I'M STILL HERE

Matt Price and the boys

Matt and the boys

Matt and his cohorts joined us for another day on the water this year. I don't know how many years he has been going with me now but quite a few. The weather got rather choppy after the first hour or so which made it a little more difficult to fish but we scrapped out a nice day. We'll see you guys next year.

Andy Terry

Day One

Day Two

Andy, Joy David and a couple of newlyweds came to join us for a couple of days fishing. We caught some Dolphin and Black fin tunas both days and also spent some time looking for a marlin bite but were unsuccessful in the effort. The whole gang made it the first day but the girls slept in on the second morning which was a beautiful day. Not because they weren't there just because the weather was great. Thanks for the days folks and we are looking forward to next time.

Still a couple of tunas around

Jr with a nice yellowfin

The gang with the days catch

Dave's Tuna

Today we Had Ricky Harrington along with his so and some friends of theirs. We started out where we left off yesterday and luckily the water had not changed much and there was still a couple tunas hanging around. We watched one jump here and another over there on and off the first part of the morning. We finally did get a few bites and caught three but hey thats better than none. As the morning went on the water changed all around and the fish quit showing and biting. We managed to catch a few nice dolphin for the rest of the day so all in all it was a successful trip. Good to see you guys again and hope to see you next year.

Mixed bag today

Lou with his first yellow fin

We had Tim Strahn and some of his crew on board today. It was a nice cool day with a little breeze but it wasn't too bad at all. We had a few bites here and there today and wound up with 5 nice yellow fins and 9 gaffers. We had two or three more tuna bites but never came tight on them. Real nice class of tunas today. Thanks for the day guys we appreciate your business and hope to see you again.

Tim and the crew with the days catch

Finally got a camera so here is a report finally

Jr. with Lindsay and Jennifer with one of their nice Dolphins from the day

Carl with a nice yellowfin

Dean Gray with a nice bull dolphin, we caught a few more that day plus 4 tunas

Greg Riggle with his friends and family celebrating 30 years in his job

Carl, Jarrod and Carrie with the days catch plus a sail for Jarrod

The college grad with a nice yellowfin

Jr with a sailfish on the leader

Mike Hays with his two daughters and future son in laws with their catch

Well I finally quit with my old camera and bought a new one. I will be getting more pictures up as we go along from here on. These are from a few our last few trips. The fishing has been absolutely fantastic the last few trips, lots of big dolphin , some tunas, wahoos and a few blue marlin ,sails and whites as well. We have had a few families along as well as people whos companies they work for have sent them on a trip for their long service. One was Mr Greg Riggle for 30 years with his company. We've had college graduates whose parents have taken them fishing and spent some time in our cottage for a few days and enjoyed the island and went fishing for a couple of days while here. Congrats Jarrod on your graduation with a degree in Electrical engineering from WVU. We've had some friends and some marlin fishermen, some new customers and some old, some pretty days and some down right snotty ones. All in all it's been a good month. Here are a few pictures that I have some from my phone and some from the new camera. I'll be updating as we go along daily. Make sure you check us out every day and see whats happening in our world.

Saturday May 11th

Another nice catch of Dolphin for the guys

This was Andy Penz and crews second day on board with us. The weather was not as nice this morning with a few thunderstorms around when we got to where we needed to fish this morning. Luckily the lightning was offshore of us but we did get wet a couple of times. It was hard to work with the way the seas were but we got on some fish pretty quick and by around 10:30 or so we were just 5 fish shy of our limit and the guys told me to give it a few more minutes and go home. My ear had been bothering me and my throat was sore so I didn't argue with them at all. There was a couch at home with DM written all over it along with a bottle of Ibuprofen. It was another good day of dolphin fishing. Thanks Andy and I hope to see you guys again.

Friday May 10th

Today we had Andy Penz and some of his buddies along for their first of two days of fishing. It was a beautiful day and the fishing was great. I think I have some good video of some dolphin fishing but my go pro is on the boat. I'll try to add it later. This was the catch from day one of two.

Andy and Crew

Gaffers

The Mass. Boys yearly trip

Finally a pretty morning

Some nice yellowfin, blackfin, dolphin and wahoo

A nice catch of dolphin

Skip and Jr with Skips Yellowfin

Skips citation Wahoo

Rainbow

This week we had Bob, Dave, Skip, Tom and Jerry in town for 5 days of fishing. Luckily we were finally able to get three days in after the first three days we got weathered out. This is the 14th or 15th  year this crew has been fishing with me the week before Mothers day and most years we get our days in and occasionally we may only get in one or two. We had some good fishing over the three days catching some nice tunas, dolphins and Skips citation Wahoo. We spent Thursday looking for a Marlin and trying some spots for a grouper bite but were unsuccessful in both. We did catch a few dolphin and a few blackfin tunas that morning though. I'll be looking forward to next year and hopefully being able to take them again. Thanks for the days guys I always look forward to it and your company.

