Lake Mattamuskeet Youth Hunt

D-mans first Swan

The days results

This is my son Dylan with his bounty for the day at Lake Mattamuskeet youth hunt. He had a great day shooting his first Swan, two Gadwall, a drake Widgeon and a drake green wing Teal.  Good going D-man I'm proud of you.Thanks uncle Brian.

Big Fat Wahoos

Pair of citation Wahoo's!  40 and 65 lb.s

Marshall's first citation Wahoo of the day

Steve's 65 pounder

Marshall's Sailfish form August

Steve and Marshall Wilson from Springfield,Va. fished with us today. It was our first charter since hurricane Irene.Funny thing is that Steve and Marshall were our last trip before the storm. The fishing today over all was scrappy. We had lots of bites but the fish were not very aggressive today. The count was probably 4 for 16 on the wahoos as well as pulling off a couple nice yellow fin.We wound up with four Wahoo three of them were citation size. Steve caught a 65 pounder and Marshall caught a 40 and 43 pounder. That makes three citations for Marshall in their last two trips. He caught a sailfish with us in August. He's going to have a wall full of them if he keeps it up. Some of the boats that went searching for tunas had decent catches of black fins. The king mackerel fishing turned on this afternoon and the guys did really well with that also. The fish are here, where are you?  Come on down and see us, the fall fishing is getting cranked up.

Looks like a beautiful weekend

Hey guys, it looks like a great weekend for the weather. We've got the boat home and all back together and ready to go fishing. There have been lot's of wahoo and a few dolphin and tuna around lately. The king mackerel have made a good showing this week as well , right on time for them to get here. We have plenty of open days so come on down and spend a day with us. If you need a place to stay the cottage is open as well.  252-216-5565 is the number to best reach me on. Hope to see some of you soon.

Hatteras Is Open For Business, Finally!!

   Hwy. 12 reopened Monday evening at 6:00. Man what a welcome sight it was. You can get here to go fishing now so come on and try to get a group together. The wahoo fishing was as good as it gets a couple days ago. One boat had his limit of them in three hours.  The tuna fishing has been good on several days as well. Looks like a great fall shaping up.

FINALLY !!!!

   Give me a call and lets get a fall fishing trip set up. Call me on  my cell  252-216-5565 since that is usually with me at all times anymore. Hope to hear from some of you.

Road should be open soon

The long awaited highway to and from the island will be finished within the next week we hope. They are saying the 10th of Oct. Hopefully they will start letting people back on here around the 15th. They will need a few days just to get supplies in to the stores and lumber and building supplies to the lumber yards and homes of the people who are needing them to rebuild. I myself am waiting on 30 squares of shingles to redo my roof. Kind of hard to get them here on the ferry.
     I was planning on bringing the boat back to the island on Monday but my father in law had a bad accident on his boat Saturday and had to be air lifted off the island to Greenville so my plans got changed. I may go the beginning of next week and get her so we can be ready to go when the road opens. I have plenty of available days through the end of the year. The fishing has been good for the few charters that have been run. Everyone here sure could use the business.
    I'll make another post in a few days to update everyone on the status of the road and being able to get here. Hope to hear from some of you out there in the real world.

Temporary Bridge Update

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Click on this link to keep up with the bridge and road updates. We are getting along over here and there is a little offshore fishing going on. It has been really good for the few who have been fortunate enough to have a charter here. The wahoo and dolphin have been good along with some nice Blackfin tuna and a few Yellowfin tuna mixed in. There have been some sails around as well. Looks like it will be some great fishing when you can get here. One group that traveled here to fish a couple days ago took 14 hours to get here instead of 3 that it usually takes. The only way on is by ferry from Swan Quarter or Cedar Island then through Ocracoke. In some cases these are booked for weeks.
    I have been wanting to update my blog some but I have been putting in 12 to 14 hour days the last couple weeks and I'm whipped when I get home. I will try to do better.
    Give me a call and lets do some fishing this fall when the road gets open. I'm thinking by the 3rd week of October we should be good to go. Call me up 252-216-5565 would love to hear from some of you. I think I'm going to go to my couch for the rest of this rainy day and catch up on some rest. We had to shut down today with the weather like it is. You guys have a great day.
DM
    

Check out the Swell from Katia

Set rolling in under the Frisco Pier

Big Set on the third bar

Look at that set off in the distance

The Frisco pier and an angry ocean

Shoving the dunes back up on the Hatteras Beach Stretch

These are some pictures and a video that I took when Hurricane Katia was about 300 miles of our coast. It was breaking in about 40 feet of water. If you look in the distance you can see some of the big sets rolling in and breaking. It's a good thing we didn't have 80 knots of wind on this swell cause it would have been ugly. It was washing over on the Hatteras beach stretch in three places as well as washing over in Rodanthe where they were trying to fill the small breach as they call it. Keep checking in. We hope to be up and running charters by the second week in October when we hopefully have a road to get here. I will be working for Crowder Gulf  ( crowdergulf.com ) the next few weeks as a supervisor for the cleanup and Peter will be working with another crew doing the same.  These are the same that were here after Isabel in Hatteras doing the work.Fishing will come when the cleanup is done and there is alot of that to be done. Stay in touch with me and lets do some fishing this fall. Take Care.

