One Man Fishing Machine rides again

Lundy and Dita with a nice Bull Dolphin

A Younger Gaffer

We had Lundy again the last day we fished. This gentleman comes and fishes with us by himself. Every once in a while he will bring another person along with him but it's usually just him. We were supposed to fish on Wednesday but awoke to thunderstorms all around and in the ocean. We waited for some time and finally decided we would go Thursday instead of waiting it out and leaving three hours late and having a short day. Thursday was a much nicer day with no lightning around us. The fishing was a little scrappy but we managed to catch a dozen or so gaffers for the day and had some beautiful weather. There was a Blue Marlin bite going on but we didn't go out there to look around. Yesterday (Friday) there were 13 Blue Marlins caught out of our fleet here in Hatteras. Hope they are still there on Monday. The weather has us shut down for the weekend thanks to yet another early tropical system. The ocean is big and rough today and will likely continue into tomorrow before subsiding in the evening hopefully. Have a Safe and Fun Memorial Day weekend and don't forget those who gave you your freedom to be able to do the things you love to do. Lundy is a vet. He put in 20 years of Service for his country.

Thompson Party May 21st

The Guys

Doc and a nice Gaffer

Mark (the groom) with a nice gaffer he caught

Today we had a crowd from all over that are here for a wedding later this week. We had the groom aboard along with his soon to be father in law. They both came back on the same boat so that's a good sign. We had another good day of gaffer dolphin fishing. It started out with a little flurry for us in the morning and then we picked at them for the rest of the morning. We had a little change in the weather and they just quit biting for the afternoon. It happens every once in a while. The weather was beautiful other than a scattered shower or two around. Looks like a beautiful week and we have some open days. I just got cancelled for Saturday last night so if you're looking give me a call.  Congratulations Mark and Misha. I hope you have many great years together.

The Gaffer Dophin fishing remains Excellent

Well the fishing for the Gaffers had been great the last few weeks. The last few days it may have gotten even better than it was. A few Black fin tuna and wahoo are still here mixed in with the Dolphin.There are also a few Marlins around as well. We haven't had a trip since last Friday and it appears we will get blown out this weekend with this low pressure that is coming up the coast. I have plenty of available dates. If you're ready to come and catch some fish give me a call or shoot me an email. It's some of the best spring fishing we've had in a long time and it sounds like they are catching them way down the coast just as good so that should mean many more to come.
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Stapleton Family May 11th Trip.

The days Catch

Derek with a nice Dolphin

Another nice Dolphin

We had another great day on the Gaffer Dolphin Friday with the Stapletons from Kalamazoo, Michigan. The day started out beautiful with hardly a breath of wind. Just before we started fishing a cloud line shoved down the beach with 20 knots of NE wind with it and the wind stayed all day. It was pretty choppy for the day and a couple of the younger boys weren't feeling well so we didn't venture to far off the beaten path for the day. The grass was scattered to hell and back with some streaks that you could fish every once in a while. We had a good amount of bites but pulled off several fish. All in all at the end of the day we wound up with a nice catch of Gaffers. Jacob caught himself a nice one on a dink rod that took a little while but it was a nice fish. Thanks for the day guys. Hope to see you all again next year.

Great Gaffer Dolpin fishing continues

The great Dolphin fishing we have been having is continuing on. There are still a few wahoos and tunas mixed in with them as well. Some marlins have started to show a little better up and down the line as well. My charter for Sunday backed out on me so that leaves me open for Saturday and Sunday this weekend and the weather looks absolutely beautiful. Give me a call and lets go do some fishing. I'll post a report and hopefully some good pictures tomorrow evening after we get in from fishing.

Last day for the Boys from Mass. day 5

I told them the pockets went on the back and they believed me.

Jerry's Citation Dolphin

Another nice one for Skip

Jerry's 35 pound citation. I think he was a little bigger.

The Boys from Mass. 

What a great week we have had. Beautiful weather except for the one day and good fishing every day. We spent the beginning of the week chasing Black Fin tuna up on the rocks and catching a few gaffers mixed in along with a 500 lb. Blue Marlin the first day. We did that for three days and decided to concentrate more on the dolphin yesterday which we got lucky and it worked out for us. We had 35 gaffers 3 wahoo a yellow fin and a black fin tuna yesterday. The boys told me they had enough meat and we could do what ever today so I spent the day in the deep looking for a marlin. There were a few seen but nothing like yesterday. We caught a few gaffers during the day and Jerry caught one that was a citation, 35 lbs. Way to go Jerry. He catches all the big dolphin. This crowd has fished with me for this week every year for the last 12 to 14 years, I can't remember exactly. We have had our share of bad weather and bad fishing but we always manage to do something and have some fun. Thanks for the Awesome week guys. Can't wait until next year. Have a safe trip home.

