This morning I headed out with Phil, Dave and Janet - formarly of Maryland and now of New Bern to chase a few of those fantastic Bonito! The bite wasn't as incredible as Sunday's - but the fish were there and they were hungry. This morning they were mostly sub-surface and i was able to [...]
Finally - a day that I've been waiting for for much too long. This morning, I chartered Eldon from Missouri - he loves to fish but has not done much saltwater fishing at all, and no light tackle fishing at that! We packed up the Parker and headed out the inlet - and it didnt [...]
After a fantastic morning of fishing, I headed home - ate some lunch (a little seared Bonito) and walked the dog. Less than two hours after having arrived back at the sli[, I was with my friend Scott Crocker of [url]www.shacklefordcharters.com[/url] at the ramp - time for fishing part 2. We headed out to the [...]
Yesterday, after having finally found (and hooked) a few nice Bonito yesterday, I was off in the early hours to search for more with my friend Captain Scott Crocker of [url]www.shacklefordcharters.com[/url]. So we loaded up my Parker and headed on out. The fish required some new tactics to produce a strike, but it didn't take [...]
Everything you need to know about the Atlantic Bonito... By Tom Roller When North Carolina’s spring finally rolls along, local fisherman are usually preoccupied with the Roanoke River stripers and dreaming of a day offshore chasing yellowfin tuna. Many anglers overlook one of North Carolina’s most consistent spring fisheries – the fantastic April run of [...]
Again today, I begin my report with a tirade against the weathermen. Today, again, they were quite wrong - but, to their credit, their errors were less than they have been lately. The early forcasted offshore 10-15 knot wind was an easy 20 and the 2 foot forcasted seas were an easy, sloppy 4-5. However, [...]
Today the weathermen (and women) defied us again - and this time, they were so wrong that i'm ready to kick some ass. The offshore forcast was calling for light and variable winds starting to build in the late afternoon to 10 to 15 knots out of the NE. At 5:30am we were leaving the [...]
Today the ocean was as calm as I've ever seen it - windless and slick with an eerie winter silence so quiet you could hear a pin drop. The water was so clear and blue, imy propwash looked like ice. Today, Captain Scott Crocker and myself decided to head out in search of some warmer [...]
It was a beautiful day - mid-february and we were fishing in short-sleeves! After a brief south blow, the winds died come sunrise and left the ocean with a beautiful glassy swell. Since one of my "make-up" charters couldn't make it out today, Captain Scott Crocker and myself decided it would be time to go [...]
Tuesday 12/28 - I was having some routine maintenance done on my boat when I heard of a good striper bite. I got the boat in the water and made the tail end of the bite - pulled in two nice fish very quickly and had a really nice fish break the line after about [...]