Home At Last

     We finally got back on the Island Monday Morning  and man am I glad to be here. I still have not brought the boat home but may on Saturday depending on what newly formed Maria is doing. The darn things are popping up everywhere right now. Katia is going to pass about 250 to 300 miles offshore of us so no major wind involved in it just some huge surf. The surf will surely hamper road rebuilding efforts until the storm passes. The island can't take another punch like we just got. Some in the old village of Avon and all through the tri-villages of Salvo,Waves and Rodanthe lost everything they owned. Houses and all. Some have just left and some have just not come home. It's sad to see it again. It looks like Hatteras village after hurricane Isabel wiped us out except on a bigger scale. Keep all these people in your thoughts and Prayers. They need them and we do too. Hatteras, Frisco and Buxton fared much better with some wind damage but minimal flooding compared to the north end of the island. Don't get me wrong we still had tide but not like up above. The water was 8 feet deep in places up there.  If you would like to help there are organizations here that are helping. Supplies are needed as well as money to buy food for the kitchens that are feeding people. You can contact me and I can direct you in the right direction or get it to where it needs to be. 


    As far as fishing goes Sometime after the 17th of September we will be able to have tourist return to the island. There will not be a road until the first of October you will have to travel by ferry until then. The docks are all intact and the boats are as well. Most are still tied up where they were for the storm and probably will stay there ready for another blow until it looks like we can get you here to fish. Alot of the motels are taken up by workers but there are still rooms available at the marina and next door at Village Marina. We also have the cottage that we can work with as well. We will need your support this fall to get back on our feet so please try to reschedule your charter if you have one booked or try to get a group together and come and enjoy some of our great fall fishing. I hope to hear from many of you in the future. Hopefully the Native Son will be able to hang on and make it through this along with the other boats. This has been and will continue to be a big economic blow to our business.  I will try to post everyday or so right now I have to go and get on the chainsaw for a few hours. Take Care and be safe.
DM

Dare County Re-entry Bulletin

The Dare County Control Group has announced the beginning of a limited re-entry procedure to portions of Dare County, to be done in priority phases, beginning at 2:00 p.m. Sunday, August 28 for Residents and Property Owners. However, The 2:00 p.m. limited re-entry procedure will not include access to Hatteras Island or the Town of Duck.

Hatteras Island is not accessible due to multiple areas of overwash on Hwy 12 north of Rodanthe.

The Town of Duck is not accessible, at this time, because of impassable roads.

Other than Hatteras Island & the Town of Duck, the 2:00 p.m. limited re-entry applies to –

PRIORITY 1 – ESSENTIAL PERSONNEL
(Yellow Card)
Utilities, Government, Damage Assessment Teams, Medical/Health care, Hotel Employees

PRIORITY 2 – RESIDENTS & CRITICAL BUSINESSES
Light Blue Card)
Non-Resident Essential Personnel - Food Service/Supply, Drug Stores, Banks, Gas Stations, Property Management, Insurance, Building Supply, Local Contractors, Tree Removal.

PRIORITY 3 – PROPERTY OWNERS & NON-RESIDENT BUSINESSES
Re-entry Sticker from 2008/2009 or drivers license with Dare County address or tax bill)

IMPORTANT NOTE: Further assessments are needed before re-entry will be permitted to Priority 4 for Visitors and the General Public. At this time, there is no re-entry for Visitors and the General Public. Look for further bulletins from Dare County Emergency Management for this information.

On Hatteras Island electric and phone service crews are on site and working to restore service as quickly as possible. NCDOT is making arrangements to deliver emergency supplies to Hatteras Island, but there will be no transport of people at this time.

People who have been displaced by the storm should call 252-475-5655. Although non-evacuees needed to be able to sustain themselves for at least 72 hours, food and shelter will be made available to those in need as quickly as possible.

Additional information -

Whole Island is flooded

Hey guys just an update if any of you check this thing. Breaches in the dune line all up and down the island. Not sure about the road in some places due to the amount of sand and water on it. This evening the water that flooded the other side of the sound this morning has come back. 3 to 4 feet middle of the highway in Tri-villages and Avon before dark. Buxton, Frisco and Hatteras flooded now but not to deep for us so far. Rodanthe north has gotten hammered. 5 feet of water on causeway going into Manteo with tide all up through Nags Head and Kitty Hawk. Depths have been reported as deep as 4 feet up there. Good amount of flooding in Currituck as well along the sound. Trees and power lines down in places and propane tanks broke loose everywhere. Highway 64 is closed at Columbia due to flooding. If you are planning on coming this way this week call dare county emergency Management first. They will have the info on wether you will be able to get here or not. Dare county and Currituck county are closed at this time and Dare will not be open to non residents for some time. Assessment will not be able to begin until tomorrow morning when the water recedes and people are able to get to places. Road below Oregon Inlet has been closed to all since early this morning so no one knows what it looks like but it is a sure bet it's a complete mess. Check back in tomorrow and see what the update is.

Steve Wilson and the kids

Marshall with his first sail

Not alot but we had fun

Steve has been fishing with us for three or four years now with the boys. They brought Elizabeth along for her first run today and she did great. The fishing was slow compared to yesterday but they were happy at the end of it. Several of us came home early because of a squall with a lot of lightning in it coming after us and we didn't want to deal with it. Thanks Steve. Hope to See you later this fall when the big winds are gone.

Tim Powers group

Tim Powers from Boston, Mass. had us booked for the day. We got a little bit of a late start but we wound up with a good catch of fish. We had three wahoo on but couldn't hang on to any of them to save our butts. Maybe tomorrow. Thanks Tim, hope to see you next year.