6/23 - WHAT A DAY! I keep hearing that the king mackerel bite is slow nearshore - but i'll tell you what, i sure haven't had a problem finding big concentrations of these fish. I think most folks are either over-running them or not quite getting there - they're not on the beach yet, but [...]
For those of you who haven't seen any of my recent reports - I splashed a new boat this past week. A brand new 23' Deep-Vee Parker. I simply can't put into words how happy I Am with it. The ride is simply incredible. Yesterday, we blitzed through 2-4 foot seas with no problem - [...]
Well, today I finally got to take her home. My brand new 2006, model 2300 Deep-Vee Parker. I would like to thank my sponsors - Morehead Marine, Raymarine and Coastal Marine Welding for all helping bring this together. This boat is going to open up worlds to me. The ride is going to be amazing [...]
6/9 - 6/11 - During these three days we experienced a couple of the best days for tailing reds that any of us, the few of us who actually target tailers in NC, can remember. Each evening we had between 2-4 hours of good fishing time and for two of the three nights we simply [...]
I apologize for the lack of reports - I've been extremely busy over the past couple of weeks. Partly because the fishing has been EXCELLENT. We finally had a few streaks of gorgeous weather and we were able to put a serious hurtin' on some fish. The king mackerel bite is OFF THE HOOK right [...]
5/20 - As a participant in the NCWatermen Military Appreciation Day, today I had the pleasure of fishing with Robert and Conrad (and NCWer DaveDownEast) - both marines from Cherry Point. Well, it was a tough, tough day. With a steady 20-25 knot wind (and gusts up to 30), the conditions were not so favorable. [...]
5/14 - This morning I again had the pleasure of fishing with Henry and his father - last year Henry, hiw wife Susan and I put a hurtin' on the flatties and spanish . Well, the weathermen were a bit wrong today. It was nice on the way out but it started building quickly. We [...]
This April I was privledged enough to add Jones Brothers to my list of sponsors - they custom built me one of their brand new, redesigned 20' Bateaus. The demensions are similar to the old 198 but with some serious upgrades - in addition to having gunnels that are 8" higher than the old model, [...]
I went up to the Roanoke River this past sunday (4/30) to get myself situated and run a few trips before coming back down to the coast to be with family for a couple of days. 5/1 - Today I took out Bill and Rich - decicated fly anglers - to find the bite. Well, [...]
This morning I fished with Dave - and we were lucky to get a big enough window of weather to get out and chase the little speedsters. Dave had caught Bonito before off the coast of Japan - and he told me that they are much the same over there...an elusive, seasonal fish completely dependant [...]