Blown out today 6-24-11

Too much wind again today for offshore fishing. Hopefully we can make it in the morning but it will be rather iffy at best. Looks like the weather will straighten out on Sunday for a few days. We certainly can't complain because we have had some great weather this spring and early summer. You've got to take the good with the bad. You guys have a great day.

Western Branch Diesel 6-23-11

We had half of the Western Branch Diesel group today. It was a little to windy and the seas a little to large for going offshore today. The guys wanted to do something so we went for a half day inside the inlet to try for some spanish mackeral. We had some luck and caught about 20 Spanish, half a dozen bluefish and an 18 inch flounder on a trolled clark spoon. That was a first. Thanks for the day guys, hope to do it again. 

Kimball Party 6-22-11

The Catch

Ready for the gaff

We had Blake Kimball and some of his family aboard today. It was a beautiful but hot and sticky day. We finally got a little breeze in the afternoon that cooled it off some. They only wanted enough fish to feed the family of ten that they had in town. We found a couple big schools of dolphin and caught a few out of one and gave the other away to another boat that was having a hard day. We caught a couple of nice gaffers while trolling around and had a couple of sail fish bites but didn't get lucky and hang on to one of them. Everyone had fun and enjoyed a beautiful day on the water.

One Stop Shopping

Russ and Group

Thomas and Hunter bailing dolphin

Sunrise over the island

Today was what we call one stop shopping on the rip. We found a school of dolphins putting the first line in the water and caught our limit out of that one school. It was a pretty massive place of fish. Russ Ayers had some family and friends along for the trip today and they had a ball. The weather was nice and cool, the seas were calm and the fishing was good. You can't ask for much more than that. We trolled along for awhile afterwards and caught a couple of nice gaffers and Hunter caught a nice barracuda that he got a release citation for. Today was his birthday so Happy Birthday Hunter even though you are a Duke fan. See you guys next time.

Happy Fathers Day

My Dad,  Damon M. Gray Jr.

Happy Fathers Day to all of you Dads out there. We got blown out this morning so I'll be spending the day at home or maybe the beach for the afternoon.  We'll be back at it tomorrow so check in and see what's happening. Hope you all have a Great Day.

John Juba party

Derek, John and John

We had along John Juba his son in law Derek and Grandson John from the Charlotte area today. We thought the day was going to be a little choppier than it was but it turned off fairly nice in the afternoon. We had a nice catch of Dolphin today. Mostly nice bailers but also a few gaffers mixed in as well. Enjoyed fishing with these fellows and hope to have them back aboard sometime soon.

Terry Family Day One Photos

Sunrise over the Island

The Terry Family

I opened my email this morning and Cindy had sent me the pictures from the first day of the Terry Family trip. So here are Cindy, Andy , Brooke and the boys from the first day of fishing. Great people and alot of fun.

Bill, Rory and Josh from Kentucky

The Kentuckians and their Dolphins

We had the Meeks family from Kentucky with us today. Just the three of them showed up this morning and off we went. The weather was nice and cool today and fishing was a little scrappy but we ended up with a nice catch of dolphin. I certainly enjoyed having you guys with us today and hope to see you next year for another day. Show this picture to the women so they'll believe you went fishing.

Tuesday fishing

The Catch

Nice Gaffer

Scratch my belly

Sean Kierney had us booked for today. He had his son and daughter and two of their friends along today. The weather was once again beautiful with some good fishing. We found a rip in the morning that was just forming up and turned on it to fish. We caught a couple of dolphins but could never get get a school going until we finally found a big school of fish. We caught what they wanted out of it and went looking for a marlin for the rest of the day, unfortunately we didn't see one today. We did catch a couple nice gaffers through the day and enjoyed watching some playful dolphins that stayed with us awhile. Enjoy the rest of your week. Hope to see you next year.

Andy Terry , family and friends

Andy, Brooke and friends

Nice Gaffer

Andy had us booked the last two days. The first day he had his sister and her three sons, his niece and himself on board. The second was his niece Brooke and a couple of his friends and him The weather was a little choppy on day one but the fishing was good, day two was calm with great fishing again. I left my camera on the table the first day so all the pictures are from day two. Thanks for coming and enjoying the fishing and the island with us.

S.B. Ballard trip

We had a group from S.B. Ballard construction group in Va. Beach with us today. The fishing was rather slow today but the weather was gorgeous. We caught a few dolphin and enjoyed the beautiful day and all the sights. Thanks James and Rene for getting the trip together. Hope to see you back soon.

Gaffers

Dean and the boys

Dean Gray and the crowd fished with us today. Fishing was kind of slow today but we managed to catch a few gaffers for the day. The weather was beautiful. See you guys next year.

Memorial day 2011

We had Ricky Harrington and his boys today. The fishing was rather slow for us today. We caught three gaffers in the morning saw two marlins and  had one more dolphin bite for the day. We looked and looked for a float that would hopefully hold some fish but to no avail. Some years it's just not meant to be. We've had plenty of good days the past few years so sooner or later there's a slow one mixed in. Hope to see you guys next year.

Miss Polly and crowd

Miss Polly with her Gaffer

This was miss Polly's first trip this year. She always gets the pretty days. It was almost flat calm with a few dolphins around. We spent a little bit looking for a marlin but the conditions just didn't feel right to me for it, not that it means anything. We ended up catching a dozen or so gaffers for the day, most of them were nice ones. See you guys again in a couple months.

Saturday May 28th - 1st Blue Marlin of the year

We caught our first Blue Marlin of the year today. Man what a bite, flat line to the teaser to the short rigger. It was a pretty site and a pretty bite. We caught a few dolphins today as well. Sorry for no pictures today.