Gaffers, Wahoos and Tunas

Gaffers, Wahoos and Tunas

Bob with his yellowfin

Dave and Skip with their pair of wahoo

Jerry with another nice dolphiin

Dave's Blue Marlin from Sunday. Best picture we had of it.

What a great day of fishing it was for us today. The weather was beautiful and the fishing was awesome. We found a grass edge this morning with some patches in it but had no bites around it. We moved on offshore and found another edge that had some warmer water and was formed up a bit better. We spent most of our day here catching a gaffer here and there and we caught nine at once early this morning.  We had two Yellowfins on and caught the one and pulled the other off after a long fight. Not long after that we hooked two of our Wahoos and caught them. The afternoon was a dolphin here and there and another Wahoo to end the day. This is this crowds fourth day with us this week and we have a ball. One more day left tomorrow. May go looking for a marlin in the morning. Check in and see how it works out.

Hughes party day 3

Day 3 catch

Bob, Skip and Jerry with some nice gaffers

Dave's Squarehead

Bobs Bull Dolphin

Nice one Jerry

We had a pretty ride out this morning but it didn't stay that way for long at all. The wind breezed up to a solid 20 or a little better and it got rather choppy. We wound up fishing back where we had the previous two days and caught a few Black fin tuna and some dolphin around the area. I finally had to start fishing down the beach into the wind to try and get a better ride home. We caught 4 or 5 more dolphin on the way down and missed a wahoo on a couple of baits. We'll be back at it again in the morning. Hoping for another good day with the crew.

Another good day

Monday Sunrise over the village

Today's catch

Jerry just wanted to hug her not get his picture taken

Skip and a nicer Black fin tuna

We had another nice fun day on the water. We headed back up to where we had fished yesterday just because. We had no game plan in mind. The morning started off a little slow and the fish bit better later in the morning after a change crossed over where we were fishing at. We wound up with a dozen tunas and 5 gaffers for the day. We pulled a lot of fish off today and got bit of by a wahoo as well. We're fishing again tomorrow so check back in.

Tunas, Dolphin and a nice Blue Marlin

Jerry, Skip, Dave and Bob

One of Bobs Blackfins

A nice Dolphin for Skip

A Blackfin for Jerry

Bob, Dave, Skip and Jerry from Mass fished the first day of their 5 this week today. I believe this is the 12th year they have booked me for this week. They are a good bunch of guys and we do a variety of fishing. Today we tried for some Blackfin tunas and Dolphins. We managed to catch 10 or 12 tunas and 7 or 8 dolphin and a 500 lb Blue Marlin. We had hooked a Blackfin and had him coming in when all of a sudden the line started peeling at a fast pace and started to surface. The Blue Marlin had eaten the tuna and we now had him on.  The fish was a solid 500 lb. and put on a great show for us. I wish I could have gotten some video of the fish but it;s hard to drive that boat and take video at the same time. Several other Blue Marlin were seen today and two more caught. Tuna and dolphin fishing was good. Check back tomorrow and see what happens then.

April 21st Dolphin and wahoo

The Boys and their catch

Nice Wahoo

Beautiful Sunrise and ocean

John and his Dolphin

We had a beautiful start to our day with not only the weather but the fishing as well. We started out on a change and caught a nice dolphin immediately after getting set out. We fished around that change most of the morning catching a fish or two along pretty steadily until a squall came through and blew all the grass up into the cold water. It did get a little better towards the end of the day and we caught a handful more dolphin along it and a nice wahoo. Thanks John and crowd for a great day of fishing and alot of fun. It's good to see people enjoy the day just because they were fishing and away for the day. Hope to see you again soon.

April 20th

We had a calm day of fishing today even though it was a wet chilly one. It was overcast most all day until right before we left to come home. It rained on us for about three hours in the middle of the day. We had an OK day of fishing with a few dolphin and a wahoo for our efforts. We had several wahoo bites during the afternoon that we could just not hang onto. It goes that way sometime. My camera screwed up on me today so none of my pictures came out as they should. My big fingers hit a wrong button somewhere along the way. Check back in tomorrow for a report and hopefully some pictures.