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The hard NE blow started to subside today and come noon the wind had died to a comfortable 12 knots. Since no one has fished in days, I decided to check things out and get a hand on what's happening outside of beaufort inlet. The combined cold front and hard NE winds have lowered the water temperatureto a chilly 72 [...]

I'll get to the good part in a second, but let me recap what's been going on in other areas. With the water clearing up (and calming down for a few days), the ocean flounder bite has heated up big time - they're fat and fiesty this time of year. Gray Trout in the usual places and there are spanish [...]

Water is still dirty from the rain but clearing up daily - particularly with this northeast wind. It's just going to take time for the bottom of the water column to clean up. Beaches and Piers - Some fall spots are starting to show up along with some black drum. Good-sized pompano have been the mainstay of the catch with [...]

This lucky angler, 15 year old Alex Horton (along with his dad) caught and released this sailfish at honeymoon rock last weekend. I wasn't involved with the catch, but Alex asked me to post these pictures for him. Doesn't get better than this - father and son and sail!

I went out today with some friends to check out a variety of things - among them large weedlines less than 5 miles from the inlet, etc. All of this produced nothing. With no fish in site we decided to check out the reported action on the east side. It was pretty calm so i was able to shoot over [...]

Headed out this morning with Derek, Bill and Trevor on one of their many yearly visits with flounder on the mind. Three generations of fishermen on one boat always makes for a good time--nothing like father and son. On the way out of the inlet, we ran into huge clouds of birds and giant baitballs being CRUSHED by the snapper [...]