Blue Marlin and dolphins

Butch and the boys with their catch

Jr directing traffic. These guys needed all the directing they could get. Haha

Today we had a good crowd along with us and some pretty weather to go along with it for a change. The last couple of days have been pretty rough. We jigged a limit of Amber Jacks this morning then went back in search of some other fish. I found a log floating and that is where we caught all but a couple of our dolphins at. Lucky find there. We went on and fished up the hundred from there and hooked and caught a 500 pound Blue Marlin this after noon. What a great day. Same crew again in the morning if the weather will let us go.

Yellowfins are showing up

Steve, Terry, Andrew and Brandon with their catch

Steve with his Yellowfin

Brandons Snowy Grouper

The yellowfins have made a showing the last couple of days and they are a nice class of fish. I'd say they are averaging close to 40 lbs a piece. Yesterday we had Andrew and Terry Fink and their friends Steve and Brandon along. We went looking for the tunas first thing in the morning and we caught a nice wahoo while we were setting out. The guys had asked about trying for a grouper so we fished to near a spot and made a drop, luckily we had a bite and caught a 40 lb. Snowy for the guys. We went back to tuna fishing and ended up catching 4 for the day and loosing 4 others, it just goes that way sometimes. It was a pretty day on the water and we were glad to be there.

Pretty March Day

Sunrise over Hatteras

Pete with his black fin tuna

Dans Black fin

 One of Dans Amber Jack

Days catch

We had a great day on the water today with some beautiful March weather. I guess it's the calm before the storm since its supposed to blow 35 to 40 the next three days. We started out our day trolling and looking for a tuna bite. We had a couple of good marks but no bites out of them. After a bit we broke out the jigging rods and went to work. The guys got the hang fairly quick and we caught some black fin tuna, bonita mackerel, greater and lesser Amberjack and some Almaco jacks as well. All great eating fish. Some of the boys ran up above and caught a Blue fin apiece but we opted to do this for the day. Everyone got to catch several fish and had a good time. Thanks Pete, Don and Dan. Hope to see you guys again. 

The Blue Fins Are Finally Here!!

Nice Trophy fish

Another nice one

Mr Chris Bellamy with his Blue Fin

Fat one on the leader.

OK Guys the Blue Fin Tunas have finally made their showing here at Hatteras. There were several fish caught on Saturday out of a very small fleet of boats. Nice fat fish too. There are several boats out looking today and I feel sure they will get back on them. Sounds like a big body of fish.  We have plenty of open time and the cottage is wide open if you are interested in coming down and trying for one of these giants. Give me a call at 252-216-5565 and set up a trip.

Some photos from over the years

A few photos from over the years accompanied by some music from my good friend Mr Chris Bellamy of Wrightsville Beach, NC. Check him out at www.chrisbellamy.com .  Check it out                                                                                                                                                                                        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3U0rBy8nyw&list=UU8JTt80osA-PB91YcT-WbiQ&index=2

Happy New Year Everyone

Happy New Year all, Hope this report finds you all well. We are looking forward to seeing you this and getting to do some fishing together. We are booking charters for this season already so if you're planning on coming back to Hatteras this summer we hope you'll make plans for us for a day while you're here. We wish you all a safe, healthy and prosperous New Year.

Take a good look you won't see me in one of these to often. This is my beautiful daughter Bailey with me.

New Years Eve Fishing Trip

Shawn and Krista had us booked today and bought along a few friends. 5 Redskin fans and one Dallas fan so I'm not real sure how they all got along for the day without throwing him over. The weather this morning was beautiful but cold with a slight swell on the ocean. We started out fishing some of our favorite spots with no luck and then slid offshore a bit to some deeper water. The Gannets attacked us and ate almost every bait in the spread but two and a pair of yellow fins ate those. We got lucky and caught them. The Gannets got so bad we had to put out some spreader bars and artificials because we couldn't keep a ballyhoo in the water more than 2 minutes before another Gannet would come and attack it, I've never seen them so hungry. we caught some albacore throughout the day as well as about ten gannets or more so we had plenty of action. 

Last Sunrise of 2012

Shawn with the last Yellow Fin on the native Son for 2012

Krista with her first Yellow Fin

Thanks for the day the guys. Look forward to seeing you again soon.

MERRY CHRISTMAS

A little Christmas Spirit.

MERRY CHRISTMAS from the Native Son. We hope you have a safe and happy holiday season with your family and friends. Hopefully we'll have a fishing report for you on Friday afternoon if the weather will let us fish. Be safe everyone and Thank You All for keeping us around for another year.

Dec 15th fishing

Looking out to the ocean from the channel

Sunrise

Matt, Stan and Guy with a few black fins from the day

Today we had Matt Miller and and a couple of his friends Guy and Guys father Stan who drove all the way from western Nebraska for this fishing trip. I said man you're in the middle of nowhere aren't you and he said nope but I can stand on my back porch and see it. 1800 miles to catch a fish. I sure am glad we had a nice weather day and caught a few tunas for them. We had great weather for the day and the fishing was OK but not great. We wound up with a catch of black fins and a dolphin. We pulled the hooks on a few more and lost a nice yellow fin right there at the end of the day. Sure wish he would have stayed on. Thanks for the day guys. Matt I'll see you on June 24th. Hope you have a Merry Christmas.