a Blue Marlin. Release released a Spearfish and 2 Blue Marlin. Sea Creature released 2 Blue Marlin. The Inshore boats had good Speckled Trout and Bluefish catching.

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Citations:

Aiden Townsend of Maryland released a Blue Marlin on Sea Creature

Wyatt Townsend of Maryland released a Blue Marlin on Sea Creature

Josh Hartley of Belmont, MA released a Blue Marlin on Bite Me

Michael Dorsey, Jr. of Williamsburg, VA caught a 40lb. 5oz. Wahoo on Hatteras Fever II

The Offshore Fleet untied from the docks today amid a very humid morning. The day got hotter as the sun came out from time to time. Fishing was pretty scrappy although they did catch a few Dolphin and several billfish were released. A Salt Weapon and Sundown each released a Sailfish. Predator released 2 Sailfish. Hattteras Fever released a Blue Marlin. The Inshore boats had pretty scrappy fishing too. They were able to fill coolers with Clams and did some shelling. We do have Inshore trips that will take you clamming or shelling if you're not looking to go fishing or if the fish aren't biting.

Congratulations to all the boats that fishing in the Alice Kelly Memorial Ladies Billfish Tournament. A Big Congratulations to Top Junior Angler Miss Ella Rains fishing on Sundown for releasing a Sailfish.

Citations:

Ella Rains of New Providence, NJ released a Sailfish on Sundown

Debby really had the ocean messed up for a few days. Thankfully we had no problems with her aside from some flooding in the northern villages on the island. It looks like the Offshore Fleet are going to give it a try tomorrow. A few of the Inshore boats had some fishing today. They had some luck with big Bluefish and a few Gray Trout. 

Hopefully the fish will be stirred up tomorrow and ready to fight.

It was a choppy day offshore today due to temperamental Debby. The big boats did head out this morning and were able to get on the Blackfin Tuna along with a few Dolphin and Wahoo. Sea Creature released a Sailfish. The Inshore boats had good catches of Speckled and Gray Trout and a few Bluefish.

It doesn't look like the boats will be able to go tomorrow and the rest of the week looks to just get worse. We'll see you on the other side of Debby.

Citations:

Skyler Rucker of West Virginia  released a Sailfish on Sea Creature

The wind calmed down enough this morning for the Offshore boats to be able to untie and venture out to the blue water. They had pretty good Blackfin Tuna catches, some Dolphin and a couple of Wahoo. There were a couple of Blue Marlin seen with one pulling the hook. The Inshore boats had good catches of Speckled and Gray Trout along with some Bluefish and Spanish Mackerel.

Another blustery day to the start of an interesting week. Of course the big boats didn't see the blue water today. Tomorrow they will try to untie from the dock. The Inshore boats had great Red Drum fishing along with a few Cobia and Bluefish. Red Drum are on the bite on windy days. They also make some tasty fish tacos or Hatteras style boiled Drum.

The weather will be a big factor this week with our eye on Debby. Hopefully, she'll decide to visit Europe after merging back into the Atlantic. 

Citations:

Jake Wood of Garner, NC released a 48" Red Drum on Hook Up

It was a blustery SW windy day today so the big boats stayed to the docks. The Inshore boats had epic Red Drum fishing. They also had limits on Bluefish and Speckled Trout and  filled coolers with Clams. Tomorrow is looking like another windy one so we'll have to see what the day brings.

It was a little breezy today and the wind picked up as the day wore on. One boat ventured out to the blue water this morning and managed to deck some fish. Carolina Girl had some Blackfin Tuna along with some SkipJack Tunas. They also had a few Wahoo. The Inshore boats had their limits of Red Drum and Bluefish along with Some Trout in the Gray and Speckled variety.

Citations:

Ethan Pickett of Woodstock, GA caught a 5lb. 1oz. Speckled Trout on Hook Up

The first day of August was a nice day with little swell. The Offshore boats threw some Dolphin and Blackfin Tuna on deck along with a few Wahoo and some bottom fish. Carolina Girl and Sea Creature each released a Sailfish. The Nearshore boat Gambler had good catches of Spanish Mackerel. The Inshore boats had their limits of Bluefish. They also had Speckled Trout and Gray Trout on the bite.

OffShore Fleet had a Good day catching Dolphin,Blackfin Tuna, and Wahoo.

Inshore Fleet anglers had a good day catching Spanish Mackerel, Blue Fish, and Speckled Trout.

Citations:

John Hiteshew released a Sailfish on the Release 

A good number of boats headed offshore this morning as the sun was coming up. They returned to the dock with catches of Dolphin, Wahoo and Blackfin Tuna. Calypso, Predator and Sea Creature all released a Sailfish.

Inshore anglers enjoyed a good day catching Spanish Mackerel, Bluefish and Speckled trout

Citations

Aaron Schondube released a Sailfish on Sea Creature

Matt Fry released a Sailfish on Calypso

Darlena Grady released a Sailfish on Predator

Lots of boats headed offhshore this morning, just in time to watch the sun come up over the ocean. They returned to the dock with some good catches of Dolphin, Blackfin Tuna, Wahoo and Sea Bass. Native Son released a Sailfish

Inshore boats had good catches of Bluefish (all you wanted) and one had a limit of Speckled Trout. There was also a limit of Clams caught

Citations

Hugues Foltz  released a Sailfish on Native Son

Warren Beck caught a 8lb Sea Bass on Release

Brad Manning caught a 7lb Sea Bass on Release

Jennifer Manning caught a 7lb Sea Bass on Release

David Walker caught a 8lb Sea Bass on Release

A few of the OffShore boats went out today despite the weather, Angler had fun catching

Dolphin,BlackFin Tuna, and Wahoo. Carolina Girl released a Sail Fish.

Inshore Fleet had a good day catching Red Drum, BlueFish, Speckled Trout.

Off Shore Fleet went out today to catch some BlackFin Tuna, And Dolphin.

Inshore Fleet Caught limits of Red Drum, Speckled Trout and BlueFish.